Sheriff of Selkirk
# Sheriff of Selkirk

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.

## Sheriffs of Selkirk

* 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
* Andrew Pringle, 1751–1755
* Walter Scott, 1799–1832
* Thomas Hamilton Miller, 1832–1844
* George Dundas, 1844–>1861
* For sheriffs after 1868 see Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.
