Sheriff of Kincardine
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The Sheriff of Kincardine, also known as The Mearns, was historically a royal appointment, held at pleasure, which carried the responsibility for enforcing justice in Kincardine, 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.
Following a general merger of the sheriffdoms in 1870 the position became the Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.
- Osbert Olifard (c. 1160)[1]
- John de Hastinkes, Lord of Dun (1163-1178)[1]
- Robert de Inverkeilor (c. 1198)
- Robert Senescald (1214-1225)[1]
- Philip de Melville, Lord of Mondynes (1222-1240)[1]
- John Wishart (1230)
- Reginald le Chen (1263)
- Robert le Chen (1263-1266)[1]
- Reginald le Chen (1266)
- Reginald le Chen (1290)
- Alexander de Abernethy (1305)
- Richard de Dummor (1305)[1]
- Alexander de Stratoun, Lord of Lauriston (1328) [1]
- Alexander Fraser (1330)
- Simon Fraser (1337)
- Robert de Keith (1348-1358)[1]
- William de Keith (1359-1391)[1]
- Robert Burnard - Deputy (1391)
- Robert de Keith, Lord of Troup (1406-1407)[1]
- William Keith (1442)[1]
- Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity - Deputy (1443)[2]
- Patrick Barclay - Deputy (1448)
- John de Melville of Glenbervie (1420)[3]
- William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal (1470)
- William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal (1483)[2]
- William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (1492)[2]
- William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (1525)[2]
- William Keith, Lord Keith (1621)[2]
- Sheriffs-Depute
- Arthur Sheppard, 1728–1748? [4]
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, 1748–1760? [5]
- James Burnet, 1760–1767? [4]
- Walter Campbell of Shawfield, 1767–1777
- John Scott, 1777–1780? [4]
- John Ramsay, 1780–1783 [4]
- Alexander Gordon, 1784–1806? [6]
- Adam Gillies, 1806–1811 [7]
- George Douglas, 1812–1847? [8][9]
- Archibald Davidson, 1847–1848 (Sheriff of Aberdeen, 1848) [4]
- John Cowan, 1848–1851 [10]
- John Montgomerie Bell, 1852–1862 [11]
- Alexander Burns Shand, 1862–1869 [11] (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1869-1872}
- For sheriffs after 1870 see Sheriff of Aberdeen and Kincardine.
