Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway

The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway: Their "Forebears" and Friends, Their Courts and Customs of Their Times.

By Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. of Lochaw.

Originally published 1893. 2nd enlarged edition. 2 volumes. 495, 486 pages. Book on CD-ROM or downloadable pdf.

The early history of Galloway is inseparable from that of Ayrshire, and this work therefore treats Galloway in its widest definition. It includes lands and families as far north as the river Irvine, as well as east to the Nith, and the region would later be defined as the counties of Wigtown and Kirkcudbright. Volume One treats the history of the region to around 1650, and Volume Two picks up there and carries on into the 19th century. The Agnews, of course, figure prominently in this work, but it is more a history of the region than of one family. Among the families discussed in some detail are: Adair, Agnew, Baillie, Balliol, Blair, Boswell, Campbell, Carnegie, Crichton, Dalrymple, Douglas, Dunbar, Ferguson, Fleming, Gordon, Graham, Hamilton, Hay, Herries, Kennedy, McClellan, McDowall, McKie, Maxwell, Montgomery, Murray, Ross, Stewart, and Vaus.