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The '''Sheriff of Stirling''' was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in [[Stirling]], Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. |
The '''Sheriff of Stirling''' was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in [[Stirling]], Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. |
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Following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms the office became the '''Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton''' in 1871 <ref>{{cite news|title=Epitome of the News|newspaper=[[Leicester Mercury]]|date=30 December 1871|page=2}}</ref> and the '''Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan''' in 1881. |
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The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 when the current sheriffdoms of North Strathclyde and Tayside, Central and Fife were created. |
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==Sheriffs of Stirling== |
==Sheriffs of Stirling== |
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==Sheriffs of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan (1881)== |
==Sheriffs of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan (1881)== |
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* James Muirhead |
* James Muirhead, 1885–1889<ref name= SLR> {{cite book|title=Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22|page=11}} </ref> |
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* Alexander Blair |
* Alexander Blair, 1889–1891 <ref name= SLR/> |
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* John Mckie Lees |
* John Mckie Lees, 1891–1917 <ref name =SLR/><ref name = Gaz30084>{{London Gazette | issue = 30084 | date = 22 May 1917 |page=4941 | city = London }}</ref> |
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* James Robert Nicolson Macphail |
* James Robert Nicolson Macphail, 1917– <ref name=Gaz30084/> |
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* ''After 1996 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife''. |
* ''After 1996 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife''. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:37, 19 October 2017
The Sheriff of Stirling was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Stirling, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.
Following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms the office became the Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton in 1871 [1] and the Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan in 1881.
The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 when the current sheriffdoms of North Strathclyde and Tayside, Central and Fife were created.
Sheriffs of Stirling
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- William (c.1130)
- Dufoter (1153)
- Gilbert de Stirling (1170)
- Alexander (1198-1219)
- Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (1226)
- Bernard Fraser (1226-1233)
- Alexander de Stirling (1235)
- John de Stirling (1241)
- John Lamberton (1265)
- Patrick de Graham, 1289)
- Andrew Fraser, 1293)
- David Grant, 1296
- William Bisset, 1304-1305
- Alexander Fraser, c.1300's
- Walter Oliphant
- John Shaw Stewart, late 1830s [2]
- Robert Handyside, c.1841
Sheriffs of Stirling and Dumbarton (1871)
Sheriffs of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan (1881)
- James Muirhead, 1885–1889[3]
- Alexander Blair, 1889–1891 [3]
- John Mckie Lees, 1891–1917 [3][4]
- James Robert Nicolson Macphail, 1917– [4]
- After 1996 the sheriffdom was largely merged into the new sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.
See also
References
- ^ "Epitome of the News". Leicester Mercury. 30 December 1871. p. 2.
- ^ Lee, Thomas. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 170.
- ^ a b c Sheriff Courts. The Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports, Volume 22. p. 11.
- ^ a b "No. 30084". The London Gazette. 22 May 1917. p. 4941.
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