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The Sheriff of Renfrew and Argyll was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Renfrew and Argyll, 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.
The sheriffdom of Renfrew was combined with the sheriffdom of Bute in 1871, creating the new position of Sheriff of Bute and Renfrew It was merged in 1946 with the sheriffdom of Argyll instead, creating the position of Sheriff of Renfrew and Argyll. That sheriffdom was in turn dissolved in 1975 to be replaced by the current sheriffdom of North Strathclyde.




Sheriffs of Renfrew



Sir William Semple, 1471–
Thomas Sempill (killed 1488)
John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill (1489) (killed 1513)
William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill (1515) (died 1552)
Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill (died 1576)
John Sempill, 1st of Beltrees (died 1579)
James Sempill, 2nd of Beltrees (died 1626)
Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, 1636- (died 1661)
Francis Sempill
Earls of Eglinton, –1748
Sheriffs-Depute
Charles Macdonald of Crichen, 1748-
Charles McDowall, c.1786
Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank of Kirknewton, 1788–1796
John Connel, 1796–c.1814
John Colin Dunlop, 1816–1842
Hercules Robertson, 1842–1853
Robert MacFarlane, 1853–1862
Patrick Fraser, 1864–1871




Sheriffs of Renfrew and Bute (1871)


Henry James Moncrieff, 1881-1888
Sir Charles Pearson, 1888–1889 (Sheriff of Perth, 1889–90)
Sir John Cheyne, 1889–1907
Neil John Downie Kennedy, 1907–1912
John Wilson, 1912–1917
Alastair Oswald Morison Mackenzie, January–July 1917 (Sheriff of Lanark, 1917)
David Anderson, 1917–1918
Charles Murray, 1918–1918
James Mercer Irvine, 1918–1945




Sheriffs of Renfrew and Argyll (1946)


Thomas Murray-Taylor, 1946–1948
James Randall Philip, QC, 1948–1955 {Sheriff of Perth and Angus, 1955}
William Ross McLean, QC, 1955–1960 (Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles, 1960)
Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside, QC, 1960–1962
Alexander Thomson, 1962–1964
William Robertson Grieve, Lord Grieve, QC, 1964–1972
James Mackay, 1972–1974
The sheriffdom was abolished in 1975 and replaced by the current Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde.




See also


Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms




References

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• Sheriff of Renfrew and Argyll
• Sheriff of Argyll
• Renfrew
• Renfrewshire (historic)
• Alexander Thomson, Lord Thomson
• Sheriff of Bute
• William Robertson Grieve, Lord Grieve
• Sheriff of Dumfries and Galloway
• Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
• Shires of Scotland