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- Retour given by Henry Congiltoun, Sheriff depute of Berwick.
- He became sheriff depute of Renfrewshire in 1816 and served this role until his death.
- He spoke in Parliament on the issue of Sheriffs Depute in Scotland, on 29 March 1822.
- The family records of the clan Ferguson also record him as being appointed Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire in 1710.
- Dougal's grandson was Fergus, third of Garthland who during the reign of David II of Scotland was sheriff depute for Kirkcudbright.
- After the Stuart restoration in 1660, Alexander followed his father as a justice of the peace, and in 1674 was appointed Sheriff Depute for Inverness.
- The twenty-second and twenty-third Lairds of Rattray died without heirs and the estate then passed to a cousin, the Honourable James Clerk Rattray, sheriff depute of Edinburgh.
- On 1 August 1590, Walter MacAulay, son of Allan MacAulay of Durling, was killed on the " Highway and street of Dunbarton " in a clash against a contingent of Buchanans, who were led by Thomas Buchanan, Sheriff Depute of Dunbarton.
- He studied Law at Edinburgh University and was admitted to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1799 . He was for some time Sheriff Depute of Perthshire, and was made Lord of Session in January 1825, when he assumed the courtesy title of Lord Medwyn, from his estate in Perthshire.