Lord Advocate

Sir David Dalrymple, bt February 17091711
Sir David Dalrymple, bt 9 October 17141720
James Moncrieff April 1851February 1852
James Moncrieff December 1852March 1858
Rt Hon James Moncrieff June 1859July 1866
Edward Strathearn Gordon February 1867December 1868
Rt Hon James Moncrieff December 1868October 1869
George Young October 1869February 1874
Rt Hon Edward Strathearn Gordon February 1874July 1876
William Watson 18761880
Rt Hon John McLaren May 1880August 1881
John Blair Balfour August 1881July 1885
John Hay Athole Macdonald July 1885February 1886
Rt Hon John Blair Balfour 5 February 1886August 1886
Rt Hon John Hay Athole Macdonald August 1886October 1888
Sir Charles John Pearson 1 October 1891August 1892
Rt Hon John Blair Balfour August 1892July 1895
Rt Hon Sir Charles John Pearson 7 July 1895May 1896
Rt Hon Andrew Graham Murray 18961903
Charles Scott Dickson 19031905
Dr Thomas Shaw December 1905February 1909
Rt Hon Alexander Ure 19091909
Robert Munro 30 October 19135 December 1916
Rt Hon Sir Thomas Brash Morison 26 April 19201922
Charles David Murray March 1922October 1922
Rt Hon Alexander Munro MacRobert May 192918 October 1930
Rt Hon Thomas Mackay Cooper 19351941
James Scott Cumberland Reid, Baron Reid June 1941July 1945
Rt Hon George Reid Thomson October 1945October 1947
George Gordon Stott, Lord Stott October 19641967
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern 11 May 197916 May 1984
Alan Ferguson Rodger 19921995
Donald Sage Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon 7 November 19952 May 1997
Rt Hon Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Lord Hardie May 1997
Rt Hon Colin David Boyd 24 February 20004 October 2006