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.