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SCOTTISH LORDS OF SESSION |
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(SENATORS OF THE COLLEGE OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND) |
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The Court of Session, founded in 1532, is the supreme
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court of Scotland. The Court was divided into two houses
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1810 - the Inner House and the Outer House, The Inner
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acts as a Court of Appeal, while the Outer House acts as
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Court of First Instance, and may also have appeals
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it by the Inner House. |
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The Inner House is, in turn, divided into two divisions -
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First Division, headed by the Lord President of the Court
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Session, and the Second Division, headed by the Lord
Justice |
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Clerk. Senators have often been promoted from the Outer |
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House into the Inner House. |
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On appointment to the College of Justice, a Senator takes
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judicial title, which is retained for life. Although
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Lady', Senators of the College of Justice are not peers, |
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although some Senators have been created peers either |
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before, during or after their terms in office. |
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Until 1721, a substantial number of Extraordinary Lords of |
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Session were appointed. Sorting out whether some of the |
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early Lords of Session were appointed as Ordinary or |
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Extraordinary Lords has been extremely difficult, but I
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relied on such authorities as I could obtain. |
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Last updated 21/07/2017 |
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Date |
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Judicial Title |
Name |
Born |
Died |
Age |
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EXTRAORDINARY LORDS OF SESSION |
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27 May 1532 |
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Gavin Dunbar,Archbishop of Glasgow |
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30 Apr 1547 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Alexander Milne,Abbot of Cambuskenneth |
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c late 1548 |
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[Lord President 1532-1543] |
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27 May 1532 |
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Richard Bothwell,Rector of Eskirk |
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1547 |
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27 May 1532 |
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John Dingwell,Provost of Trinity College |
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by Jul 1533 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Henry White,Rector of Finevin and Dean of Brechin |
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27 May 1532 |
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William Gibson,Dean of Restalrig |
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27 May 1532 |
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Thomas Hay,Dean of Dunbar |
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c 1542 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Robert Reid,Abbot of Kinloss,later Bishop of Orkney |
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15 Sep 1558 |
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[Lord President 1543-1558] |
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27 May 1532 |
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George Ker,Provost of Dunglas |
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27 Jun 1532 |
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Alexander Stewart,Bishop of Moray |
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1534 |
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27 Jun 1532 |
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William Stewart,Bishop of Aberdeen |
1479 |
17 Apr 1545 |
65 |
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27 Jun 1532 |
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John Hay,Lord Hay of Yester |
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1543 |
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27 Jun 1532 |
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John Lindsay,Lord Lindsay |
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17 Dec 1563 |
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27 Jun 1532 |
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William Herries,Lord Herries |
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26 Sep 1543 |
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16 Nov 1532 |
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James Beaton,Archbishop of St.Andrews |
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1539 |
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16 Nov 1532 |
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George Leslie,Earl of Rothes |
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28 Nov 1558 |
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16 Nov 1532 |
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John Erskine,Lord Erskine |
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1552 |
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21 Mar 1533 |
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Henry Wemyss,Bishop of Galloway |
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c Jun 1541 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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George Crichton,Bishop of Dunkeld |
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24 Jan 1545 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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Robert Cairncross,Abbot of Holyroodhouse,later Bishop of
Ross |
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Apr 1544 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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James Stewart,Abbot of Dryburgh |
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c Oct 1539 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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Alexander Hamilton,Abbot of Kilwinning |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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Robert Maxwell,Lord Maxwell |
c 1493 |
9 Jul 1546 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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William Ruthven,Lord Ruthven |
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1552 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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Hugh Somerville,Lord Somerville |
c 1484 |
1549 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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George Seton,Lord Seton |
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17 Jul 1549 |
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17 Nov 1533 |
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Finnart |
Sir James Hamilton |
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Aug 1540 |
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13 Dec 1533 |
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William Preston,Parson of Belton |
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13 Dec 1533 |
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John Waddell,Parson of Flisk |
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16 Jul 1534 |
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James Hay,Bishop of Ross |
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22 Jun 1535 |
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Arthur Boyce,Chancellor of Brechin |
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2 Jul 1541 |
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William Keith,Earl Marischal |
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7 Oct 1581 |
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13 Dec 1543 |
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David Beaton,Archbishop of St.Andrews |
1494 |
29 May 1546 |
51 |
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5 Nov 1544 |
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Alexander Livingston,Lord Livingston |
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c 1550 |
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5 Nov 1544 |
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James Ogilvy,Lord Ogilvy of Airlie |
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by 1549 |
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5 Nov 1544 |
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John Stewart,Lord Innermeath |
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10 Jun 1546 |
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George Gordon,Earl of Huntly |
1513 |
28 Oct 1562 |
49 |
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31 Jul 1546 |
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Gilbert Kennedy,Earl of Cassilis |
1515 |
28 Nov 1558 |
43 |
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31 Jul 1546 |
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Henry Stewart,Lord Methven |
c 1497 |
c 1555 |
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1 Apr 1549 |
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Pittendreich |
Sir George Douglas |
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13 Sep 1550 |
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Dunnipace |
Alexander Livingstone |
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Nov 1560 |
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15 Nov 1550 |
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Provand |
William Baillie [Lord President 1566-1593] |
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26 May 1593 |
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15 Nov 1550 |
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John Stevenson,Precentor of Glasgow |
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by Jan 1564 |
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14 Mar 1551 |
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Lethington |
Sir Richard Maitland
(to 1584) |
1496 |
20 Mar 1586 |
89 |
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19 Jan 1555 |
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Gavin Hamilton,Abbot of Kilwinning |
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16 Jun 1571 |
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12 Nov 1561 |
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Pittendreich |
Sir James Balfour |
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c 1583 |
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12 Nov 1561 |
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William Maitland |
c 1525 |
Jun 1573 |
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9 Dec 1562 |
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Tilliedavy |
John Wood |
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c 1568 |
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7 Jan 1563 |
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James Douglas,Earl of Morton |
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2 Jun 1581 |
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14 Jan 1564 |
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Adam Bothwell,Bishop of Orkney (to 1593) |
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23 Aug 1593 |
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13 Nov 1565 |
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Archibald Douglas,Parson of Glasgow (Ordinary 2 Jun 1568?) |
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after 1586 |
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26 Nov 1565 |
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Alexander Gordon,Bishop of Galloway |
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1576 |
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14 Jan 1566 |
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Edward Henryson |
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by 1591 |
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20 Mar 1566 |
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George Gordon,Earl of Huntly |
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May 1576 |
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19 Nov 1567 |
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Pittarrow |
Sir John Wishart |
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after 1574 |
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20 Apr 1569 |
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Mark Kerr,Commendator of Newbottle |
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1584 |
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30 Sep 1570 |
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John Lyon,Lord Glamis |
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17 Mar 1578 |
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17 Jan 1573 |
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Archibald Campbell,Earl of Argyll |
c 1532 |
12 Sep 1575 |
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24 Oct 1573 |
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Robert Boyd,Lord Boyd |
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3 Jan 1589 |
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29 Mar 1578 |
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John Stewart,Earl of Athole |
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24 Apr 1579 |
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8 May 1578 |
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Patrick Gray,Master of Gray,later Lord Gray |
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1609 |
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25 Nov 1578 |
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William Ruthven,Lord Ruthven,later Earl of Gowrie |
c 1545 |
28 May 1584 |
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16 Aug 1579 |
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Colin Campbell,Earl of Argyll |
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Oct 1584 |
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10 Dec 1583 |
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James Stewart,Earl of Arran |
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1596 |
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23 Jan 1584 |
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James Stewart,Lord Doune |
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20 Jul 1590 |
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12 May 1584 |
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John Graham,Earl of Montrose (to 1596) |
1548 |
9 Nov 1608 |
60 |
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12 Nov 1584 |
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Mark Kerr,Commendator of Newbottle,later Earl of Lothian |
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8 Apr 1609 |
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27 Jan 1586 |
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Alexander Seton,Prior of Pluscardine, later Lord Fyvie and |
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16 Jun 1622 |
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Earl of Dunfermline
[Lord President 1593-1604] |
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9 Feb 1586 |
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Sir Thomas Lyon |
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18 Feb 1608 |
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17 Feb 1588 |
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Barns |
Sir John Seton (to
1594) |
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25 May 1594 |
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4 Jul 1588 |
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Ormiston |
Sir John Cockburn [Lord Justice Clerk 1591-1623] |
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9 Nov 1592 |
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Thomas Hamilton,later Earl of Haddington |
1563 |
29 May 1637 |
73 |
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[Lord President 1616-1625] |
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28 May 1593 |
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William Stewart,Commendator of Blantyre,later Lord
Blantyre |
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8 Mar 1617 |
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11 Jun 1594 |
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Sir Robert Melville,later Lord Melville (to 1601) |
1547 |
Dec 1621 |
74 |
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19 May 1596 |
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Peter Rollock,Bishop of Dunkeld |
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c 1626 |
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17 May 1599 |
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Alexander Elphinstone,Master of Elphinstone,later |
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Lord Elphinstone |
28 May 1552 |
11 Jan 1638 |
85 |
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26 Feb 1601 |
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Burntisland |
Sir Robert Melville,later Lord Melville |
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19 Mar 1635 |
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22 Dec 1608 |
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Medhope |
Sir Alexander Drummond
(to 1619) |
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30 Jan 1610 |
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John Spottiswood,Archbishop of Glasgow |
1565 |
25 Nov 1639 |
74 |
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30 Jan 1610 |
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Alexander Livingston,later Earl of Linlithgow |
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c 1650 |
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26 Mar 1616 |
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Sir George Hay,later Earl of Kinnoul (to 1622) |
1572 |
16 Dec 1634 |
62 |
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5 Jul 1616 |
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Carnegie |
David Carnegie,Lord Carnegie,later Earl of Southesk (to 1626) |
1575 |
Feb 1658 |
82 |
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1 Feb 1620 |
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John Erskine,Lord Erskine,later Earl of Mar |
c 1585 |
1654 |
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12 Jul 1622 |
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New Abbey |
Sir Robert Spottiswood
[Ordinary Lord of Session 14 Feb 1626] |
1596 |
16 Jan 1646 |
49 |
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25 Nov 1623 |
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Archibald Napier,later Lord Napier of Merchistoun |
c 1575 |
Nov 1645 |
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14 Feb 1626 |
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Glencairney |
Sir Archibald Acheson
(to 1631) |
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2 Jun 1626 |
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Patrick Lindsay,Bishop of Ross,later Archbishop of Glasgow |
1566 |
1644 |
78 |
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8 Nov 1628 |
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William Graham,Earl of Menteith (to 1633) |
1589 |
c 1662 |
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8 Nov 1628 |
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Sir Andrew Kerr (to
1629) |
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14 Jan 1629 |
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Scotstarvet |
Sir John Scot
(Ordinary Lord from 28 Jul 1632) |
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1670 |
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10 Nov 1630 |
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John Stewart,Earl of Traquair |
c 1600 |
27 Mar 1659 |
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28 Jul 1631 |
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William Alexander,Viscount Stirling,later Earl of
Stirling (to 1631) |
c 1576 |
12 Feb 1640 |
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8 Jan 1633 |
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Barro |
Sir John Hay (to
1634) |
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4 Dec 1633 |
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John Maxwell,Bishop of Ross |
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14 Jan 1634 |
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Archibald Campbell.Lord Lorne,later Marquess of Argyll |
1597 |
27 May 1661 |
63 |
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27 Jan 1635 |
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William Alexander,Lord Alexander of Tullibody (to 1639) |
c 1567 |
Feb 1640 |
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9 Feb 1639 |
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Archibald Douglas,Earl of Angus |
c 1609 |
15 Apr 1655 |
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2 Oct 1641 |
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John Campbell,Earl of Loudoun |
1598 |
15 Mar 1663 |
64 |
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13 Nov 1641 |
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John Lindsay,Lord Lindsay,later Earl of Crawford |
c 1598 |
1678 |
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13 Nov 1641 |
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John Elphinstone,Lord Balmerinoch (to 1649) |
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28 Feb 1649 |
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7 Jun 1649 |
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James Elphinstone,Lord Coupar |
c 1590 |
Jan 1669 |
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3 Jul 1649 |
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John Kennedy,Earl of Cassilis |
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Apr 1668 |
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19 Jan 1661 |
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William Cunningham,Earl of Glencairn |
c 1610 |
30 May 1664 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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John Leslie,Earl of Rothes,later Duke of Rothes |
1630 |
27 Jul 1681 |
51 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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John Maitland,Earl of Lauderdale,later Duke of Lauderdale |
24 May 1616 |
24 Aug 1682 |
66 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Sir John Gilmour [Lord President 1661-1671] |
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15 Jul 1662 |
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John Middleton,Earl of Middleton |
c 1617 |
1673 |
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2 Jun 1664 |
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John Hay,Earl of Tweeddale,later Marquess of Tweeddale |
1626 |
11 Aug 1697 |
71 |
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4 Nov 1664 |
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Alexander Burnet,Archbishop of Glasgow |
1614 |
22 Aug 1684 |
70 |
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10 Jul 1667 |
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Alexander Bruce,Earl of Kincardine |
c 1629 |
9 Jul 1680 |
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25 Jun 1668 |
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James Graham,Marquess of Montrose |
1633 |
Feb 1669 |
35 |
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2 Nov 1669 |
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Charles Seton,Earl of Dunfermline |
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11 May 1673 |
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14 Jan 1673 |
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John Murray,Earl of Atholl,later Marquess of Atholl |
2 May 1631 |
7 May 1703 |
72 |
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11 Jul 1674 |
|
|
Archibald Campbell,Earl of Argyll |
c 1625 |
30 Jun 1685 |
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19 Nov 1680 |
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Alexander Stuart,Earl of Moray |
8 May 1634 |
1 Nov 1701 |
67 |
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1 Nov 1681 |
|
|
William Douglas,Earl of Queensberry,later Duke of
Queensberry |
1637 |
28 Mar 1695 |
57 |
|
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16 Nov 1682 |
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|
James Drummond,Earl of Perth |
7 Jul 1648 |
11 May 1716 |
67 |
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15 Jul 1684 |
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Charles Middleton,Earl of Middleton |
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27 Mar 1686 |
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Patrick Lyon,Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
29 May 1643 |
15 May 1695 |
51 |
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14 Sep 1686 |
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|
William Hamilton,Duke of Hamilton |
24 Dec 1635 |
18 Apr 1694 |
58 |
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23 Nov 1693 |
|
|
William Johnston,Earl of Annandale,later Marquess of
Annandale |
17 Feb 1664 |
14 Jan 1721 |
56 |
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|
28 Nov 1693 |
|
|
Patrick Hume,Lord Polwarth,later Earl of Marchmont |
13 Jan 1641 |
2 Aug 1724 |
83 |
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|
14 Dec 1694 |
|
|
Archibald Campbell,Marquess of Argyll,later Duke of Argyll |
|
21 Oct 1703 |
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|
26 Jun 1696 |
|
|
James Douglas,Duke of Queensberry |
18 Sep 1662 |
6 Jul 1711 |
48 |
|
|
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|
1699 |
|
|
Hugh Campbell,Earl of Loudoun |
|
20 Nov 1731 |
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|
|
1 Nov 1702 |
|
|
James Ogilvy,Earl of Findlater and Seafield |
11 Jul 1663 |
19 Aug 1730 |
67 |
|
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|
20 Jun 1704 |
|
|
John Campbell,Duke of Argyll |
10 Oct 1680 |
4 Oct 1743 |
62 |
|
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|
17 Oct 1704 |
|
|
John Hay,Marquess of Tweeddale |
1645 |
20 Apr 1713 |
67 |
|
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|
1 Jun 1708 |
|
|
Archibald Campbell,Earl of Ilay,later Duke of Argyll |
Jun 1682 |
15 Apr 1761 |
78 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
7 Nov 1712 |
|
|
John Murray,Duke of Atholl |
24 Feb 1660 |
14 Nov 1724 |
64 |
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|
7 Mar 1721 |
|
|
John Hay,Marquess of Tweeddale [the last
Extraordinary |
c 1695 |
9 Dec 1762 |
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Lord of Session to be appointed] |
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|
ORDINARY LORDS OF SESSION |
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27 May 1532 |
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Balwerie |
William Scott |
|
by Nov 1532 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Lundie |
Sir John Campbell |
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early 1563 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Easter Wemyss |
Sir James Colville |
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by Jan 1541 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Auldhame |
Adam Otterburn [Lord Justice Clerk 1537] |
|
1548 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Oxengangs |
Nicolas Crawford [Lord Justice Clerk 1524-1537] |
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27 May 1532 |
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|
Francis Bothwell |
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after 1535 |
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27 May 1532 |
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|
James Lawson |
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after 1534 |
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27 May 1532 |
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Collington |
James Foulis |
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by Feb 1549 |
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19 Nov 1532 |
|
Abbotshall |
Thomas Scott [Lord Justice Clerk 1537-1539] |
|
1539 |
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19 May 1533 |
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St.John |
Walter Lindsay |
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after Dec 1545 |
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15 Nov 1533 |
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Brechin |
Sir Thomas Erskine |
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by Mar 1543 |
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22 Jun 1535 |
|
Achinoul |
Thomas Bannatyne |
|
1546 |
|
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|
7 Nov 1537 |
|
|
Robert Galbraith,Parson of Spot |
|
1543 |
|
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|
|
13 Nov 1537 |
|
|
Henry Sinclair,Bishop of Ross [Lord President
1558-1565] |
1508 |
1 Jan 1565 |
56 |
|
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|
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|
|
31 Jul 1538 |
|
Hall Hill |
Henry Balnaves [Lord Justice Clerk 1540-1547] |
|
after 1575 |
|
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|
10 Dec 1538 |
|
|
John Letham,Rector of Killcryst |
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|
2 Mar 1540 |
|
St. Germain's |
Henry Lauder |
|
19 Jul 1561 |
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|
|
27 Apr 1540 |
|
|
John Sinclair,Rector of Snaw,later Bishop of Brechin |
|
Apr 1566 |
|
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|
|
[Lord President 1565-1566] |
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27 Apr 1540 |
|
|
William Lamb,Rector of Conveth |
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2 Jul 1541 |
|
|
George Durie,Abbot of Dunfermline |
|
27 Jan 1561 |
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|
2 Jul 1541 |
|
|
Donald Campbell,Abbot of Coupar |
|
1562 |
|
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|
2 Jul 1541 |
|
|
Andrew Durie,Abbot of Melrose,later Bishop of Galloway |
|
Sep 1558 |
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|
30 Jan 1542 |
|
|
John Gladstanes |
|
after 1557 |
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|
5 Nov 1544 |
|
|
John Hamilton,Archbishop of St.Andrews |
|
5 Apr 1571 |
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|
5 Nov 1544 |
|
|
John,Abbot of Lindores |
|
after 1560 |
|
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|
5 Nov 1544 |
|
|
William,Abbot of Culross |
|
after 1560 |
|
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|
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|
|
5 Nov 1544 |
|
|
John Rowle,Prior of Pittenweem |
|
1553 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
5 Nov 1544 |
|
Unthank |
Thomas Wemyss |
|
sfter 1549 |
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|
15 Mar 1546 |
|
|
George Hay,Parson of Renfrew |
|
by Jan 1555 |
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|
25 May 1546 |
|
Sanquhar |
Sir William Hamilton |
|
by Nov 1561 |
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|
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|
31 Jul 1546 |
|
|
William Chisholm,Bishop of Dunblane |
|
1564 |
|
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|
4 Jul 1547 |
|
Kinnaird |
Sir Robert Carnegie |
|
5 Jan 1566 |
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4 Jul 1547 |
|
Auchinoul |
Sir John Bellenden
(to 1576) [Lord Justice Clerk 1547-1576] |
|
1 Oct 1576 |
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|
17 Feb 1548 |
|
|
Abraham Creighton,Provost of Dunglass |
|
by Nov 1565 |
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|
|
8 Feb 1549 |
|
Ratho |
Thomas Marjoribanks |
|
after 1554 |
|
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|
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|
|
15 Jan 1554 |
|
|
James Scott,Provost of Corstophine |
|
1563 |
|
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|
|
20 Aug 1554 |
|
Rankeilor Nether |
James Macgill (to
1579) |
|
late 1579 |
|
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|
16 Aug 1560 |
|
|
Archibald Dunbar,Dean of Moray |
|
15 Jul 1593 |
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|
|
12 Nov 1561 |
|
Condie |
John Spens |
|
1573 |
|
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|
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|
|
19 Jan 1564 |
|
|
John Leslie,Parson of Oyne,later Bishop of Ross |
29 Sep 1527 |
3 May 1596 |
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Dec 1564 |
|
|
Robert Maitland,Dean of Aberdeen (to 1576) |
|
after 1578 |
|
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|
|
26 Jan 1565 |
|
Ormond |
David Chalmers |
|
1592 |
|
|
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|
26 Apr 1566 |
|
|
Archibald Craufurd,Parson of Eglishame |
|
after 1568 |
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|
|
2 Jun 1568 |
|
|
Robert Pitcairne,Commendator of Dunfermline (to 1584) |
c 1520 |
18 Oct 1584 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
2 Jun 1568 |
|
Thirlstane |
John Maitland,later Lord Maitland (to 1587) |
1545 |
3 Oct 1595 |
50 |
|
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|
|
2 Jun 1568 |
|
|
Archibald Douglas,Parson of Glasgow |
|
after 1586 |
|
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|
20 Oct 1570 |
|
Clifton Hall |
Thomas Macalzean |
|
5 Jun 1581 |
|
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|
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|
|
Jan 1572 |
|
|
Robert Pont,Provost of Trinity College (to 1584) |
1529 |
8 May 1608 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
20 Oct 1573 |
|
Lochill |
David Borthwick (to
1581) |
|
Jan 1581 |
|
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|
9 Jul 1575 |
|
Segie |
James Meldrum |
|
15 Feb 1588 |
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|
21 Oct 1575 |
|
Whittinghame |
William Douglas (to
1590) |
|
after 1590 |
|
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|
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|
|
26 Oct 1575 |
|
|
Alexander Colvill,Abbot of Culross |
|
1597 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
11 Jan 1576 |
|
Barnbarrow |
Patrick Vans |
|
22 Jul 1597 |
|
|
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|
|
20 Apr 1577 |
|
Newtyle |
Thomas Bellenden
(to 1591) |
31 Aug 1540 |
13 Aug 1591 |
50 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
20 Oct 1579 |
|
Easter Kennet |
Alexander Hay (to
1594) |
|
19 Sep 1594 |
|
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|
|
1 Feb 1581 |
|
Elliock |
Robert Creighton
(to 1582) |
|
Jun 1582 |
|
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|
|
5 Jul 1581 |
|
|
John Lindsay,Parson of Menmure |
|
3 Sep 1598 |
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|
27 Jun 1582 |
|
Cranston Riddell |
David Macgill |
|
13 Feb 1596 |
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|
23 May 1584 |
|
Hallyards |
John Graham |
|
9 Nov 1608 |
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|
1 Jul 1584 |
|
Auchinoul |
Sir Lewis Bellenden
(to 1591) [Lord Justice Clerk 1577-1591] |
|
1591 |
|
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|
|
24 Nov 1584 |
|
|
John Bartane,Dean of Dunkeld |
|
after 1586 |
|
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|
|
6 Mar 1587 |
|
Innernochtie |
James Elphinstone,later Lord Balmerinoch (to 1609) |
|
21 Jun 1612 |
|
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|
|
[Lord President 1605-1609] |
|
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|
2 Jun 1587 |
|
|
John Colvill,Precentor of Glasgow |
|
1607 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
14 Aug 1587 |
|
|
William Melville,Commendator of Tungland (to 1613) |
|
1613 |
|
|
|
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|
|
8 Aug 1590 |
|
Whittinghame |
Archibald Douglas
(to 1618) |
|
after 1621 |
|
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|
|
14 Aug 1591 |
|
Newtyle |
Thomas Bellenden |
|
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|
|
11 Nov 1591 |
|
Clerkintoun |
Richard Cockburne |
|
late 1626 |
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|
|
26 Nov 1591 |
|
Myrecairnie |
Andrew Wemyss |
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
2 Jul 1593 |
|
|
John Bothwell,later Lord Holyroodhouse (to 1609) |
|
26 Nov 1609 |
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
30 Nov 1594 |
|
Currie Hill |
John Skene (to
1612) |
c 1549 |
1612 |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
12 Mar 1595 |
|
Fenton Barns |
John Preston [Lord President 1609-1616] |
|
14 Jun 1616 |
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|
|
28 May 1597 |
|
Cranston Riddell |
David Macgill |
|
10 May 1607 |
|
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|
|
2 Dec 1597 |
|
Kinloss |
Edward Bruce,later Lord Kinloss (to 1604) |
|
14 Jan 1611 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
2 Mar 1598 |
|
Edzell |
Sir David Lindsay
(to 1611) |
|
18 Jan 1611 |
|
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|
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|
|
|
25 Feb 1604 |
|
Fosterseat |
Alexander Hay |
|
after 1629 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
25 Feb 1604 |
|
Wright's Land |
Sir Lewis Craig (to
1622) |
1569 |
by Jun 1622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 May 1607 |
|
Prestonfield |
Thomas Hamilton (to
1608) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Jun 1608 |
|
Redhouse |
Sir Andrew Hamilton
(to 1637) |
|
1637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Jun 1609 |
|
Kilsyth |
Sir William Livingston
(to 1627) |
|
1627 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Feb 1610 |
|
Newton |
Sir Alexander Hay |
|
1616 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 Jan 1611 |
|
Newton |
William Oliphant |
|
1 Apr 1628 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 Jun 1612 |
|
Curriehill |
Sir James Skene [Lord President 1626-1633] |
|
15 Oct 1633 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Nov 1613 |
|
Elibank |
Sir Gideon Murray
(to 1621) |
|
28 Jun 1621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Mar 1617 |
|
Innerteil |
Sir George Erskine
(to 1646) |
|
by Jul 1646 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 Jun 1618 |
|
|
John Maitland, Viscount Lauderdale,later Earl of
Lauderdale |
|
18 Jan 1645 |
|
|
|
|
(to 1626) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 Nov 1619 |
|
Craigtoun |
Sir John Wemyss (to
1623) |
|
by Dec 1623 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Jul 1621 |
|
Durie |
Sir Alexander Gibson
(to 1644) |
|
10 Jun 1644 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
6 Jun 1622 |
|
Chesters |
Thomas Henderson |
|
3 Feb 1638 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
27 Jul 1622 |
|
Magdalens |
Sir John Hamilton
(to 1632) |
|
28 Nov 1632 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
18 Dec 1623 |
|
Innerpeffer |
Sir Andrew Fletcher |
|
Mar 1650 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
New Abbey |
Sir Robert Spottiswood
[Lord President 1633- |
1596 |
16 Jan 1646 |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
Kilcreuch |
Alexander Seton (to
1637) |
|
after 1637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
Balmanno |
Sir George Auchinleck
(to 1639) |
|
by Feb 1639 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
Laurieston |
Sir Alexander Napier
(to 1629) |
|
1629 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
Glencairnie |
Sir Archibald Acheson
(to 1627) |
|
9 Sep 1634 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
New Hall |
James Bannatyne (to
1636) |
|
by Nov 1636 |
|
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|
|
14 Feb 1626 |
|
Preston Grange |
Alexander Morison |
|
20 Sep 1631 |
|
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|
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|
|
8 Nov 1627 |
|
Balcomie |
Sir James Learmonth |
|
26 Jun 1657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 Nov 1627 |
|
Fodderance |
George Haliburton
(to 1649) |
|
1649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Nov 1629 |
|
Newton |
Sir James Oliphant
(to 1632) |
|
1648 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Nov 1629 |
|
Cranston Riddel |
Sir James Makgill,later Viscount of Oxfuird |
|
5 May 1663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 Jul 1632 |
|
Craighall |
Sir John Hope |
|
28 Apr 1654 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 Jul 1632 |
|
Scotstarvet |
Sir John Scott |
|
1670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Nov 1636 |
|
Eastbank |
Patrick Nisbet |
|
after 1641 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Jan 1637 |
|
Orbieston |
Sir John Hamilton [Lord Justice Clerk 1637-1651] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Mar 1637 |
|
|
Sir William Elphinstone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Jun 1637 |
|
Woodhall |
Adam Cunningham (to
1639) |
|
by Jun 1639 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Mar 1639 |
|
Carmichael |
Sir James Carmichael,later Lord Carmichael |
1579 |
27 Nov 1672 |
93 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1634-1637] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 Jul 1639 |
|
Halkertoun |
Sir Alexander Falconer,later Lord Falconer |
c 1595 |
1 Oct 1671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 Nov 1641 |
|
Newton |
Sir John Leslie |
|
Sep 1651 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 Nov 1641 |
|
Kerse |
Sir Thomas Hope (to
1643) |
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23 Aug 1643 |
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13 Nov 1641 |
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Warriston |
Sir Archibald Johnston |
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22 Jul 1663 |
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13 Nov 1641 |
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Humbie |
Sir Adam Hepburn |
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Jun 1656 |
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2 Jul 1646 |
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Durie |
Sir Alexander Gibson |
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Jun 1656 |
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2 Jul 1646 |
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Lee |
Sir James Lockhart
[Lord Justice Clerk 1671-1674] |
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May 1674 |
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2 Jul 1646 |
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Tofts |
Sir Alexander Belsches |
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1656 |
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1 Jun 1649 |
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Hopetoun |
Sir James Hope |
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23 Nov 1661 |
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2 Jun 1649 |
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Broomhall |
Robert Bruce |
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25 Jun 1652 |
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2 Jun 1649 |
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South Hall |
Alexander Pearson |
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12 May 1657 |
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2 Jun 1649 |
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Foord |
Robert Macgill |
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8 Jun 1649 |
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Clerkintoun |
Sir William Scott |
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23 Dec 1656 |
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22 Jun 1649 |
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Libbertoun |
George Winram |
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Sep 1650 |
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1 Nov 1649 |
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Brodie |
Alexander Brodie |
25 Jul 1617 |
1666 |
48 |
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1 Nov 1649 |
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Hartree |
John Dickson |
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18 May 1652 |
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Craighall |
Sir John Hope |
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28 Apr 1654 |
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18 May 1652 |
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Sir William Lockhart
[Lord Justice Clerk 1674-1675] |
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18 May 1652 |
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Swinton |
John Swinton |
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18 May 1652 |
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Edward Mosely |
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18 May 1652 |
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Edward March |
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18 May 1652 |
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Edward Owen |
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18 May 1652 |
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George Smyth |
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Oct 1653 |
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William Laurence |
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Oct 1653 |
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William Hopkins |
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Oct 1653 |
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South Hall |
Alexander Pearson |
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1 Nov 1654 |
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Henry Goodier |
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7 Nov 1655 |
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Balcomie |
Sir James Learmonth |
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7 Nov 1655 |
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Andrew Ker |
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1 Jul 1657 |
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Stair |
James Dalrymple,later Viscount Stair |
May 1619 |
25 Nov 1695 |
76 |
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3 Nov 1657 |
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Warriston |
Sir Archibald Johnston |
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3 Dec 1658 |
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Brodie |
Alexander Brodie |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Carrington |
Sir Archibald Primrose
(to 1676) |
16 May 1616 |
27 Nov 1679 |
63 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Sir Robert Murray |
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Jun 1673 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Tarbet |
Sir George Mackenzie,later Earl of Cromarty (to 1664) |
1630 |
17 Aug 1714 |
84 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Carden |
Sir Archibald Stirling
(to 1666) |
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Apr 1666 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Collington |
Sir James Foulis
(to 1688) [Lord Justice Clerk 1684-1688] |
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19 Jan 1688 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Stair |
Sir James Dalrymple,later Viscount Stair (to 1671) |
May 1619 |
25 Nov 1695 |
76 |
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[Lord President 1671-1681 and 1689-1695] |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Strathurd |
Sir Robert Nairne,later Lord Nairne (to 1683) |
c 1620 |
30 May 1683 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Crimond |
Robert Burnet |
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24 Aug 1661 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Bedlay |
James Robertson (to
1664) |
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May 1664 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Whitekirk |
John Scougal (to
1672) |
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Jan 1672 |
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1 Jun 1661 |
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Kinglassie |
Andrew Ayton |
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25 Mar 1670 |
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25 Jun 1661 |
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Nevoy |
Sir David Nevoy (to
1683) |
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1683 |
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4 Jun 1662 |
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Arniston |
Sir James Dundas
(to 1665) |
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1679 |
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18 Jun 1663 |
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Renton |
John Home (to
1671) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1663-1671] |
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1671 |
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4 Nov 1664 |
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Dirleton |
Sir John Nisbet (to
1677) |
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Apr 1687 |
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4 Nov 1664 |
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Newbyth |
Sir John Baird |
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27 Apr 1698 |
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22 Nov 1665 |
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Castlehill |
Sir John Lockhart |
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17 Jul 1668 |
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Gosford |
Sir Peter Wedderburn
(to 1679) |
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11 Nov 1679 |
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1 Jun 1670 |
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Halton |
Charles Maitland,later Earl of Lauderdale (to 1682) |
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9 Jun 1691 |
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8 Jun 1671 |
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Craigie |
Sir Thomas Wallace
[Lord Justice Clerk 1675-1680] |
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26 Mar 1680 |
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23 Nov 1671 |
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Abbotshall |
Sir Andrew Ramsay
(to 1674) |
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17 Jan 1688 |
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14 Dec 1671 |
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Pittrichie |
Sir Richard Maitland
(to 1677) |
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22 Feb 1677 |
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4 Mar 1672 |
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Preston |
Sir Robert Preston
(to 1674) |
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Oct 1674 |
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14 Jun 1674 |
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Forret |
Sir David Balfour |
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c 1690 |
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14 Jun 1674 |
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Glendoick |
Sir Thomas Murray
(to 1681) |
c 1630 |
1684 |
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22 Jun 1676 |
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Newton |
Sir David Falconer
[Lord President 1682-1685] |
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15 Dec 1685 |
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13 Nov 1677 |
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Pitmeddin |
Sir Alexander Seton
(to 1687) |
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1719 |
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16 Nov 1677 |
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Harcarse |
Sir Roger Hogg (to
1688) |
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1700 |
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28 Nov 1679 |
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Saline |
Sir Andrew Birnie |
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3 Apr 1680 |
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Richard Maitland,later Earl of Lauderdale |
20 Jun 1653 |
1695 |
42 |
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[Lord Justice Clerk 1680-1684] |
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8 Jun 1680 |
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Haddo |
Sir George Gordon,later Earl of Aberdeen (to 1682) |
3 Oct 1637 |
20 Apr 1720 |
82 |
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[Lord President 1681-1682] |
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1 Nov 1681 |
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Boyne |
Sir Patrick Ogilvie |
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1 Nov 1681 |
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Drumcairne |
John Murray |
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5 Jul 1682 |
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Kemnay |
Sir George Nicolson |
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21 Nov 1682 |
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Edmonstone |
John Wauchope (to
1688) |
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7 Nov 1683 |
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Blair |
Sir Thomas Stewart |
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10 Nov 1683 |
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Carse |
Sir Patrick Lyon |
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Mar 1689 |
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1 Jan 1686 |
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Carnwath |
Sir George Lockhart
[Lord President 1685-1689] |
c 1630 |
31 Mar 1689 |
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Session, |
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see the note at the foot of this page |
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16 Feb 1687 |
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Lochore |
Alexander Malcolm |
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28 Feb 1688 |
|
Stair |
Sir John Dalrymple,later Earl of Stair |
1648 |
8 Jan 1707 |
58 |
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[Lord Justice Clerk 1688-1690] |
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19 Jun 1688 |
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Auchintoul |
Lewis Gordon |
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23 Jun 1688 |
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Mersington |
Alexander Swinton
(to 1701) |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Aberuchill |
Sir Colin Campbell
(to 1704) |
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16 Feb 1704 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Philiphaugh |
James Murray (to
1708) |
1655 |
1 Jul 1708 |
53 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Arniston |
James Dundas (to
1726) |
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25 Nov 1726 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Halcraig |
John Hamilton (to
1706) |
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16 Mar 1706 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Crocerig |
David Home (to
1707) |
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13 Apr 1707 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Ravelrig |
Sir John Maitland,later Earl of Lauderdale (to 1710) |
c 1655 |
30 Aug 1710 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Stevenson |
Sir Robert Sinclair
(to 1693) |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Fountainhall |
Sir John Lauder,2nd baronet (to 1722) |
2 Aug 1646 |
20 Sep 1722 |
76 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Anstruther |
William Anstruther
(to 1711) |
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24 Jan 1711 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Rankeillor |
Archibald Hope |
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10 Oct 1706 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Phaedo |
James Falconer (to
1705) |
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9 Jun 1705 |
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1 Nov 1689 |
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Presmennan |
Robert Hamilton (to
1695) |
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10 Nov 1695 |
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19 Dec 1693 |
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Whitelaw |
Sir William Hamilton
(to 1704) [Lord Justice Clerk 1704] |
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14 Dec 1704 |
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9 Jun 1696 |
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Whitehill |
James Scougal (to
1702) |
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23 Dec 1702 |
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7 Jun 1698 |
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North Berwick |
Sir Hew Dalrymple [Lord President 1698-1737] |
1652 |
1 Feb 1737 |
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17 Feb 1699 |
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Pollock |
Sir John Maxwell
(to 1732) [Lord Justice Clerk 1699-1702] |
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4 Jul 1732 |
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25 Jul 1701 |
|
Tulliecutrie |
Robert Stewart (to
1709) |
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12 Jan 1703 |
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Preston Hall |
Roderick Mackenzie
(to 1710) [Lord Justice Clerk 1702-1704] |
|
4 Feb 1712 |
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7 Nov 1704 |
|
Cessnock |
Sir Alexander Campbell,later Earl of Marchmont (to 1714) |
1 Jan 1675 |
27 Feb 1740 |
65 |
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31 Jan 1705 |
|
Ormistoun |
Adam Cockburn (to
1735) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1692-1699 and |
1656 |
16 Apr 1735 |
78 |
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1705-1710] |
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23 Jun 1705 |
|
Minto |
Sir Gilbert Elliot
(to 1718) |
1651 |
1 May 1718 |
66 |
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23 Jul 1706 |
|
Forglen |
Sir Alexander Ogilvy
(to 1727) |
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3 Mar 1727 |
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18 Mar 1707 |
|
Grange |
James Erskine (to
1734) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1710-1735] |
c 1678 |
24 Jan 1754 |
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note at the foot of this page. |
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7 Jun 1707 |
|
Bowhill |
John Murray |
c 1667 |
24 Mar 1714 |
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7 Jun 1709 |
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Blairhall |
Dougal Stewart (to
1712) |
after 1658 |
16 Jun 1712 |
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10 Jun 1709 |
|
Cullen |
Sir Francis Grant
(to 1726) |
1658 |
23 Mar 1726 |
67 |
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7 Jun 1710 |
|
Royston |
Sir James Mackenzie
(to 1744) |
1671 |
9 Nov 1744 |
73 |
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8 Nov 1710 |
|
Dun |
David Erskine (to
1753) |
1670 |
26 May 1758 |
87 |
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6 Nov 1711 |
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Polton |
Sir William Calderwood
(to 1733) |
c 1660 |
7 Aug 1733 |
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8 Nov 1712 |
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Pencaitland |
James Hamilton (to
1729) |
|
1729 |
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5 Jun 1714 |
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Coupar |
James Elphinstone |
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5 Jan 1746 |
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23 Nov 1714 |
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Kimmerghame |
Sir Andrew Hume (to
1730) |
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16 Mar 1730 |
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6 Jun 1718 |
|
Newhall |
Sir Walter Pringle
(to 1736) |
c 1664 |
14 Dec 1736 |
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4 Jun 1724 |
|
Milton |
Andrew Fletcher (to
1766) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1735-1748] |
1692 |
15 Dec 1766 |
74 |
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4 Jun 1726 |
|
Minto |
Sir Gilbert Elliot
(to 1764) [Lord Justice Clerk 1763-1764] |
c 1680 |
27 May 1764 |
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29 Dec 1726 |
|
Drummore |
Hew Dalrymple (to
1755) |
30 Nov 1690 |
18 Jun 1755 |
64 |
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10 Jun 1727 |
|
Monzie |
Patrick Campbell
(to 1751) |
|
1 Aug 1751 |
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1 Jul 1729 |
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Haining |
John Pringle (to
1754) |
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19 Aug 1754 |
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5 Jun 1730 |
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Strichen |
Alexander Fraser
(to 1775) |
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15 Feb 1775 |
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3 Nov 1732 |
|
Elchies |
Patrick Grant (to
1754) |
1690 |
27 Jul 1754 |
64 |
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3 Nov 1733 |
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Murkle |
John Sinclair (to
1755) |
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5 Jun 1755 |
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11 Jul 1734 |
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Leven |
Alexander Leslie,Earl of Leven (to 1754) |
c 1699 |
2 Sep 1754 |
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7 Nov 1735 |
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Kilkerran |
Sir James Fergusson
(to 1759) |
c 1687 |
20 Jan 1759 |
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10 Jun 1737 |
|
Arniston |
Robert Dundas [Lord President 1748-1753] |
9 Dec 1685 |
26 Aug 1753 |
67 |
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21 Jun 1737 |
|
Culloden |
Duncan Forbes [Lord President 1737-1747] |
10 Nov 1685 |
10 Dec 1747 |
62 |
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23 Nov 1744 |
|
Tinwald |
Charles Erskine (to
1762) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1748-1763] |
1680 |
5 Apr 1763 |
82 |
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19 Dec 1746 |
|
Shewalton |
Patrick Boyle (to
1761) |
|
31 Mar 1761 |
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3 Jun 1749 |
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Easdale |
James Graham (to
1750) |
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15 Aug 1750 |
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26 Feb 1751 |
|
Woodhall |
George Sinclair |
|
5 May 1764 |
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6 Feb 1752 |
|
Kames |
Henry Home (to
1782) |
1696 |
27 Dec 1782 |
86 |
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2 Feb 1754 |
|
Glendoick |
Robert Craigie [Lord President 1754-1760] |
1685 |
10 Mar 1760 |
74 |
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15 Feb 1754 |
|
Auchinleck |
Alexander Boswell
(to 1782) |
1706 |
25 Aug 1782 |
76 |
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14 Nov 1754 |
|
Preston Grange |
William Grant (to
1764) |
4 May 1701 |
23 May 1764 |
63 |
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20 Nov 1754 |
|
Edgefield |
Robert Pringle (to
1764) |
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8 Apr 1764 |
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28 Nov 1754 |
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Huntingdon |
Thomas Hay (to
1755) |
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4 Feb 1755 |
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5 Jul 1755 |
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Bankton |
Andrew Macdowall
(to 1760) |
1685 |
22 Oct 1760 |
75 |
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24 Jul 1755 |
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Chesterhall |
Patrick Wedderburn
(to 1756) |
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11 Aug 1756 |
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31 Jul 1755 |
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Nisbet |
George Carre (to
1766) |
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21 Feb 1766 |
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18 Dec 1756 |
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Coalston |
George Brown (to
1776) |
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6 Nov 1776 |
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14 Jun 1759 |
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Alemoore |
Andrew Pringle (to
1776) |
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14 Jan 1776 |
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14 Jun 1760 |
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Arniston |
Robert Dundas [Lord President 1760-1787] |
18 Jul 1713 |
13 Dec 1787 |
74 |
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6 Mar 1761 |
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Elliock |
James Veitch (to
1793) |
25 Sep 1712 |
1 Jul 1793 |
80 |
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18 Jun 1761 |
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Barjarg,later |
James Erskine (to
1796) |
20 Jun 1722 |
13 May 1796 |
73 |
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Alva |
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16 Jun 1762 |
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Stonefield |
John Campbell (to
1801) |
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19 Jun 1801 |
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14 Jun 1764 |
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Pitfour |
James Ferguson (to
1777) |
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25 Jun 1777 |
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3 Jul 1764 |
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Gardenston |
Francis Garden (to
1793) |
24 Jun 1721 |
22 Jul 1793 |
72 |
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4 Jul 1764 |
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Kennet |
Robert Bruce (to
1785) |
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8 Apr 1785 |
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6 Mar 1766 |
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Hailes |
Sir David Dalrymple
(to 1792) |
28 Oct 1726 |
29 Nov 1792 |
66 |
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14 Jun 1766 |
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Barskimming, |
Thomas Miller (to
1788) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1766-1788 and |
3 Nov 1717 |
27 Sep 1789 |
71 |
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later Glenlee |
Lord President 1788-1789] |
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12 Feb 1767 |
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Monboddo |
James Burnett (to
1799) |
25 Oct 1714 |
26 May 1799 |
84 |
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10 Mar 1775 |
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Covington |
Alexander Lockhart
(to 1782) |
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10 Nov 1782 |
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22 Feb 1776 |
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Ankerville |
David Ross |
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16 Aug 1805 |
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13 Dec 1776 |
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Braxfield |
Robert MacQueen (to
1799) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1788-1799] |
4 May 1722 |
30 May 1799 |
77 |
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10 Jul 1777 |
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Westhall |
David Dalrymple (to
1784) |
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26 Apr 1784 |
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14 Nov 1782 |
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Eskgrove |
David Rae [Lord Justice Clerk 1799-1804] |
c 1724 |
23 Oct 1804 |
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21 Dec 1782 |
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Swinton |
John Swinton (to
1799) |
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5 Jan 1799 |
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6 Mar 1783 |
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Henderland |
Alexander Murray
(to 1795) |
11 May 1736 |
16 Mar 1795 |
58 |
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1 Jul 1784 |
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Rockville |
Alexander Gordon
(to 1792) |
1739 |
13 Mar 1792 |
52 |
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9 Mar 1786 |
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Dunsinann |
William Nairne (to
1809) |
c 1731 |
25 Mar 1811 |
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17 Jan 1788 |
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Dreghorn |
John Maclaurin (to
1796) |
15 Dec 1734 |
24 Dec 1796 |
62 |
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12 Nov 1789 |
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Succoth |
Ilay Campbell,later [1808] 1st baronet (to 1808) |
23 Aug 1734 |
28 Mar 1823 |
88 |
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[Lord President 1789-1808] |
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7 Jun 1792 |
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Abercromby |
Alexander Abercromby
(to 1795) |
15 Oct 1745 |
17 Nov 1795 |
50 |
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2 Dec 1792 |
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Craig |
William Craig (to
1813) |
1745 |
8 Jul 1813 |
68 |
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14 Nov 1793 |
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Polkemmet |
William Baillie (to
1811) |
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14 Mar 1816 |
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15 Nov 1793 |
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Methven |
David Smythe (to
1806) |
17 Jan 1746 |
30 Jan 1806 |
60 |
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23 May 1795 |
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Glenlee |
Sir William Miller
(to 1840) |
12 Aug 1755 |
9 May 1846 |
90 |
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11 Mar 1796 |
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Meadowbank |
Allan Maconochie
(to 1816) |
26 Jan 1748 |
14 Jun 1816 |
68 |
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18 Nov 1796 |
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Cullen |
Robert Cullen (to
1810) |
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28 Nov 1810 |
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7 Feb 1797 |
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Armadale |
Sir William Honyman
(to 1813) |
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5 Jan 1825 |
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16 May 1799 |
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Bannatyne |
William Macleod Bannatyne
(to 1822) |
26 Jan 1744 |
30 Nov 1833 |
89 |
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21 Jun 1799 |
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Balmuto |
Claud Irvine Boswell
(to 1822) |
1742 |
22 Jul 1824 |
82 |
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11 Jul 1799 |
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Hermand |
George Fergusson
(to 1826) |
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9 Aug 1827 |
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13 Feb 1802 |
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Woodhouselee |
Alexander Fraser Tytler
(to 1813) |
15 Oct 1747 |
5 Jan 1813 |
65 |
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6 Dec 1804 |
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Granton |
Charles Hope (to
1841) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1804-1811 and |
29 Jun 1763 |
30 Oct 1851 |
88 |
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Lord President 1811-1841] |
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14 Nov 1805 |
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Robertson |
William Robertson
(to 1826) |
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7 Mar 1806 |
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Newton |
Charles Hay (to
1811) |
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19 Oct 1811 |
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16 Nov 1808 |
|
Avonton |
Robert Blair [Lord President 1808-1811] |
1741 |
20 May 1811 |
69 |
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17 May 1809 |
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Succoth |
Archibald Campbell
(to 1825) |
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23 Jul 1846 |
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28 Feb 1811 |
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Shewalton |
David Boyle (to
1852) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1811-1841 and |
26 Jul 1772 |
4 Feb 1853 |
80 |
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Lord President 1841-1852] |
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15 Nov 1811 |
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Craigie |
Robert Craigie (to
1834) |
c 1755 |
5 May 1834 |
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26 Nov 1811 |
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Balgray |
David Williamson
(to 1837) |
|
3 Feb 1837 |
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30 Nov 1811 |
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Gillies |
Adam Gillies (to
1842) |
1760 |
24 Dec 1842 |
82 |
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25 Feb 1813 |
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Pitmilly |
David Monypenny (to
1830) |
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after 1844 |
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8 Jun 1813 |
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Alloway |
David Cathcart (to
1829) |
|
27 Apr 1829 |
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20 Nov 1813 |
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Reston |
David Douglas (to
1819) |
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23 Apr 1819 |
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16 Nov 1816 |
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Cringletie |
James Wolfe Murray
(to 1834) |
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late 1834 |
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1 Jul 1819 |
|
Meadowbank |
Alexander Maconochie
(to 1843) |
2 Mar 1777 |
30 Nov 1861 |
84 |
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2 Feb 1822 |
|
Kinneder |
William Erskine (to
1822) |
1769 |
14 Aug 1822 |
53 |
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14 Nov 1822 |
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Mackenzie |
Joshua Henry Mackenzie
(to 1851) |
1777 |
17 Nov 1851 |
74 |
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20 Nov 1823 |
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Eldin |
John Clerk (to
1828) |
Apr 1757 |
30 May 1832 |
75 |
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13 Jan 1825 |
|
Medwyn |
John Hay Forbes (to
1852) |
1776 |
25 Jul 1854 |
78 |
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21 Nov 1826 |
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Corehouse |
George Cranstoun
(to 1839) |
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26 Jun 1850 |
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14 Dec 1826 |
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Newton |
Alexander Irving |
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23 Mar 1832 |
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17 Feb 1829 |
|
Fullerton |
John Fullerton (to
1853) |
15 Dec 1775 |
3 Dec 1853 |
77 |
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24 Jun 1829 |
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Moncreiff |
Sir James Wellwood-Moncreiff (to 1851) |
c 1776 |
4 Apr 1851 |
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7 Jun 1834 |
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Jeffrey |
Francis Jeffrey (to
1850) |
23 Oct 1773 |
26 Jan 1850 |
76 |
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15 Nov 1834 |
|
Cockburn |
Henry Thomas Cockburn
(to 1854) |
26 Oct 1779 |
26 Apr 1854 |
74 |
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16 Feb 1837 |
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Cunninghame |
John Cunninghame
(to 1853) |
|
26 Oct 1854 |
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17 May 1839 |
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Murray |
Sir John Archibald Murray
(to 1859) |
1779 |
7 Mar 1859 |
79 |
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23 May 1840 |
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Ivory |
James Ivory (to
1862) |
1792 |
18 Oct 1866 |
74 |
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12 Nov 1841 |
|
Hope |
John Hope (to
1858) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1841-1858] |
26 May 1794 |
14 Jun 1858 |
64 |
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23 Nov 1842 |
|
Wood |
Alexander Wood (to
1862) |
1789 |
18 Jul 1864 |
75 |
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22 Nov 1843 |
|
Robertson |
Patrick Robertson
(to 1855) |
17 Feb 1794 |
10 Jan 1855 |
60 |
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13 Feb 1850 |
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Dundrennan |
Thomas Maitland (to
1851) |
9 Oct 1792 |
10 Jun 1851 |
58 |
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23 May 1851 |
|
Rutherfurd |
Andrew Rutherfurd
(to 1854) |
13 Dec 1791 |
13 Dec 1854 |
63 |
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23 May 1851 |
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Colonsay |
Duncan McNeill,later Baron Colonsay (to 1867) |
Aug 1793 |
31 Jan 1874 |
80 |
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[Lord President 1852-1867] |
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27 Jun 1851 |
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Cowan |
John Cowan (to
1874) |
1799 |
1 Aug 1878 |
79 |
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22 May 1852 |
|
Anderson |
Adam Anderson (to
1853) |
1797 |
28 Sep 1853 |
56 |
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16 Nov 1852 |
|
Curriehill |
John Marshall (to
1868) |
7 Jan 1794 |
27 Oct 1868 |
74 |
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1 Jun 1853 |
|
Deas |
Sir George Deas (to
1885) |
1804 |
7 Feb 1887 |
82 |
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19 Nov 1853 |
|
Handyside |
Robert Handyside
(to 1858) |
1798 |
18 Apr 1858 |
59 |
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7 Dec 1853 |
|
Benholme |
Hercules James Robertson
(to 1874) |
1795 |
15 Sep 1874 |
79 |
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24 May 1854 |
|
Neaves |
Charles Neaves (to
1876) |
14 Oct 1800 |
23 Dec 1876 |
76 |
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18 Jan 1855 |
|
Ardmillan |
James Crawfurd (to
1876) |
1805 |
7 Sep 1876 |
71 |
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8 Feb 1855 |
|
Mackenzie |
Thomas Mackenzie
(to 1864) |
16 May 1807 |
26 Sep 1869 |
62 |
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13 May 1858 |
|
Kinloch |
William Penney (to
1872) |
1801 |
31 Oct 1872 |
71 |
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14 Jul 1858 |
|
Glencorse |
John Inglis (to
1891) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1858-1867 and |
21 Aug 1810 |
20 Aug 1891 |
80 |
|
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Lord President 1867-1891] |
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13 May 1859 |
|
Jerviswoode |
Charles Baillie (to
1874) |
3 Nov 1804 |
23 Jul 1879 |
74 |
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5 Feb 1862 |
|
Ormidale |
Robert Macfarlane
(to 1880) |
1802 |
3 Nov 1880 |
78 |
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13 Nov 1862 |
|
Barcaple |
Edward Francis Maitland
(to 1870) |
16 Apr 1803 |
23 Feb 1870 |
66 |
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|
13 Jan 1865 |
|
Mure |
David Mure (to
1889) |
11 Oct 1810 |
11 Apr 1891 |
80 |
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2 Mar 1867 |
|
Glenalmond |
George Patton (to
1869) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1867-1869] |
1803 |
20 Sep 1869 |
66 |
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note at the foot of this page. |
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20 Oct 1868 |
|
Manor |
George Dundas (to
1870) |
1803 |
7 Oct 1869 |
66 |
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19 Oct 1869 |
|
Moncreiff |
James Moncreiff,later Baron Moncreiff (to 1888) |
29 Nov 1811 |
27 Apr 1895 |
83 |
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[Lord Justice Clerk 1869-1888] |
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1 Feb 1870 |
|
Gifford |
Adam Gifford (to
1881) |
29 Feb 1820 |
20 Jan 1887 |
66 |
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18 Mar 1870 |
|
Mackenzie |
Donald Mackenzie
(to 1875) |
1818 |
May 1875 |
56 |
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11 Dec 1872 |
|
Shand |
Alexander Burns Shand,later Baron Shand (to 1890) |
13 Dec 1828 |
6 Mar 1904 |
75 |
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3 Mar 1874 |
|
Young |
George Young (to
1905) |
2 Jul 1819 |
21 May 1907 |
87 |
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17 Jul 1874 |
|
Craighill |
John Millar (to
1888) |
|
22 Sep 1888 |
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31 Oct 1874 |
|
Curriehill |
John Marshall (to
1881) |
1827 |
5 Nov 1881 |
54 |
|
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2 Nov 1875 |
|
Rutherfurd Clark |
Andrew Rutherfurd Clark
(to 1896) |
1828 |
26 Jul 1899 |
71 |
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6 Dec 1876 |
|
Adam |
James Adam (to
1905) |
31 Oct 1824 |
27 Aug 1914 |
89 |
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12 May 1880 |
|
Lee |
Robert Lee (to
1890) |
c 1830 |
11 Oct 1890 |
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15 Feb 1881 |
|
Fraser |
Patrick Fraser (to
1889) |
1819 |
27 Mar 1889 |
69 |
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18 Oct 1881 |
|
McLaren |
John McLaren (to
1910) |
17 Aug 1831 |
6 Apr 1910 |
78 |
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10 Jan 1882 |
|
Kinnear |
Alexander Smith Kinnear,later Baron Kinnear (to 1913) |
3 Nov 1833 |
20 Dec 1917 |
84 |
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27 Feb 1885 |
|
Trayner |
John Trayner (to
1905) |
19 Apr 1834 |
3 Feb 1929 |
94 |
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30 Oct 1888 |
|
Kingsburgh |
Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald (to 1915) |
27 Dec 1836 |
6 May 1919 |
82 |
|
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[Lord Justice Clerk 1888-1915] |
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6 Nov 1888 |
|
Wellwood |
Henry James Moncreiff,later Baron Moncreiff (to 1905) |
24 Apr 1840 |
3 Mar 1909 |
68 |
|
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14 May 1889 |
|
Kyllachy |
William Mackintosh
(to 1907) |
9 Apr 1842 |
9 Dec 1918 |
76 |
|
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7 Nov 1889 |
|
Kincairney |
William Ellis Gloag
(to 1905) |
7 Feb 1829 |
8 Oct 1909 |
80 |
|
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28 Oct 1890 |
|
Stormonth Darling |
Moir Tod Stormonth Darling
(to 1908) |
3 Nov 1844 |
2 Jun 1912 |
67 |
|
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25 Nov 1890 |
|
Low |
Alexander Low (to
1910) |
1845 |
14 Oct 1910 |
65 |
|
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16 Oct 1891 |
|
Robertson |
James Patrick Bannerman Robertson,later Baron Robertson |
10 Aug 1845 |
2 Feb 1909 |
63 |
|
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(to 1899) [Lord President 1891-1899] |
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12 May 1896 |
|
Pearson |
Sir Charles John Pearson
(to 1909) |
6 Nov 1843 |
15 Aug 1910 |
66 |
|
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|
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28 Nov 1899 |
|
Blair Balfour |
John Blair Balfour,later Baron Kinross (to 1905) |
11 Jul 1837 |
22 Jan 1905 |
67 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1899-1905] |
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|
11 Jan 1905 |
|
Ardwall |
Andrew Jameson (to
1911) |
5 Jul 1845 |
21 Nov 1911 |
66 |
|
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|
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|
|
17 Feb 1905 |
|
Dundas |
David Dundas (to
1922) |
8 Jun 1854 |
14 Feb 1922 |
67 |
|
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|
|
21 Feb 1905 |
|
Dunedin |
Andrew Graham Murray,later Viscount Dunedin (to 1913) |
21 Nov 1849 |
21 Aug 1942 |
92 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1905-1913] |
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19 May 1905 |
|
Johnston |
Henry Johnston (to
1918) |
5 Feb 1844 |
18 Oct 1931 |
87 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
17 Oct 1905 |
|
Salvesen |
Edward Theodore Salvesen
(to 1922) |
20 Jul 1857 |
23 Feb 1942 |
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 Dec 1905 |
|
Mackenzie |
Charles Kincaid Mackenzie
(to 1922) |
9 Mar 1857 |
2 Apr 1938 |
81 |
|
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|
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|
|
22 Jan 1907 |
|
Guthrie |
Charles John Guthrie
(to 1920) |
1849 |
28 Apr 1920 |
70 |
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|
|
15 Oct 1908 |
|
Skerrington |
William Campbell
(to 1926) |
27 Jun 1855 |
21 Jul 1927 |
72 |
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|
|
20 Jul 1909 |
|
Cullen |
William James Cullen
(to 1926) |
9 Sep 1859 |
19 Jun 1941 |
81 |
|
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|
18 May 1910 |
|
Dewar |
Arthur Dewar (to
1917) |
1860 |
14 Jun 1917 |
56 |
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|
|
22 Oct 1910 |
|
Ormidale |
George Lewis Macfarlane
(to 1933) |
22 Mar 1854 |
21 Apr 1941 |
87 |
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|
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|
|
12 Dec 1911 |
|
Hunter |
William Hunter (to
1936) |
9 Oct 1865 |
10 Apr 1957 |
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 Oct 1913 |
|
Strathclyde |
Alexander Ure,later Baron Strathclyde (to 1920) |
24 Feb 1853 |
2 Oct 1928 |
75 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1913-1920] |
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
4 Nov 1913 |
|
Anderson |
Andrew Macbeth Anderson
(to 1936) |
6 Nov 1862 |
27 May 1936 |
73 |
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|
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|
|
|
1 Jul 1915 |
|
Scott Dickson |
Charles Scott Dickson
(to 1922) |
13 Sep 1850 |
5 Aug 1922 |
71 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1915-1922] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
16 Oct 1917 |
|
Sands |
Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston (to 1934) |
18 Oct 1857 |
26 Feb 1934 |
76 |
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|
1 Nov 1918 |
|
Blackburn |
Robert Francis Leslie Blackburn (to 1935) |
27 Apr 1864 |
21 Mar 1944 |
79 |
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|
12 May 1920 |
|
Clyde |
James Avon Clyde
(to 1935) [Lord President 1920-1935] |
14 Nov 1863 |
16 Jun 1944 |
80 |
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|
8 Jun 1920 |
|
Ashmore |
John Wilson (to
1928) |
1857 |
8 Jul 1932 |
75 |
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|
8 Mar 1922 |
|
Morison |
Thomas Brash Morison
(to 1937) |
21 Nov 1868 |
28 Jul 1945 |
76 |
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|
4 Jul 1922 |
|
Constable |
Arthur Henderson Briggs Constable (to 1929) |
3 Mar 1865 |
4 Nov 1928 |
63 |
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|
19 Oct 1922 |
|
Alness |
Robert Munro,later Baron Alness (to 1933) |
28 May 1868 |
6 Oct 1955 |
87 |
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|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1922-1933] |
|
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|
14 Nov 1922 |
|
Murray |
Charles David Murray
(to 1936) |
20 Oct 1866 |
9 Jun 1936 |
69 |
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|
5 Jan 1926 |
|
Fleming |
David Pinkerton Fleming
(to 1944) |
1877 |
20 Oct 1944 |
67 |
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|
5 Jan 1926 |
|
Moncrieff |
Alexander Moncrieff
(to 1947) |
14 Aug 1870 |
5 Aug 1949 |
78 |
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|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 26 Feb 1947-14 Oct 1947] |
|
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|
|
30 May 1928 |
|
Mackay |
Alexander Morrice Mackay
(to 1954) |
6 Sep 1875 |
2 Nov 1955 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 Jan 1929 |
|
Pitman |
James Campbell Pitman
(to 1939) |
1864 |
10 Feb 1941 |
76 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1933 |
|
Wark |
John Lean Wark (to
1944) |
1877 |
17 Dec 1943 |
66 |
|
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|
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|
|
|
17 Oct 1933 |
|
Aitchison |
Craigie Mason Aitchison
(to 1941) |
26 Jan 1882 |
2 May 1941 |
59 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1933-1941] |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
12 May 1934 |
|
Carmont |
John Francis Carmont
(to 1965) |
1880 |
7 Aug 1965 |
85 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
7 May 1935 |
|
Normand |
Wilfrid Guild Normand,later Baron Normand (to 1947) |
16 May 1884 |
5 Oct 1962 |
78 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1935-1947] |
|
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|
12 Nov 1935 |
|
Jamieson |
Douglas Jamieson
(to 1952) |
14 Jul 1880 |
31 May 1952 |
71 |
|
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|
|
18 Feb 1936 |
|
Robertson |
Thomas Graham Robertson
(to 1944) |
23 Nov 1881 |
10 Mar 1944 |
62 |
|
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|
|
|
|
24 Jun 1936 |
|
Stevenson |
James Stevenson (to
1948) |
2 Feb 1883 |
3 Mar 1963 |
80 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
7 Jul 1936 |
|
Russell |
Albert Russell (to
1960) |
1884 |
12 May 1975 |
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 Jun 1937 |
|
Keith |
James Keith,later Baron Keith of Avonholme (to 1953) |
20 May 1886 |
29 Jun 1964 |
78 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
26 May 1939 |
|
Patrick |
William Donald Patrick
(to 1964) |
1889 |
17 Feb 1967 |
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 Jun 1941 |
|
Cooper |
Thomas Mackay Cooper,later Baron Cooper (to 1955) |
24 Sep 1892 |
15 Jul 1955 |
62 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1941-1947 and Lord President
1947-1955] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Jun 1944 |
|
Mackintosh |
Charles Mackintosh
(to 1964) |
28 May 1888 |
2 Aug 1978 |
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 Nov 1944 |
|
Sorn |
James Gordon McIntyre
(to 1963) |
21 Jul 1896 |
1 Jul 1983 |
86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Jul 1945 |
|
Birnam |
Sir Thomas David King Murray (to 1955) |
29 Mar 1884 |
5 Jun 1955 |
71 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
4 Mar 1947 |
|
Blades |
Daniel Patterson Blades
(to 1959) |
25 Aug 1888 |
6 Feb 1959 |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Oct 1947 |
|
Thomson |
George Reid Thomson
(to 1962) |
1893 |
15 Apr 1962 |
68 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1947-1962] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Oct 1948 |
|
Strachan |
James Frederick Strachan
(to 1967) |
11 Oct 1894 |
15 May 1978 |
83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 Jan 1949 |
|
Guthrie |
Henry Wallace Guthrie
(to 1970) |
20 Oct 1903 |
11 Mar 1970 |
66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 1952 |
|
Hill Watson |
Laurence Hill Watson
(to 1957) |
26 Feb 1895 |
22 Aug 1957 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Nov 1953 |
|
Migdale |
James Frederick Gordon Thomson (to 1973) |
22 Jun 1897 |
30 Dec 1983 |
86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Feb 1954 |
|
Wheatley |
John Wheatley,later Baron Wheatley (to 1985) |
17 Jan 1908 |
28 Jul 1988 |
80 |
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1972-1985] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 Feb 1954 |
|
Walker |
James Walker (to
1972) |
1890 |
11 Jun 1972 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 Jan 1955 |
|
Clyde |
James Latham McDiarmid Clyde (to 1972) |
30 Oct 1898 |
30 Jun 1975 |
76 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1955-1972] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 Jul 1955 |
|
Cameron |
Sir John Cameron
(to 1985) |
8 Feb 1900 |
30 May 1996 |
96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Oct 1957 |
|
Guest |
Christopher William Graham Guest,later Baron Guest (to 1961) |
7 Nov 1901 |
25 Sep 1984 |
82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 May 1959 |
|
Kilbrandon |
Charles James Dalrymple Shaw,later Baron Kilbrandon (to 1971) |
15 Aug 1906 |
10 Sep 1989 |
83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 May 1960 |
|
Milligan |
William Rankine Milligan
(to 1973) |
12 Dec 1898 |
28 Jul 1975 |
76 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 Jan 1961 |
|
Johnston |
Douglas Harold Johnston
(to 1978) |
1 Feb 1907 |
18 Feb 1985 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1961 |
|
Hunter |
John Oswald Mair Hunter
(to 1986) |
21 Feb 1913 |
20 Mar 2006 |
93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Oct 1962 |
|
Grant |
William Grant (to
1972) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1962-1972] |
19 Jun 1909 |
19 Nov 1972 |
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Dec 1963 |
|
Kissen |
Manuel Kissen (to
1981) |
2 May 1912 |
28 May 1981 |
69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 Jan 1964 |
|
Fraser |
Walter Ian Reid Fraser,later Baron Fraser of Tullybelton |
3 Feb 1911 |
17 Feb 1989 |
78 |
|
|
|
(to 1974) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1964 |
|
Avonside |
Ian Hamilton Shearer
(to 1984) |
11 Nov 1914 |
22 Feb 1996 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Jul 1965 |
|
Leechman |
James Graham Leechman
(to 1976) |
6 Oct 1906 |
15 May 1986 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 Nov 1965 |
|
Thomson |
Alexander Thomson
(to 1979) |
9 Nov 1914 |
2 Feb 1979 |
64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1966 |
|
Robertson |
Ian MacDonald Robertson
(to 1987) |
30 Oct 1912 |
21 Jul 2005 |
92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 Oct 1967 |
|
Stott |
George Gordon Stott
(to 1984) |
22 Dec 1909 |
12 Apr 1999 |
89 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Apr 1970 |
|
Emslie |
George Carlyle Emslie,later Baron Emslie (to 1989) |
6 Dec 1919 |
21 Nov 2002 |
82 |
|
|
|
[Lord President 1972-1989] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1971 |
|
Dunpark |
Alastair McPherson Johnston (to 1990) |
15 Dec 1915 |
31 Aug 1991 |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1971 |
|
Keith |
Henry Shanks Keith,later Baron Keith of Kinkel (to 1977) |
7 Feb 1922 |
21 Jun 2002 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Jun 1972 |
|
Grieve |
William Robertson Grieve
(to 1988) |
21 Oct 1917 |
10 Jul 2005 |
87 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Jun 1972 |
|
Mackenzie Stuart |
Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart,later Baron |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mackenzie-Stuart
(to 1973) |
18 Nov 1924 |
1 Apr 2000 |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 Nov 1972 |
|
Brand |
David William Robert Brand
(to 1989) |
21 Oct 1923 |
14 Apr 1996 |
72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
|
Kincraig |
Robert Smith Johnston
(to 1987) |
10 Oct 1918 |
19 Sep 2004 |
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 1973 |
|
Maxwell |
Peter Maxwell (to
1988) |
21 May 1919 |
2 Jan 1994 |
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
|
McDonald |
Robert Howat McDonald
(to 1989) |
15 May 1916 |
6 Jan 2003 |
86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Feb 1974 |
|
Wylie |
Norman Russell Wylie
(to 1990) |
26 Oct 1923 |
7 Sep 2005 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
|
Stewart |
Ewan George Francis Stewart (to 1987) |
9 May 1923 |
31 Mar 1987 |
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
Ross |
Donald MacArthur Ross
(to 1997) |
29 Mar 1927 |
|
|
|
|
|
[Lord Justice Clerk 1985-1997] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
Allanbridge |
William Ian Stewart
(to 1995) |
8 Nov 1925 |
21 Jun 2012 |
86 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
Cowie |
William Lorn Kerr Cowie
(to 1994) |
1 Jun 1926 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
|
Jauncey |
Charles Eliot Jauncey,later Baron Jauncey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
of Tullichettle (to
1988) |
8 May 1925 |
18 Jul 2007 |
82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
|
Murray |
Ronald King Murray
(to 1995) |
15 Jun 1922 |
27 Sep 2016 |
94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1981 |
|
Mayfield |
Ian MacDonald (to
1995) |
26 May 1921 |
30 Oct 2002 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
|
Davidson |
Charles Kemp Davidson
(to 1996) |
13 Apr 1929 |
18 Jun 2009 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
Mackay of |
James Peter Hymers Mackay,Baron |
|
|
|
|
|
Clashfern |
Mackay of Clashfern
(to 1985) |
2 Jul 1927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
McCluskey |
John Herbert McCluskey,Baron McCluskey (to 2000) |
12 Jun 1929 |
20 Jul 2017 |
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
Morison |
Alastair Malcolm Morison
(to 1997) |
12 Feb 1931 |
31 Jul 2005 |
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
Sutherland |
Ranald Ian Sutherland
(to 2001) |
23 Jan 1932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
Weir |
David Bruce Weir
(to 1997) |
19 Dec 1931 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
Clyde |
James John Clyde,later Baron Clyde (to 1996) |
29 Jan 1932 |
6 Mar 2009 |
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
Cullen |
William Douglas Cullen,Lord Cullen later Baron Cullen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
of Whitekirk (to
2005) [Lord
Justice Clerk 1997-2001 and |
18 Nov 1935 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lord President 2001-2005] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
Prosser |
William David Prosser
(to 2001) |
23 Nov 1934 |
22 Mar 2015 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1987 |
|
Kirkwood |
Ian Candlish Kirkwood
(to 2005) |
8 Jun 1932 |
22 Apr 2017 |
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1987 |
|
Coulsfield |
John Taylor Cameron
(to 2002) |
24 Apr 1934 |
27 Feb 2016 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
|
Milligan |
James George Milligan
(to 2001) |
10 May 1934 |
7 Mar 2005 |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
|
Dervaird |
John Murray (to
1989) |
8 Jul 1935 |
23 Dec 2015 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
|
Hope of Craighead |
James Arthur David Hope,later Baron Hope of Craighead |
27 Jun 1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
(to 1996) [Lord President
1989-1996] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
|
Caplan |
Philip Isaac Caplan
(to 2000) |
24 Feb 1929 |
7 Nov 2008 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
|
Cameron |
Kenneth John Cameron,Baron Cameron of Lochbroom |
11 Jun 1931 |
|
|
|
|
|
(to 2003) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
Marnoch |
Michael Stewart Rae Bruce
(to 2005) |
26 Jul 1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
MacLean |
Ranald Norman Munro MacLean (to 2005) |
18 Dec 1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
Penrose |
George William Penrose
(to 2005) |
2 Jun 1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
Osborne |
Kenneth Hilton Osborne
(to 2011) |
9 Jul 1937 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
Abernethy |
John Alastair Cameron
(to 2007) |
1 Feb 1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994 |
|
Johnston |
Alan Charles Macpherson Johnston (to 2008) |
13 Jan 1942 |
14 Jun 2008 |
66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1994 |
|
Gill |
Brian Gill [Lord Justice Clerk 2001-2012 and Lord President |
25 Feb 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
2012-2015] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
Hamilton |
Arthur Campbell Hamilton
(to 2012) [Lord President 2005-2012] |
10 Jun 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
Rodger of |
Alan Ferguson Rodger,Baron Rodger of Earlsferry (to 2001) |
18 Sep 1944 |
26 Jun 2011 |
66 |
|
|
Earlsferry |
[Lord President 1996-2001] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
Dawson |
Thomas Cordner Dawson
(to 2007) |
14 Nov 1948 |
1 Jun 2007 |
58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
Macfadyen |
Donald James Dobbie Macfadyen (to 2008) |
8 Sep 1945 |
11 Apr 2008 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
|
Cosgrove |
Hazel Josephine Cosgrove
(to 2006) |
12 Jan 1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
|
Nimmo Smith |
William Austin Nimmo Smith
(to 2009) |
6 Nov 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1996 |
|
Philip |
Alexander Morrison Philip
(to 2007) |
3 Aug 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
Kingarth |
Derek Robert Alexander Emslie (to 2010) |
21 Jun 1949 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
Bonomy |
Iain Bonomy (to
2012) |
15 Jan 1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
Eassie |
Ronald David Mackay
(to 2015) |
29 Oct 1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998 |
|
Reed |
Robert John Reed
(to 2012) |
7 Sep 1956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
Wheatley |
John Francis Wheatley
(to 2010) |
9 May 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan 2000 |
|
Paton |
Ann Paton |
Jun 1952 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 2000 |
|
Carloway |
Colin John McLean Sutherland [Lord Justice Clerk
2012-2015, |
20 May 1954 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lord President since 2015] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
Clarke |
Matthew Gerard Clarke
(to 2013) |
1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
Hardie |
Andrew Rutherford Hardie,Baron Hardie (to 2012) |
8 Jan 1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
Mackay of |
Donald Sage Mackay,Baron Mackay of Drumadoon (to 2013) |
30 Jan 1946 |
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Drumadoon |
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2000 |
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McEwan |
Robin Gilmour McEwan
(to 2008) |
12 Dec 1943 |
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2001 |
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Menzies |
Duncan Adam Young Menzies |
28 Aug 1953 |
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2001 |
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Drummond Young |
James Edward Drummond Young |
17 Feb 1950 |
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2001 |
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Emslie |
George Nigel Hannington Emslie (to 2012) |
17 Apr 1947 |
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2001 |
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Smith |
Anne Smith |
16 Mar 1955 |
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2002 |
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Brodie |
Philip Hope Brodie |
14 Jul 1950 |
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2003 |
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Bracadale |
Alastair Peter Campbell |
18 Sep 1949 |
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2005 |
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Dorrian |
Leeona June Dorrian
[Lord Justice Clerk since 2016] |
16 Jun 1957 |
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2005 |
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Hodge |
Patrick Stewart Hodge
(to 2013) |
19 May 1953 |
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2005 |
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Macphail |
Iain Duncan Macphail
(to 2009) |
24 Jan 1938 |
21 Oct 2009 |
71 |
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2005 |
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Glennie |
Angus James Scott Glennie |
3 Dec 1950 |
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2005 |
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Kinclaven |
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie |
2 Jun 1951 |
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Jan 2006 |
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Clark of Calton |
Lynda Margaret Clark,Baroness Clark of Calton [L] |
26 Feb 1949 |
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Feb 2006 |
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Turnbull |
Alan D Turnbull |
1958 |
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2006 |
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Brailsford |
Sidney Neil Brailsford |
15 Aug 1954 |
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Apr 2006 |
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Uist |
Roderick Francis Macdonald |
1 Feb 1951 |
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2007 |
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Malcolm |
Colin Malcolm Campbell |
1 Oct 1953 |
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2007 |
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Matthews |
Hugh Matthews |
4 Dec 1953 |
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Mar 2008 |
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Woolman |
Stephen Errol Woolman |
16 May 1953 |
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5 Nov 2008 |
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Pentland |
Paul Benedict Cullen |
11 Mar 1957 |
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5 Nov 2008 |
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Bannatyne |
Iain Alexander Scott Peebles |
1954 |
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5 Nov 2008 |
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Stacey |
Valerie Elizabeth Stacey |
25 May 1954 |
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Apr 2010 |
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Tyre |
Colin Jack Tyre |
17 Apr 1956 |
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Apr 2010 |
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Doherty |
(Joseph) Raymond Doherty |
30 Jan 1958 |
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Nov 2010 |
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Stewart |
Angus Stewart (to
2016) |
14 Dec 1946 |
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26 Jun 2012 |
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Boyd of Duncansby |
Colin David Boyd,Baron Boyd of Duncansby [L] |
7 Jun 1953 |
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11 Jul 2012 |
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Jones |
Michael Scott Jones |
18 Feb 1948 |
13 Mar 2016 |
68 |
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12 Jul 2012 |
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Burns |
David Spencer Burns |
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2 Nov 2012 |
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Scott |
Margaret Elizabeth Scott |
1960 |
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6 Feb 2013 |
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Wise |
Morag Barbara Wise |
22 Jan 1963 |
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15 Feb 2013 |
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Armstrong |
Iain Gillies Armstrong |
26 May 1956 |
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Jan 2014 |
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Rae |
Rita Emilia Anna Rae |
20 Jun 1950 |
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Mar 2014 |
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Wolffe |
Sarah Poyntell LaBudde Wolffe |
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May 2016 |
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Beckett |
John W P Beckett |
1962 |
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May 2016 |
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Clark |
Alistair MacDonald Clark |
3 Dec 1955 |
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May 2016 |
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Ericht |
Andrew Fleming Stewart |
12 Sep 1963 |
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May 2016 |
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Carmichael |
Ailsa Jane Carmichael |
28 Nov 1969 |
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Dec 2016 |
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Mulholland |
Frank Mulholland |
18 Apr 1959 |
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Apr 2017 |
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Summers |
Alan Andrew Summers |
27 Aug 1964 |
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May 2017 |
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Arthurson |
Paul Andrew Arthurson |
16 Dec 1964 |
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CHAIRMEN OF THE SCOTTISH LAND COURT |
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The Chairman of the Scottish Land Court is ranked as a |
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Senator of the College of Justice and is therefore
entitled |
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to the title of 'Lord.' Since 1978 the Chairman of the
Scottish |
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Land Court has also been President of the Lands Tribunal. |
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1912 |
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Kennedy |
Neil Kennedy |
Apr 1855 |
12 Feb 1918 |
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1918 |
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St.Vigeans |
David Anderson |
26 Oct 1862 |
1 Jun 1948 |
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1934 |
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Macgregor Mitchell |
Robert Macgregor Mitchell |
1875 |
25 Apr 1938 |
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1938 |
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Murray |
Thomas David King Murray
[he was subsequently appointed |
29 Mar 1884 |
5 Jun 1955 |
71 |
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a Senator of the College of Justice as Lord Birnam in
1945] |
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1941 |
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Gibson |
Robert Gibson |
20 Apr 1886 |
9 Apr 1965 |
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1965 |
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Birsay |
Harald Robert Leslie |
8 May 1905 |
27 Nov 1982 |
77 |
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1978 |
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Elliott |
Walter Archibald Elliott
[also President of the Lands |
6 Sep 1922 |
9 Aug 2008 |
85 |
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Tribunal for Scotland 1971-1992] |
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1993 |
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Philip |
Alexander Morrison Philip |
3 Aug 1942 |
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1996 |
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McGhie |
James Marshall McGhie |
15 Oct 1944 |
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17 Oct 2014 |
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Minginish |
Roderick John MacLeod |
7 Dec 1952 |
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Sir George Lockhart, Lord Carnwath |
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Lockhart was murdered in March 1689 by John
Chiesley, father of Lady Grange, who is the subject |
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of a separate note under "Lord Grange"
[see below]. Chiesley had been unhappily married to Margaret |
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Nicholson, who sued him for alimony. Lockhart
granted her application, which so infuriated Chiesley |
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that he shot and killed Lockhart as he walked
home from church on Easter Sunday, 31 March 1689. |
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The following account of his trial is taken from
"A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials |
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in Scotland" by Hugo Arnot [Edinburgh 1785]:- |
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'The prisoner was brought before the Lord
Provost on the 1st of April 1689, to be examined concerning |
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the murder of Sir George Lockhart, committed on
the day preceding. Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, |
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brother, and Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, nephew of
the deceased, appeared in Court, and, in their own |
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name, and in that of the children of the
deceased, gave in an act of the meeting of Estates of |
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Parliament, passed that very day, of the
following purport: That the Estates having considered the |
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supplication of the friends of the deceased Sir
George Lockhart, for granting warrant to the magistrates |
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of Edinburgh to torture John Chiesley of Dalry,
perpetrator of the murder, and William Calderwood writer |
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in Edinburgh, an accomplice; therefore, in respect of the notoriety of the murder, and of the extraordinary |
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circumstances attending it, the Estates appoint
and authorise the Provost and two of thye bailies of |
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Edinburgh, and likewise the Earl of Errol, Lord
High Constable, and his deputes, not only to judge of the |
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murder, but to proceed to torture Chiesley, to
discover if he had any accomplices in the crime.....The |
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Estates, at the same time, declare, that this
extraordinary case shall be no precedent to warrant torture |
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in time coming, nor argument to ratify it as to the time
past. |
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'The prisoner was then put to the torture, and
declared that he was not advised to the assassination |
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of Sir George Lockhart by any person whatever:
That, when at London, he told James Stewart advocate, |
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that, if he got no satisfaction from the
President [i.e. Lockhart], he would assassinate him; and told the |
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same to a person there of the name of Callender,
and to Mr. William Chiesley his uncle. He confessed |
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that he charged his pistol on Sunday morning,
and went to the New Kirk, and having seen the President |
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coming from the church, he went to the close
where the President lodged, followed him, and when just |
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behind his back, shot him; That he was satisfied
when he heard of the President's being dead; and, on |
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hearing it, he said, "he
was not used to do things by halfs." He
also confessed, that, when at London, |
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he had walked up and down Pall-Mall with a
Pistol beneath his coat, lying in wait for the President. |
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'The indictment against the prisoner was raised
at the instance of John Gibson, procurator-fiscal of the |
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city of Edinburgh, of Sir John Lockhart of
Castlehill, and Cromwell Lockhart of Lee. It set forth, that |
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assassination, murder, and man-slaughter, were
contrary to the laws of God, Nature, nations, and the |
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laws and acts of Parliament of this kingdom:
That, nevertheless, the prisoner had, of forethought felony, |
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without the least provocation, murdered Sir
George Lockhart in the manner already mentioned: That the |
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prisoner was caught red-hand by a multitude of
witnesses, before whom he boasted of what he had done, |
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as if it had been some grand exploit: By all
which he was guilty of murder, or at least was art and part |
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accessory to the same; for which he ought to be
punished with death, and his moveables confiscated. |
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'The prisoner judicially confessed the crime
libelled, and declared, that he committed the murder because |
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he thought the deceased had given an unjust
sentence against him. Being asked "if it was not a sentence |
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pronounced in favour of his wife and children
for their aliment he declared he would not answer to that |
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point, nor give any account thereof." |
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[After a number of witnesses had given their
testimony] 'The jury all in one voice....found, by the |
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prisoner's judicial confession, that he was
guilty of the murder of Sir George Lockhart, and by the |
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deposition of witnesses, that he was guilty of "murder, out of forethought felony." |
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'The Lord Provost and Bailies of Edinburgh
sentenced the prisoner to be carried on a hurdle from the |
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tolbooth of Edinburgh, to the market cross, on
Wednesday the 3rd of April instant; and there, between |
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the hours of two and four of the afternoon, to
have his right hand cut off alive, and then to be hanged |
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upon a gibbet, with the pistol about his neck,
with which he committed the murder. His body to be hung in |
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chains between Leith and Edinburgh; his right
hand fixed on the West-port, and his moveable goods to be |
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confiscated.' |
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George Patton, Lord Glenalmond |
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Patton disappeared on 20 September 1869. The
first intimation in the Press appears to have been |
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on 22 September when the papers reported the
disappearance. The 'Western Mail' (Cardiff) stated |
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that 'great excitement has been caused in
Edinburgh by the disappearance of Mr. George Patton, |
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Lord Justice Clerk. He went out for a walk
before breakfast on Monday morning and has not been |
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heard of since. His name was prominently brought
forward through evidence at Bridgwater.' |
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The reference to Bridgwater relates to the
unseating of the sitting members in February 1869 |
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for bribery and corruption - the seat was
subsequently disenfranchised in 1870. See also the final |
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paragraph. |
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Patton's body was found on 24 September, as
reported in the 'Glasgow Herald' of 25 September 1869:- |
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'The mystery surrounding the disappearance of
the Lord Justice Clerk has now been solved, his body |
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having been found yesterday afternoon in the
River Almond. Since his Lordship's disappearance on |
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Monday the general opinion was that he had
fallen into the river accidentally and had been drowned; |
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but the finding of a razor-case and
necktie…..gave rise to the belief that his Lordship had committed |
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suicide. On Monday and Tuesday the woods and
moors in the district were searched by hundreds of |
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willing persons, and the river was carefully
dragged from the fall downwards. The finding of the razor- |
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case and necktie by the edge of the river
pointed so directly to the probability of the body being in |
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the water that on Wednesday, Thursday and
yesterday the search was confined solely to the river. |
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On Wednesday the authorities secured the
services of an experienced boatman……and he at once |
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initiated a thorough search of the river. It
being supposed that the body was lying in a deep pool near |
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the fall, the attention of Malloch [the boatman]
and his assistants was almost entirely confined to |
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that part of the stream for two days, but the
result was not satisfactory. Yesterday, shortly before |
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noon, Malloch commenced operations with a new
set of creepers…..He made a thorough search of |
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the pool already mentioned, but without effect.
He then commenced to drag the river farther down, |
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and the result was that at a quarter-past three
o'clock the body of the Lord Justice Clerk was found….. |
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The appearance of the body was most revolting,
there being a deep gash in the throat, bearing out |
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the theory that before falling into the water
his Lordship had endeavoured to end his existence by |
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cutting his throat……' |
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As to motive, The 'Pall Mall Gazette' commented
that 'it is impossible to avoid thinking of the manner |
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in which the late Lord Justice Clerk Patton's
name has lately been mentioned at Bridgewater [sic] in |
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connection with the sad tragedy at Glenalmond.
No one can be blind to the possible effect on a |
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delicate-minded and sensitive Judge of an
impending examination as to bygone electoral expenditure, |
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incurred perhaps at the time without sufficient
consideration, or under some sort of compulsion, which |
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might fix him with moral responsibility for
corrupting and bribing, and thus bring doubt or discredit oh his |
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judicial office.' |
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In February 1870, the report of the Bridgwater
Election Commissioners stated that, during the period |
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1831 to 1869, every election which had taken
place (11 general elections and 3 by-elections) had |
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been corrupt. In particular, the report found
that 'in respect of the by-election of 7 June, 1866, that |
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Walter Bagehot, and George Patton, Esquires, the
candidates, were privy and assenting to some of |
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the corrupt practices extensively prevailing thereat.' |
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James Erskine, Lord Grange |
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Erskine was the son of the 5th Earl of Mar [of
the 1565 creation] and younger brother of the 6th Earl. |
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As a result of his adherence to the Jacobite
cause, his brother was attainted in 1716 and his peerage |
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forfeited. |
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James is best remembered for his treatment of
his wife. He married Rachel Chiesly, having first 'debauched' |
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her before being compelled to marry her. Like
the rest of her family, she is described as being proud, |
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violent and jealous, a drunkard and, at times,
an imbecile. Her husband was constantly absent from |
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her due to his duties as a judge; she suspected
him, probably with good reason, of being unfaithful to |
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her and, as a result, hired men to spy upon him.
Her conduct was an open scandal, causing Grange to |
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be much pitied by his friends, who defended
Grange by charging that his wife had wrongly accused him |
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of treason, had stolen his letters to support
this groundless accusation and had made attempts upon |
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his life. |
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His sister-in-law, the Countess of Mar, who was
the sister of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the writer |
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and pioneer of innoculation against smallpox,
was also at times judged to be insane. In April 1731, Grange |
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attempted to carry off the Countess from England
to Scotland, but was thwarted by her sister. These |
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scandals had a major effect upon Grange's
health, but in 1732 this improved when he publicly celebrated |
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his wife's funeral. The major difficulty with
this celebration was that his wife was still alive and held as |
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a prisoner, a fact unknown to any of her friends. |
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Lady Grange lodged with a Mrs Maclean in
Edinburgh. On the night of 22 January 1732, Mrs Maclean |
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allowed a number of highlanders dressed in the
Lovat tartan to enter the house, where they seized |
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Lady Grange and carried her off to Linlithgow.
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she was concealed in a closet for three months
before being moved, travelling only at night and not |
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sleeping in a bed for weeks, to the west coast
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of Hesker, where she remained for five years. At
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island of St. Kilda, the westernmost island of
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she was kept for another seven years. Finally,
she was taken to Skye, where she died in May 1745. |
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Her release from St. Kilda was made possible
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to whom she told her story. Eventually she was
able to convey her situation to friends on the mainland |
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who despatched a brig to her assistance. |
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When her strange history became known, Lord
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no asylum fit for such patients in Scotland;
what better could he have done than to provide her with a |
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retreat where she was at once secure from escape
and safe from injury? On the other hand, it seems |
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far more likely that Lady Grange was confined
because she was privy to too many secrets relating to |
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the Jacobite cause and her madness caused the
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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo |
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The following is extracted from "The
Emperor of the United States of America and Other |
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Magnificent British Eccentrics" by
Catherine Caufield (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981) |
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Lord Monboddo was a man of individual opinions,
maintaining, among other things, that |
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orang-outangs are a human species, capable of
speech. He also believed that babies are |
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born with tails but that there is a conspiracy
of silence among midwives, who cut them |
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off at birth. Monboddo was a careful observer at
the births of his own children, but in each |
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case the midwife outwitted him and managed to
destroy the evidence. |
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According to the biographer Robert Chambers [in
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Monboddo was 'by far the most learned judge….of
his time.' Monboddo would not have found |
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this a flattering comment, as he heartily
despised 'his time': he had a passion for the ancients, |
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their way of life and language. Though he was a
just and compassionate landlord, Monboddo |
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approved of slavery on the grounds that Plutarch
had defended it. He also attempted to revive |
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the religious beliefs of ancient Greece. Hearing
of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, Monboddo expressed |
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shock that a man of Johnson's ability could
waste his time on English when Greek was clearly |
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the only language worth preserving. |
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He lived quite simply, partly as a result of
refusing to use any tool or convenience not enjoyed |
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by the Greeks. In 1785, on one of his rare
visits to London he was invited to observe a trial |
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in progress at the Court of the King's Bench.
The proceedings were interrupted when someone |
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ran into the courtroom shouting that the roof
was falling in. Panic ensued as lawyers, judges |
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and witnesses all ran to the door and tried to
force their way out. Monboddo, who was deaf |
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and short-sighted, sat through the entire
episode quite calmly, making no attempt to join the |
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fleeing masses. Finally, it was realised that
the warning had been a false alarm and everyone |
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returned to their seats. Asked how he had
managed to remain so calm in the face of threatened |
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disaster. Monboddo replied that he had supposed
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which, as an alien to the English laws, he had
no concern, but which he considered interesting |
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to witness as a remnant of antiquity. |
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This extract provides only a view of Monboddo's
eccentricities. In reality, Monboddo was a |
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pioneer in the sciences of historical
linguistics and Darwinian evolution, having outlined the basic |
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principles of natural selection well in advance of Darwin. |
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For further reading on Monboddo, see the chapter
headed 'The judge who visited wild men' in |
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John Michell's book 'Eccentric Lives and
Peculiar Notions' (Thames and Hudson, London 1984). |
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Copyright @ 2017 Leigh Rayment |
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