Royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Ayr, Scotland
The Sheriff of Ayr was historically (from 1221) the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Ayr , Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. Sundrum Castle was used by the sheriff from the 14th century, and Loudoun Castle from the 16th century.[citation needed 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.
In 1946 Bute was added to form the new sheriffdom of Ayr and Bute , which was in turn abolished in 1975 and replaced by the current sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway .
Sheriffs of Ayr
John of Moray (c.1170)
Reginald Crawford, (1221 – died 1226/1229)[ 1]
Malcolm of Moray (1236)
Hugh Crawford (died 1265), Chief of Clan Crawford, Lord of Loudon Castle)Walter Stewart , 1264[ 2] William Comyn (1263-1265)[ 2] Andrew Moray (1288)[ 2]
James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland (1288)Reginald Crawford (1296)Patrick IV, Earl of March (1301)Robert de Brus (1303)
Magnus de Stratherne - 1303 - Deputy
Nicholas de Benhathe - 1303 - Deputy Godfrey de Ros (1305–)[ 3]
Robert of Laybourn (1306)
Robert Wallace (1342)[ 4]
Duncan Wallace (1359)[ 4]
John Wallace of Craigie
Andrew Campbell of Loudoun (died 1368)
William Cunningham, Earl of Carrick (died between December 1396 and July 1399)[ 5]
William de Cunningham[ 3]
Hugh Campbell of Loudoun
George Campbell of Loudoun (1450–1491)
Hugh Campbell (died 1508)[ 6]
Hugh Campbell of Loudoun (1503–1561) [ 3] Matthew Campbell of Loudoun (1561–1574) [ 3]
Mathew Baird, (1573)[ 7]
Hugh Campbell of Loudoun (1574–15 Dec 1622) 1st Lord of Loudoun
William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn (1661-1664)John Drummond, 1st Duke of Melfort (1686–1690) [ 8] Sir George Campbell of Cesnock (1690-) [ 8]
Hugh, Earl of Loudoun (1699–1707) [ 8]
Robert Wallace c.1723[ 9]
John, Lord Loudon (1747-1748) [ 3] Sheriffs-Depute (1748) William Duff, 1747–1775 [ 3] [ 10]
William Wallace, 1775–1786[ 11]
William Craig, Lord Craig , 1787–1792Edward McCormick, 1793–1814[ 12]
Archibald Bell , 1815–>1852 [ 13] John Christison, <1861–1862 [ 8]
Neil Colquhoun Campbell of Barnhill, 1862–1883
John Comrie Thomson, 1883–1885 [ 8]
Sir David Brand, 1885–1908 [ 14] [ 8]
John Campbell Lorimer, 1908–1911[ 14] [ 15]
William Lyon Mackenzie, 1911–1937[ 15] [ 16]
Arthur Paterson Duffes, KC, 1937–1946[ 16] [ 17]
Arthur Paterson Duffes, KC, 1946–1948 [ 17] [ 18]
Henry Wallace Guthrie, KC, 1948–1949 [ 18] [ 19]
James Frederick Gordon Thomson, KC, 1949–1952 [ 19] [ 20]
Christopher William Graham Guest , QC, 1952–1954[ 20] [ 21] Sheriff of Perth and Angus, 1954–)Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, QC , 1954–1957 [ 21] [ 22] Sheriff of Perth and Angus, 1957–)John Oswald Mair Hunter, QC, 1957–1961 [ 22] [ 23]
Ian MacDonald Robertson , QC, 1961–1966 [ 23] Sheriff of Perth and Angus , 1966)Robert Howat McDonald, QC, 1966–1972 [ 24]
Donald MacArthur Ross , 1972–1973 [ 24] Robert Reid, 1973–1975 [ 24] [ 25]
Sheriffdom abolished in 1975 and replaced by current sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
See also
References
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