Sheriff of Berwick

The Sheriff of Berwick was historically a royal official, who was responsible for enforcing justice in Berwickshire, 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.

The sheriffdom was merged into the new sheriffdom of Haddington and Berwick in 1856.

Sheriffs of Berwick
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Sheriffs-Depute
  • George Ker, 1755– [1] (first Sheriff-depute of modern era)
  • David Hume of Ninewells, 1783–1793 [2] (Sheriff of Linlithgow, 1793–1811)
  • John Swinton, 1793–1809 [3]
  • David Douglas of Reston, 1809–1813 [4]
  • William Boswell, <1819–1840
  • Robert Bell 1841–1856[5] [6] (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1856)
  • For sheriffs after 1856 see Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick

See also

References
  1. Chalmers, George. Caledonia, Or an Account, Historical and Topographic, of North ..., Volume 2. p. 216.
  2. "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. Finance Accounts of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 286.
  4. "Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. p. 851.
  6. "Sheriff-Ship of East Lothian". Caledonian Mercury. 18 June 1856.
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