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
- Alexander Sinton
- Andrew Sinton
- Alexander Synton
- Andrew Synton
- Hugh of Eyland
- Isabella Synton
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
- Edward Keith
- Robert de Manners
- William de Montacute
- John Turnbull
- *John Turnbull - Deputy
- Thomas Erskyne
- Thomas Erskine
- John Murray
;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.
