title: Sheriff of Selkirk
text: # 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.
  