The Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland was historically the office responsible for enforcing
law and order in
Ross-shire,
Cromarty and
Sutherland, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice.
Original known as the office of the Sheriff of Cromarty it became known, following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms, as the Sheriff of Ross & Cromarty in 1747 and the Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty & Sutherland in 1870.[1] Following a further merger in 1946 it became the
Sheriff of Inverness, Moray, Nairn & Ross & Cromarty.