Sheriff Andrew Jameson

1811 - 1870  (59 years)

• Name	Andrew Jameson
  Title	Sheriff
  Birth	30 Apr 1811	Cupar, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1832	St. Andrews University
  Death	30 Oct 1870	Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland   [2]
  	He died of diphtheria within a few days of visiting his son, John, who became ill and died from the disease.
  Person ID	I23	McCulloch Jamesons

  
  

  Father	Andrew Jameson,   b. 6 Nov 1771, Dysart, Fife, Scotland d. 15 Apr 1846, Cupar, Fife, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Euphemia Chalmers,   b. Abt 1782, Fife, Scotland d. 1815, Scotland (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1802	Cupar, Fife, Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alexandrea Grace Campbell,   b. 19 Apr 1807, Dalkeith, Scotland d. Dec 1848 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	28 Aug 1844	Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland   [4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Jameson,   b. 5 Jul 1845, Ayr, Ayreshire, Scotland d. 21 Nov 1911, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 66 years)   2. Alexander Campbell Jameson,   b. 16 Jun 1847, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. Abt 1851, Scotland (Age 3 years)   3. John St. Clair Jameson,   b. 21 Jan 1849, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland d. 29 Oct 1870, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Hart Hotchkiss,   b. 6 Sep 1830, St Mungo, Glasgow, Scotland d. 24 Mar 1897, Newington, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1853	Saint Cuthberts - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. James Hotchkiss Jameson,   b. 4 Jan 1855, Newington and Grange, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 27 Jan 1937, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  was called to the Bar in 1835 and in 1843 was appointed Sheriff-Substitute of Ayrshire and Midlothian in 1845. He was transferred to Edinburgh and appointed Sheriff of Aberdeen on 6 November 1865. In 1854 Sheriff Jameson drew up a constitution - civil and criminal code - for the Island of Malta. (For a detailed account of this see Andrew Jameson: a prophet without honour, by D.H.F. Gourlay in The Law Journal of the Scottish Universities, Part 1, 2011.) Andrew Jameson was distinguished for his sound judgments and consciencious diligence in rendering opinions. He took a great interest in the Protestant Churches on the Continent and, being an accomplished scholar in Italian, French and Spanish, he was able to support newly founded Churches in Italy and Spain by visiting them and raising funds for their assistance. Sheriff Jameson was an elder of the Free Church in Edinburgh and legal adviser to their ministry. Sheriff Andrew Jameson lived in 1860 at Brentfield Terrace, Edinburgh.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Birth Record. O.P.R. Births # 420/00 0030 0282 - Cupar National Records of Scotland [S24] Death Record. Statutory Deaths # 385/ 5 658 - Newington National Records of Scotland [S23] Marriage Record. O.P.R. Marriages # 420/00 0030 0201 - Cupar National Records of Scotland [S23] Marriage Record, 28 Aug 1844, p.160. O.P.R. Marriages # 578/00 0120 0323 - Ayr National Records of Scotland [S23] Marriage Record, 3 Sep 1844, p.80. O.P.R. Marriages # 501/00 0040 0531 - Old or West Kilpatrick National Records of Scotland [S23] Marriage Record. O.P.R. Marriages # 685/2 0470 0683 - St. Cuthbert's National Records of Scotland [S23] Marriage Record. O.P.R. Marriages # 847/ 0020 0134 - St Mungo National Records of Scotland