Sheriff of Elgin
The Sheriff of Elgin was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Elgin, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, they were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.
After a merger the sheriff became the Sheriff of Elgin and Nairn in 1747. After further mergers the sheriffdom became part of the sheriffdom of Banff, Elgin & Nairn in 1854, part of the sheriffdom of Inverness, Elgin & Nairn in 1882 and part of the sheriffdom of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty in 1946.
Sheriffs of Elgin
- Alexander Douglas
- Thomas Wiseman
- Alexander de Montfort
- Reginald le Chen
- Willam Wiseman
- William de Strathbok
- William de Valognes
- Alexander Dunbar of Westfield
- Alexander Dunbar
- James Dunbar of Cumnock
Sheriffs-Depute of Elgin and Nairn (1747)
- Sir George Abercromby, 4th Baronet, 1783–>1822
- Robert Cunningham Graham Spiers, 1835-1840
- Cosmo Innes, 1840–1852
- Benjamin Robert Bell, 1852–1854
- ''Sheriffdom merged in 1854 to form the sheriffdom of Banff, Elgin and Nairn''