Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the stained glass window dedicated to Thomas Chalmers Sherriff in St Bean's Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Fowlis Wester, Perthshire. The Reverend Thomas Chalmers Sherriff was minister of Fowlis Wester from 1924 to 1941. The name Sherriff comes from one of the family having worked as a person who held the office of sheriff. This occupational surname was originally derived from the Old English words scir meaning shire and refa meaning reeve. The surname was originally derived from the " shire-reeve, " a Vice Count who was in charge of the law for a shire or county. Before the Norman Conquest the sheriff was the king's representative in a county, responsible for every aspect of local administration in England. The surname Sherriff was first found in Warwickshire, England, where they held a family seat from early times. Many variations of the name Sherriff have been found, including: Sheriff, Sherrif, Sherriff, Shirreffs, Sheriffs and many more.
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