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Scotland
A
sheriffdom is a judicial district of Scotland. Originally identical to
the Shires of Scotland, from the eighteenth century many counties were
grouped to form "sheriffdoms".
By 1975 there were 12 sheriffdoms,
with only Lanarkshire not grouped with another county. Following the
abolition of the counties and formation of new local government areas in
1975 and 1996 the number of sheriffdoms has been reduced to six.
Shires originated in the twelfth century when the office of sheriff was
introduced to Scotland. These shires eventually became the counties of
Scotland. Malcolm III appears to have introduced sheriffs as part of a
policy of replacing Gaelic forms of government with Norman feudal
structures. This was continued by his sons Edgar, Alexander I and in
particular David I. David completed the division of the country into
sheriffdoms by the conversion of existing thanedoms.
“The Sheriff of Roxburgh was historically the royal official responsible
for enforcing law and order in that area of Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date (until)
1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes,
qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar”. [Wikipedia].
Article by Sally E. Douglas:
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Alexander Douglas (1226-1232), Sheriff of Elgin
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Dr. Alexander Douglas,
provost and high sheriff of the shyre of Banff, c1640
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Archibald Douglas, 13th of Cavers,
heritable sheriff of Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, who succeeded his brother
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Archibald 'The Grim', 3rd Earl
of Douglas, king's sheriff of Edinburgh
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Archibald Douglas. 8th earl
of Angus, 5th earl of Morton appointed sheriff of Berwickshire
in 1573
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David Douglas,
Lord Reston, Sheriff-Depute of Berwickshire, 1809-?
- George Lewis
Augustus Douglas (of
Tilquhillie), Sheriff-Depute of
Kincardineshire, who died on the 30th of October 1847
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James Douglas, 7th earl of
Douglas (James the Gross) (c1371 - 1443), sheriff of Lanark
- Rev.
Lord James Douglas, hereditary
Sheriff of Forfarshire, 1787, 1881 (more than one, presumably?)
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William Douglas of
Leswalt, Sheriff of Wigtownshire, c1425
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William Douglas 11th of Cavers, deprived of the hereditary
sheriffdom
of Teviotdale on account of his opposition to the court
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William Douglas 12th of Cavers
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William, the knight of
Liddesdale (c. 1300-1353), known as the " Flower of Chivalry,"
constable of the castle of Roxburgh and sheriff of Teviotdale
England
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George Douglas,
of Chilston Park, High Sheriff of Kent in 1833
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John Douglas of Gyrn, (died
21st October 1839) was, in 1821, high sheriff of Lancashire.
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John Douglas was a coroner in Newcastle 28 September 1674 - 14
April 1685 (or sheriff, under-sheriff or coroners clerk)
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Thomas Douglas, of Grantham
in Lincolnshire, High Sheriff of that County in 1776.
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Ireland
- Charles Mathew Douglass, of
Grace Hall, J.P. and D.L., (1793-1880), High Sheriff co.
Down 1836, (1793-1880)
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St John Thomas Blacker-Douglass of Grace Hall was High Sheriff
of Armagh in 1861
USA
- Benjamin Douglas (1785-1848), Sheriff 1831-34 Chautauque
County
- Col Edward Douglas,
High Sheriff and Burgess at Jamestown
- Gilbert Douglass (died 1837 aged 54), high sheriff of
Green Co., Illinois
- Gilbert Douglass, Sheriff 1826-28 Chautauque
County (Possible brother of Benjamin)
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William
Douglass (d 1782) was a resident of Loudon County,
Virginia, and was appointed sheriff of that county in 1777
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