Sheriff of Perth
The Sheriff of Perth was historically a royal official, appointed for life, who was responsible for enforcing justice in Perth, 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 consecutive reorganisations of the Scottish sheriffdoms the position became the Sheriff of Perthshire in 1747 and the Sheriff of Perth & Angus in 1934.
The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 and replaced by that of Tayside, Central and Fife.
Sheriffs of Perth
- Kenneth
- Roger de Mortimer of Aberdour
- John de Moray
- Geoffrey de Inverkunglas
- John Hay of Naughton
- William Blund
- Malcolm of Moray
- Adam de Lochore
- William de Munfichet
- John Hay of Naughton
- William de Lauder
- David de Lochore
- Gilbert de la Hay
- John Cameron
- George de Cambrun
- Christian de l'Isle
- Nicholas de la Haye
- Walter de Burghdon
- John de Inchmartin
- Alexander de Abernethy
- John de Stirling
- Andrew Buthirgask
- John Denniston
- *Harry de Fotheringay
- Hugh de Ros
- Andrew Buthirgask
- Robert Stewart of Innermeath
- Alexander Abercrombie
- Thomas de Wanchope
- Walter Stewart of Ralston
- Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl
- *John Spence - 1433 - Deputy
- *Archibald Stewart - 1439 - Deputy
- Patrick Charteris
- John de Haddington
- William Ruthven
- Patrick Charteris
- Patrick Graham, Lord Graham
- William Graham
- Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant
- Robert Abercromby
- William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
- John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
Sheriffs of Perthshire (1747)
- Patrick Haldane, 1747-1748
- James Erskine, 1748–1754
- John Swinton, 1754–1782
- William Nairne of Dunsinnan, 1783–
- Archibald Colquhoun, 1793–1807
- John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, 1807–1824
- Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, 1824–1834
- Adam Anderson, 1835–1841
- Robert Whigham, 1841–1849
- James Craufurd, 1849–1853
- Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, 1858–1866
- John Tait, 1866–1874
- James Adam, 1874–1876
- John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, 1880–
- William Gloag, Lord Kincairney, 1885–1889
- Charles Pearson, 1889–1890
- Andrew Graham Murray, 1890–1891
- Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, 1891–1905
- Christopher Nicholson Johnston, KC, 1905–1916
- John Wilson KC, 1917–1920
- James Condie Stewart Sandeman KC, 1920–
Sheriffs of Perth and Angus (1934)
- Daniel Patterson Blades, 1934-1945
- James Frederick Strachan, KC, 1945–1948
- Laurence Hill Watson, KC, 1948–1952
- Thomas Blantyre Simpson, QC, 1952–1954
- Christopher William Graham Guest, QC, 1954–1955
- Sir James Randall Philip, QC, 1955–1957
- Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, 1957–1958
- Hector McKechnie, QC, 1958–1963
- George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 1963–1966
- Ian MacDonald Robertson, QC, 1966–1966
- Margaret Henderson Kidd, QC, 1966–1974
- William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, 1974–1975
- Sheriffdom replaced in 1975 by the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife.