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Sheriff of Selkirk
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The Sheriff of Selkirk was historically a royal official responsible for enforcing justice in Selkirk, 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 mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms in 1868 the position became the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
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Sheriffs of Selkirk
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- Andrew Sinton (c.1214)
- Alexander Sinton (1265)
- Andrew Sinton
- Alexander Synton (-1293)
- Andrew Synton (1293-)
- Hugh of Eyland (1296)
- Isabella Synton (1305)
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke (1306)
- Edward Keith (1328)
- Robert de Manners (1334)
- William de Montacute (1335)
- John Turnbull (1360)
- John Turnbull (1364) - Deputy
- Thomas Erskyne (1373)
- Thomas Erskine (1469)
- John Murray (1503)
- Sheriffs-Depute
- George Sinclair, Lord Woodall, –1751 [1]
- Andrew Pringle, 1751–1755 [2]
- Walter Scott, 1799–1832[3]
- Thomas Hamilton Miller, 1832–1843[4][5][6]
- James Miller, 1843- [7]
- George Dundas, 1844–>1861 [8]
- For sheriffs after 1868 see Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
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