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Ross-shire (1,476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the sheriff of Inverness by Act of Parliament during the reign of King James IV, the sheriff

Fraser of Inverallochy (177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Clan Fraser of Lovat, who hail from Inverallochy. Simon was Sheriff of Inverness, and married twice. The Frasers of Lovat descend from this first

Thomas Dunbar, 5th Earl of Moray (281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cathedral in 1390 this agreement was dissolved. He replaced Buchan as sheriff of Inverness in 1390. In 1394, Moray was pressured into paying protection money

George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his time. The second son of the 4th Earl, George Gordon was the Sheriff of Inverness from 1556. As Captain of Badenoch, he was in charge of carrying letters

Clan Chisholm (1,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his grandfather as Constable of Urquhart Castle, and later became Sheriff of Inverness and Justiciar of the North. This Robert was the last Chisholm to

Clan Scrymgeour (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Dundee. Scrymgeour of Kirkton's grandson was David Scrymgeour, sheriff of Inverness who married Catherine, daughter of Alexander Wedderburn of Wedderburn

Caithness (5,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gained a grant of the justiciary and sheriffdom of the area from the Sheriff of Inverness. In 1503 an act of the Parliament of Scotland confirmed the separate

Clan Grant (2,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stratherrick. Sir Laurence le Grant, son of Gregory le Grant, was Sheriff of Inverness. During the Wars of Scottish Independence, Clan Grant were supporters

George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis (806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Foulis was on 17 October 1410, before Hugh Fraser, 1st Lord Lovat the Sheriff of Inverness, served heir to his mother, Isobel Keith, in the lands of Lissera

Inverness Castle (1,697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly hereditary keeper of the castle and sheriff of Inverness. In 1548 another castle with tower was completed by George Gordon

James Ivory, Lord Ivory (537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gazette writer for Scotland. His fourth son, William Ivory, was sheriff of Inverness-shire. Another son Francis Jeffery Ivory (presumably named after

Chiefs of Clan Fraser (567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

VI Hugh Fraser of Lovat 1440 Son of IV. Held the office of High Sheriff of Inverness-shire in 1431. VII Hugh Fraser of Lovat 1450 Son of VI. VIII Hugh

Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

father Hector Munro, 13th Baron of Foulis before John Cuthbert, Sheriff of Inverness and thus inherited his father's lands. Also during 1542, James V

Shires of Scotland (2,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

separated from Inverness.b ^b In 1583 the Earl of Huntly, hereditary sheriff of Inverness, granted the Earl of Sutherland jurisdiction over the sheriffdom

William Fraser Tytler (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hope, Sir James Hall and John Playfair. In 1810 he was appointed Sheriff of Inverness. This was possibly pre-empted by his inheriting his mother's family

William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

250 from royal bounty to make up the arrears. Strathnaver became sheriff of Inverness in 1718. In 1719 he became active again in organizing resistance

Elizabeth Sutherland, 10th Countess of Sutherland (1,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about not by the Earl of Caithness but by the Earl of Huntly who was sheriff of Inverness-shire. Alexander Sutherland had seized and appropriated Crown dues

Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly (1,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

brother John Gordon was executed for treason. George Gordon, as Sheriff of Inverness Castle, had refused the queen entry to the fortress which was a royal

Hector Roy Mackenzie (2,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ownership of Gairloch is confirmed by a deed made by John De Vaux, Sheriff of Inverness, dated 10 December 1494, and his ownership of Brahan and Moy by a

Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (3,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

under Carrick. On top of this, Bishop Bur turned to Thomas Dunbar, Sheriff of Inverness and son of the Earl of Moray to provide his protection. The events

Clan Fraser of Lovat (5,491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

advised the government to remove Lord Lovat from his office as High Sheriff of Inverness-shire. As a result, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, later gave his

James III of Scotland (6,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was annexed to the Crown, Kintyre, Knapdale, and the offices of sheriff of Inverness and Nairn were lost, and the Lord of the Isles was reduced to a mere

Mackenzie of Gairloch (3,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ownership of Gairloch is confirmed by a deed made by John De Vaux, Sheriff of Inverness, dated 10 December 1494, and his ownership of Brahan and Moy by a

History of Nairn (12,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

returned with the exception of the Earldom of Ross and the offices of Sheriff of Inverness and Nairn. This was the last point where the Earldom of Ross was