The Sheriff of Dumbarton was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Dumbarton, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.

Following a merger the post was retitled the Sheriff of Dumbarton & Bute in 1854. Following further reorganisations the post became the Sheriff of Stirling & Dumbarton in 1871^[1] and the Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton & Clackmannan in 1881.

• Uilleam, Earl of Mar (1264-1266)
• Walter Bailloch Stewart (1271-1288)
• Alexander, Earl of Menteith (1289-?)
• John de Menteith (1304-1308)
• Malcolm Fleming, Earl of Wigtown (c.1309)
• John Colquhoun (c.1800)^[2]

• Robert Hunter 1854

• Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms

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