List of provosts of Perth
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History
[edit]The Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point.[1]The first holder whose name is known is John Mercer, who served in 1368.[2]
Until 1975, the post wasLord Provostof Perth,and ranked second in precedence after theLord Provost of Edinburgh.With the reorganisation of local government, it becameProvost ofPerth and Kinross.[1]
List of Provosts
[edit]- 1368: John Mercer[3]
- Laurence Spence[3]
- William Mercer[3]
- Andrew de Martyn[3]
- John de Pitscottie[3]
- 1465: Andrew Charteris[3]
- 1471: Robert Donyng[3]
- Andrew de Martyn[3]
- Richard de Strathearn[3]
- Alexander Bunch[3]
- Thomas Peebles[3]
- Robert Mercer[3]
- Walter Ireland[3]
- Patrick Wells[3]
- 1500: Patrick Wells[3]
- Robert Mercer[3]
- Andrew Charteris[3]
- John Charteris[3]
- Alexander Tyre, of Busbie[3]
- Andrew Bunch[3]
- 1504: Alexander Blair[3]
- 1509: John Donyng[3]
- 1521: Patrick Charteris[3]
- 1523: Alexander M'Breck[3]
- William, Lord Ruthven[3]
- Oliver Maxton[3]
- John Christison[3]
- William Patullo[3]
- 1544: Patrick Ruthven[4]
- 1584: Patrick, Master of Ruthven[3]
- Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine[3]
- William, Earl of Gowrie[3]
- John, Earl of Montrose[3]
- John, Earl of Atholl[3]
- James Hepburn[3]
- James, Earl of Gowrie[3]
- John, Earl of Gowrie[3]
- 1600: David Murray, afterwards Lord Scone[3]
- James Adamson[3]
- Viscount Stormont[3]
- Alexander Peebles[3]
- Robert Arnot[3]
- Andrew Gray[3]
- Andrew Grant[3]
- Andrew Butter[3]
- John Paterson[3]
- 1664:Sir Patrick Threipland[3]
- 1666: George Threipland[3]
- Archibald Christie[3]
- Andrew Jackson[3]
- Patrick Hay[3]
- Robert Lauder[3]
- John Glas[3]
- Robert Smyth[3]
- George Oliphant[3]
- James Cree[3]
- David Murray[3]
- Patrick Davidson[3]
- 1700: George Oliphant[3]
- Patrick Davidson[3]
- 1704: Alexander Robertson[3]
- 1706: James Cree[3]
- James Brown[3]
- William Austen[3]
- Robert Robertson[3]
- Patrick Hay[3]
- William Ferguson[3]
- Colin Brown[3]
- Patrick Crie[3]
- John Robertson[3]
- William Stuart[3]
- William Gray[3]
- John Stuart[3]
- Alexander Simpson[3]
- George Fechney[3]
- 1784: Thomas Marshall
- 1785: Thomas Marshall[3]
- William Alison[3]
- John Caw[3]
- Alexander Fechney[3]
- James Ramsay[3]
- Thomas Black[3]
- 1800:Thomas Hay Marshall[5]
- 1801: Thomas Hay Marshall
- 1802: John Caw
- 1803: John Caw
- 1804: Thomas Hay Marshall
- 1805: Thomas Hay Marshall
- 1806: John Caw
- 1807: John Caw
- 1808: Laurence Robertson
- 1809: Laurence Robertson
- 1810: Robert Ross
- 1811: Robert Ross
- 1812: Laurence Robertson
- 1813: Laurence Robertson
- 1814: Robert Ross
- 1815: Robert Ross
- 1816: Laurence Robertson
- 1817: Laurence Robertson
- 1818: David Morison
- 1819: David Morison
- 1820: Robert Ross
- 1821: Robert Ross
- 1822: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1823: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1824: Robert Ross
- 1825: Robert Ross
- 1825: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1826: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1827: Robert Ross
- 1828: Robert Ross
- 1829: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1830: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
- 1839:David Greig[6]
- 1841: David Greig
- 1842: Charles Graham Sidney
- 1862: Sir David Ross
- 1867:John Pullar[7]
- 1873: Andrew Graham
- 1880: Kirkwood Hewat
- 1890: George Wilson
- 1893:John Dewar
- 1899: David Macgregor
- 1902: Thomas Love
- 1909: Duncan Macnab
- 1912: Charles Scott
- 1919: Archibald Ure Wotherspoon
- 1922:John Dewar
- 1924: Thomas Dempster
- 1932:Thomas Hunter
- 1935: Robert Nimmo[8]
- 1945: John Ure Primrose[9]
- 1954: John Buchan
- John T. Young
- 1963: Robert Ritchie[10]
- 1966:David Kinnear Thomson[11]
- 1972: Alexander Cross
- 1975:
- John Mathieson
- 1988: Alexander Murray[12]
- 19??:
- John Cullivan
- 1999: Mike O'Malley[13]
- 2003: Bob Scott[14]
- 2007: John Hulbert
- 2012: Liz Grant[15]
- 2017: Dennis Melloy[16]
- 2022: Xander McDade[17]
References
[edit]- ^ab"The Fair City of Perth"(PDF).Perth and Kinross Council.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^Crawford Smith, David (1906).The Historians of Perth, and Other Local and Topographical Writers, Up to the End of the Nineteenth Century.J. Christie.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbgbhbibjbkblbmbnbobpbqbrbsbtbubvbwbxbybzcacbCowan, Samuel (1904).Perth, the Ancient Capital of Scotland.Vol. 1.
- ^Way, George and Squire, Romily.Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.(Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, TheStanding Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 100 - 101.
- ^The Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill · Volume 1,Samuel Cowan (1904), p. 375
- ^New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository.Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1840. p. 329.
- ^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Pullar
- ^Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage.Burke's Peerage. 1956.
- ^Bracken, C. P. (1967).Who's who in British Aviation.English Universities Press.
- ^"Interesting discovery".The Courier & Advertiser.12 October 2016.
- ^"Thomson, David Kinnear".Who's Who & Who Was Who.Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black.Retrieved7 April2016.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Arbuckle, Andrew (22 June 2022)."Obituaries: Alexander Murray, hill farmer and former Perth Provost".The Scotsman.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^Anderson, Kathryn (18 January 2022)."Tributes paid to popular former Perth and Kinross Council Provost who died at the weekend".Daily Record.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^Wilson, Willie (21 May 1942)."Obituary: Bob Scott, former provost, Perth and Kinross Council".The Scotsman.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^"Provost of Perth and Kinross Liz Grant reflects on five years as civic head of local authority during a time of great change".Daily Record.28 April 2017.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^Chalmers, Robbie (10 May 2022)."Provost of Perth and Kinross Council will" step into retirement "after local election exit".Daily Record.Retrieved20 October2022.
- ^Duncan, Emma (21 June 2022)."'I'm the Provost of Perth and Kinross aged 28 - here's how I got there'".The Courier.Retrieved20 October2022.