Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles

The Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in The Lothians and Peebles, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.

The position of Sheriff of the Lothians had been created in 1881 following a merger of the sheriffdom of Midlothian and Haddington with the Linlithgow part of the sheriffdom of Linlithgow, Clackmannan & Kinross.[1] The position of Sheriff of Peebles was then joined to it in 1883 to create the new position of Sheriff of the Lothians & Peebles.

This latter sheriffdom was replaced in 1975 by the current sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders.


Sherriffs of Lothian

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  • Alexander Fairlie of Braid, 1594[2]

Sheriffs of the Lothians (1881)

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Sheriffs of Peebles

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Sheriffs-Depute

Sheriffs of the Lothians and Peebles (1883)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Resignation of a Sheriff". Dundee Courier. 30 August 1881.
  2. ^ "Commissariat of Edinburgh, Vol. 1, 1514-1600" (PDF). Electric Scotland. Scottish Record Society. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ "MURRAY, Alexander (1736-95), of Murrayfield, Edinburgh, and Henderland, Peebles". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ Parliament, Great Britain. The Parliamentary Register. p. 539.
  6. ^ The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 73, Part 1. p. 235.
  7. ^ The London Gazette, Part 2. p. 1407.
  8. ^ a b Accounts and Papers, Finance, Banks. Offices. Vol. XIII. p. 71.
  9. ^ Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
  10. ^ a b THE SCOTTISH LAW REVIEW AND SHERIFF COURT REPORTS. VOL. XXIL— 1906. p. 5.
  11. ^ SCOTTISH LAW REVIEW AND SHERIFF COURT REPORTS. VOL. XXIL— 1906. p. 42.
  12. ^ a b "No. 14393". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 November 1927. p. 1319.
  13. ^ "Steam Trawler "RIVER AVON" THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894 REPORT OF COURT". Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ a b "No. 39154". The London Gazette. 20 February 1951. p. 925.
  15. ^ "No. 17864". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 October 1960. p. 615.
  16. ^ a b "SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 21 May 1974. Retrieved 19 October 2017.