Sheriff of Ayr
The Sheriff of Ayr was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Ayr, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. Sundrum Castle was used by the sheriff from the 14th century, and Loudoun Castle from the 16th century.
Past sheriffs
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- Sir Reginald de Crawford, 1st Sheriff of Ayr (circa 1165-1226/1229)[1]
- Sir Hugh Crawford (b.1195 – d.1265, 2nd Sheriff of Ayrshire, Chief of Clan Crawford, Lord of Loudon Castle)
- Sir Reginald Crawford. Made Sheriff of Ayr in 1296
- Sir Hugh Crawford
- Walter Stewart, 1264[2]
- William Comyn, c.1265[2]
- Andrew Moray, 1288[2]
- Sir Robert de Brus 1303
- Sir Duncan Wallace
- Sir John Wallace of Craigie
- Andrew Campbell of Loudoun (1315-1368)[3]
- Sir William Cunningham, Earl of Carrick (died between December 1396 and July 1399)[4]
- George Campbell of Loudoun (born abt. 1444 or 1449, died 09 mar 1491)[5]
- Sir Hugh Campbell (1476-1508)[6]
- Hugh Campbell of Loudoun (1502 - 1561)
- Matthew Campbell of Loudoun (Abt. 1525 - abt. 1574)
- Hugh Campbell of Loudoun (Abt. 1550 - 15 Dec 1622) Sheriff of Ayr, 1st Lord of Loudoun
- William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn (1610–1664), Sheriff of Ayr 1661-1664
- William Alexander Orr Paterson, Esq. (?? - 1901) deceased[7]
- John Campbell Shairp, Esq., Advocate (3 May 1901 - ???) previously Sheriff-substitute of the Sheriffdom of Argyllshire[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/crawford.htm
- 1 2 3 Young, Alan (1990), "Noble families and political factions in the reign of Alexander III", in Reid, Norman H., Scotland in the reign of Alexander III, 1249–1286, John Donald, pp. 1–30, ISBN 0 85976218 1.
- ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Campbell-1032
- ↑ http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1323.htm
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p40271.htm
- ↑ G. Harvey Johnston. (1920). The heraldry of the Campbells, with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. Vol. 2. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofcampbe02john
- 1 2 The London Gazette: no. 27311. p. 3124. 7 May 1901.
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