The Sheriff of Clackmannan was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Clackmannan, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. 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 mergers the sheriff became the Sheriff of Clackmannan & Stirling in 1747, Sheriff of Clackmannan & Kinross in 1807 and the Sheriff of Linlithgow, Clackmannan & Kinross in 1865. Following further reorganisation in 1881 Clackmannan became part of the Sheriffdom of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan.
Sheriffs of Clackmannan
- Gille Muire (1164)
- Alexander de Stirling (1200-1207)
- William Bissett (1303-1304)
- Malcolm de Inverpefer (1304-1305)
- Henry de Anand (1305-1306)
- John de Stirling (1306)
- Henry de Anand (1328)
- John de Monteith (1353-1382)
- William Menteith (1382)
- John Menteith (1470)
- John Schaw of Alweth (1489)
- William Menteith of Kers (1489)
- William Livingston (1631)
- Thomas Hope, (1638-1651)
- Protectorate
- Sir Alexander Hope, (1662âÂÂ66) (resigned)
- Henry Bruce, (1668-1674)
- David Bruce, (1674âÂÂc.1693) (deprived as Jacobite)
- Robert Stewart, (1698)
- William Morrison, (1698-1700)
- no record, (1700-1712)
- William Dalrymple, (1712âÂÂ1742)
- William Dalrymple, Earl of Dumfries, (1742âÂÂ1747)
Sheriffs of Clackmannan and Stirling (1747)
- 1748 - Clackmannan combined with Stirling
- David Walker, 1748âÂÂ1761
- Robert Bruce, 1761âÂÂ1764
- George Cockburn (later Haldane), 1764âÂÂ1770
- Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby, 1770âÂÂ1780
- John Pringle, 1780âÂÂ1790
- William Tait, 1790âÂÂ1797
- David Williamson (later Robertson Ewart), 1797âÂÂ1807 )
Sheriffs of Clackmannan and Kinross (1807)
Sheriffs of Linlithgow
Sheriffs-Depute (1748)
Sheriffs of Linlithgow, Clackmannan and Kinross, (1865)
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