Sheriff of Stirling
The Sheriff of Stirling was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Stirling, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. 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 the office became the Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton in 1871 and the Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan in 1881. The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 when the current sheriffdoms of North Strathclyde and Tayside, Central and Fife were created. Sheriffs of Stirling William Fitz Thorald (c.1130) Dufoter (1153) William de Stirling (1165) Gilbert de Stirling (1170) Alexander de Stirling (1189, 1195–1198, 1219) Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (1226) John de Stirling (1230) Bernard Fraser (1226-1233) Alexander de Stirling (1235) John de Stirling (1241) Gilbert Fraser (1258) John Lamberton (1265-1266) Patrick de Graham (1288-1289) Andrew Fraser (1291-1293) David Grant (1295-1296) Richard Waldgrave (1296) Alexander Livingstone (1304) William Bisset (1304-1305) Alexander Fraser (1328) Richard Lachlan - 1328 - Deputy Richard Lachlan (1329) Robert Erskine (1360) Andrew Murray (1367) Thomas Erskine (1367) Walter Oliphant (1368) Thomas,