List of historic Senators of the College of Justice
A list of the Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland from 1689 to present.
Date | Name | Title | Predecessor |
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1 November 1689 | Sir James Dalrymple, Lord Stair | Lord President | |
Sir John Baird | Newbyth | ||
Alexander Swinton | Marsington | ||
Sir Colin Campbell | Aberuchill | ||
James Murray | Philiphaugh | ||
Robert Dundas | Arniston | ||
John Hamilton | Halcraig | ||
David Home | Crocerig | ||
Sir John Maitland | Ravelrig | ||
Sir Robert Sinclair | Stevenson | ||
Sir John Lauder | Fountainhall | ||
Sir William Anstruther | Anstruther | ||
Archibald Hope | Rankeillour | ||
James Falconer | Phesdo | ||
Robert Hamilton | Presmennan | ||
5 July 1690 | John Hay, Earl of Tweeddale | Lord Chancellor | |
23 November 1693 | William Douglas, ext | Duke of Queensberry | |
William Johnston, ext | Earl of Annandale | ||
28 November 1693 | Patrick Hume, ext | Lord Polwarth | |
19 December 1693 | William Hamilton, ext | Duke of Hamilton | |
29 December 1693 | Sir William Hamilton | Whitelaw | Stevenson, ret |
14 December 1694 | Archibald Campbell, ext | Earl of Argyll | Duke of Hamilton, dec |
2 May 1696 | Patrick Hume, Lord Polwarth | Lord Chancellor | Tweeddale, suc. |
9 June 1696 | James Scougal | Whitehill | Pressmennan, dec |
26 June 1696 | James Douglas, ext | Duke of Queensberry | Duke of Queensberry, dec |
7 June 1698 | Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick | Lord President | Stair, d |
7 February 1699 | Hugh Campbell, ext | Earl of Loudoun | Marchmont, pr |
17 February 1699 | Sir John Maxwell | Pollock | Newbyth, d |
25 July 1701 | Robert Stewart | Tillicutrie | Mersington, d |
1 November 1702 | James Ogilvy, Earl of Seafield | Lord Chancellor | Polwarth, suc |
12 January 1703 | Roderick Mackenzie | Prestonhall | Whitehill, dec |
20 June 1704 | John Campbell, ext | Duke of Argyll | Duke of Argyll, dec |
17 October 1704 | John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale | Lord Chancellor | Earl of Seafield, suc |
7 November 1704 | Sir Alexander Campbell | Cessnock | Abeuchill, dec |
31 January 1705 | Adam Cockburn | Ormiston | Whitelaw, dec |
9 March 1705 | James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield | Lord Chancellor | Tweeddale, suc |
28 June 1705 | Sir Gilbert Elliot | Minto | Phesdo, dec |
23 July 1706 | Sir Alexander Ogilvy | Forglen | Halcraig |
18 March 1707 | James Erskine | Grange | Rankeillour, dec |
6 June 1707 | John Murray | Bowhill | Crocerig, dec |
1 June 1709 | Dugald Stewart | Blairhall | Tillicutrie, r |
10 June 1709 | Sir Francis Grant | Cullen | Philiphaugh, dec |
7 June 1710 | Sir James Mackenzie | Royston | Prestonhall, res |
8 November 1710 | David Erskine | Dun | Lauderdale, dec |
6 November 1711 | Sir William Calderwood | Polton | Anstruther, dec |
7 November 1712 | John Murray, ext | Duke of Atholl | Queensberry, dec |
8 November 1712 | James Hamilton | Pencaitland | Blairhall, dec |
5 June 1714 | James Elphinston | Coupar | Bowhill, dec |
23 November 1714 | Sir Andrew Hume | Kimmerghame | Cesnock, ret |
6 June 1718 | Sir Walter Pringle | Newhall | Minto, dec |
7 March 1721 | John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, ext | Marquess of Tweeddale | Annandale, dec |
4 June 1724 | Andrew Fletcher | Milton, Justice Clerk | Fountainhall |
4 June 1726 | Sir Gilbert Elliot | Minto, Justice Clerk | Cullen, dec |
29 December 1726 | Hew Dalrymple | Drummore | Arniston, dec |
10 June 1727 | Patrick Campbell | Monzie | Forglen, dec |
1 July 1729 | John Pringle | Haining | Pencaitland, dec |
5 June 1730 | Alexander Fraser | Strichen | Kimmerghame, dec |
3 November 1732 | Patrick Grant | Elchies | Pollock, dec |
3 November 1733 | John Sinclair | Murkle | Polton, dec |
11 July 1734 | Alexander Leslie | Earl of Leven | Grange, ret |
3 November 1735 | Sir James Fergusson | Kilkerran | Ormistoun, dec |
10 June 1737 | Robert Dundas | Arniston | Newhall, dec |
21 June 1737 | Duncan Forbes of Culloden | Lord President | North Berwick, dec |
23 November 1744 | Charles Erskine | Tinwald | Royston, dec |
19 December 1746 | Patrick Boyle | Shewalton | Balmerino, dec |
10 September 1748 | Robert Dundas of Arniston | Lord President | Culloden, dec |
3 June 1749 | James Grahame | Easdale | Arniston, LP |
26 February 1751 | George Sinclair | Woodhall | Easdale, dec |
6 February 1752 | Henry Home | Kames | Monzie, dec |
2 February 1754 | Robert Craigie | Lord President | Arniston, dec |
15 February 1754 | Alexander Boswell | Auchinleck | Dun, ret |
14 November 1754 | William Grant | Prestongrange | Elchies, dec |
20 November 1754 | Robert Pringle | Edgefield | Leven, dec |
28 November 1754 | Thomas Hay | Huntingdon | Haining, dec |
5 July 1755 | Andrew Macdowal | Bankton | Murkle, dec |
24 July 1755 | Peter Wedderburn | Chesterhall | Huntingdon, dec |
31 July 1755 | George Carre | Nisbet | Drummore, dec |
18 December 1756 | George Brown | Coalstoun | Chesterhall, dec |
14 June 1757 | Andrew Pringle | Alemore | Kikerran, dec |
14 June 1760 | Robert Dundas | Lord President | Craigie, dec |
6 March 1761 | James Veitch | Elliock | Bankton |
18 June 1761 | James Erskine | Barjarg, Alva | Shewalton, dec |
16 June 1763 | John Campbell | Stonefield | Tinwald, dec |
14 June 1764 | James Ferguson | Pitfour | Edgefield, dec |
3 July 1764 | Francis Gordon | Gardenstoun | Woodhall, dec |
4 July 1764 | Robert Bruce | Kennet | Prestoungrange, dec |
6 March 1766 | Sir David Dalrymple | Hailes | Nisbet, dec |
14 June 1766 | Thomas Miller | Barskimming | Minto, dec |
12 February 1767 | James Burnett | Monboddo | Milton, dec |
10 March 1775 | Alexander Lockhart | Covington | Strichen, dec |
22 February 1776 | David Ross | Ankerville | Alemore, dec |
13 December 1776 | Robert Macqueen | Braxfield, JC | Coalstoun, dec |
10 July 1777 | David Dalrymple | Westhall | Pitfour, dec |
14 November 1782 | David Rae | Eskgrove | Auchinleck, dec |
21 December 1782 | John Swinton | Swinton | Covington, dec |
6 March 1783 | Alexander Murray | Henderland | Kames, dec |
1 July 1784 | Alexander Gordon | Rockville | Westhall, dec |
4 March 1786 | Sir William Nairne, Lord Dunsinane | Dunsinane | Kennet, dec |
15 January 1788 | Thomas Miller | Glenlee, Lord President | Arniston, dec |
17 January 1789 | John Maclaurin | Dreghorn | Glenlee, pr |
12 November 1789 | Ilay Campbell | Lord President | Glenlee, dec |
7 June 1792 | Alexander Abercromby | Abercromby | Rockville, dec |
21 December 1792 | William Craig | Craig | Hailes, dec |
14 November 1793 | William Baillie | Polkemmet | Elliock |
15 November 1793 | David Smythe | Methven | Gardenstone, dec |
16 May 1795 | Sir William Miller | Glenlee | Henderland, dec |
11 March 1796 | Allan Maconochie | Meadowbank | Abercromby, dec |
17 November 1796 | Robert Cullen | Cullen | Alva, dec |
7 February 1797 | William Honyman | Armadale | Dreghorn, dec |
16 May 1799 | William Macleod Bannatyne | Bannatyne | Swinton, dec |
12 May 1799 | Claud Irvine Boswell | Balmuto | Monboddo, dec |
12 May 1799 | George Fergusson | Hermand | Braxfield, dec |
6 February 1802 | Alexander Fraser Tytler | Woodhouselee | Stonefield, dec |
6 December 1804 | Charles Hope | Granton, Lord Justice Clerk | Eskgrove, dec |
14 November 1805 | William Robertson | Robertson | Ankerville, dec |
6 September 1806 | Robert Blair | Avontoun, Lord President | Succoth, ret |
8 April 1809 | Archibald Campbell | Succoth | Dunsinane, ret. |
15 February 1811 | David Boyle | Boyle | Cullen, dec |
10 October 1811 | Charles Hope, Lord Granton | Lord President | Blair, dec |
19 October 1811 | David Boyle | Lord Justice Clerk | Granton, President |
6 September 1811 | Robert Craigie | Craigie | Polkemmet, ret |
15 November 1811 | David Williamson | Balgray | Woodhouselee |
23 November 1811 | Adam Gillies | Gillies | Newton,dec |
1 February 1813 | David Monypenny | Pitmilly | Woodhouselee, dec |
14 April 1813 | David Cathcart | Alloway | Armadale |
7 September 1813 | David Douglas | Reston | Craig, dec |
8 July 1816 | James Wolfe Murray | Cringletie | Meadowbank, dec |
24 June 1819 | Alexander Maconochie | Meadowbank | Reston, dec |
25 January 1822 | William Erskine | Kinnedder | Balmuto, ret |
9 November 1822 | Joshua H. Mackenzie | Mackenzie | Kinnedder, dec |
11 November 1823 | John Clerk | Eldin | Bannatyne, ret |
14 January 1825 | John Hay Forbes | Medwyn | Succoth, ret |
21 November 1826 | George Cranstoun | Corehouse | Hermand, ret |
14 December 1826 | Alexander Irving | Newton | Robertson, ret |
17 February 1829 | John Fullerton | Fullerton | Eldin, ret |
24 June 1829 | Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff | Moncreiff | Alloway, dec. |
6 June 1834 | Francis Jeffrey | Jeffrey | Craigie, dec |
15 November 1834 | Henry Cockburn | Cockburn | Cringletie, ret |
16 February 1837 | John Cunninghame | Cunningham | Balgray, dec |
17 May 1839 | Sir John Archibald Murray | Murray | Corehouse, ret |
23 May 1840 | James Ivory | Ivory | Glenlee |
16 November 1841 | Rt Hon John Hope | Lord Justice Clerk | Boyle |
23 November 1842 | Alexander Wood | Wood | Gillies, ret |
22 November 1843 | Patrick Robertson | Robertson | Meadowbank, ret |
6 February 1850 | Thomas Maitland | Dundrennan | Jeffrey, dec |
23 May 1851 | Andrew Rutherfurd | Rutherfurd | |
23 May 1851 | Duncan McNeill | Colonsay | |
27 June 1851 | John Cowan | Cowan | |
22 May 1852 | Adam Anderson | Anderson | |
16 November 1852 | John Marshall | Curriehill | |
1 June 1853 | Sir George Deas | Deas | |
19 November 1853 | Robert Handyside | Handyside | |
7 December 1853 | Hercules James Robertson | Benholme | |
24 May 1854 | Charles Neaves | Neaves | |
18 January 1855 | James Crawfurd | Ardmillan | |
8 February 1855 | Thomas Mackenzie | Mackenzie | |
13 May 1858 | William Penney | Kinloch | |
14 July 1858 | John Inglis | Glencorse | |
13 May 1859 | Charles Baillie | Jerviswoode | |
5 February 1862 | Robert Macfarlane | Ormidale | |
13 November 1862 | Edward Francis Maitland | Barcaple | |
13 January 1865 | David Mure | Mure | |
2 March 1867 | George Patton | Glenalmond | |
20 October 1868 | George Dundas | Manor | |
19 October 1869 | James Moncreiff | Moncreiff | |
1 February 1870 | Adam Gifford | Gifford | |
18 March 1870 | Donald Mackenzie | Mackenzie | |
11 December 1872 | Alexander Burns Shand | Shand | |
3 March 1874 | George Young | Young | |
17 July 1874 | John Millar | Craighill | |
31 October 1874 | John Marshall | Curriehill | |
2 November 1875 | Andrew Rutherfurd Clark | Rutherfurd Clark | |
6 December 1876 | James Adam | Adam | |
12 May 1880 | Robert Lee | Lee | |
15 February 1881 | Patrick Fraser | Fraser | |
18 October 1881 | John McLaren | McLaren | |
10 January 1882 | Alexander Smith Kinnear | Kinnear | |
27 February 1885 | John Trayner | Trayner | |
30 October 1888 | Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald | Kingsburgh | |
6 November 1888 | Henry James Moncreiff | Wellwood | |
14 May 1889 | William Mackintosh | Kyllachy | |
7 November 1889 | William Ellis Gloag | Kincairney | |
28 October 1890 | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling | Stormonth Darling | |
25 November 1890 | Alexander Low | Low | |
16 October 1891 | James Patrick Bannerman Robertson | Robertson | |
12 May 1896 | Sir Charles John Pearson | Pearson | |
28 November 1899 | John Blair Balfour | Blair Balfour | |
11 January 1905 | Andrew Jameson | Ardwall | |
17 February 1905 | David Dundas | Dundas | |
21 February 1905 | Andrew Graham Murray | Dunedin | |
19 May 1905 | Henry Johnston | Johnston | |
17 October 1905 | Edward Theodore Salvesen | Salvesen | |
8 December 1905 | Charles Kincaid Mackenzie | Mackenzie | |
22 January 1907 | Charles John Guthrie | Guthrie | |
15 October 1908 | William Campbell | Skerrington | |
20 July 1909 | William James Cullen | Cullen | |
18 May 1910 | Arthur Dewar | Dewar | |
22 October 1910 | George Lewis Macfarlane | Ormidale | |
12 December 1911 | William Hunter | Hunter | |
17 October 1913 | Alexander Ure | Strathclyde | |
4 November 1913 | Andrew Macbeth Anderson | Anderson | |
1 July 1915 | Charles Scott Dickson | Scott Dickson | |
16 October 1917 | Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston | Sands | |
1 November 1918 | Robert Francis Leslie Blackburn | Blackburn | |
12 May 1920 | James Avon Clyde | Clyde | |
8 June 1920 | John Wilson | Ashmore | |
8 March 1922 | Thomas Brash Morison | Morison | |
4 July 1922 | Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable | Constable | |
19 October 1922 | Robert Munro | Alness | |
14 November 1922 | Charles David Murray | Murray | |
5 January 1926 | David Pinkerton Fleming | Fleming | |
5 January 1926 | Alexander Moncrieff | Moncrieff | |
30 May 1928 | Alexander Morrice Mackay | Mackay | |
8 January 1929 | James Campbell Pitman | Pitman | |
14 February 1933 | John Lean Wark | Wark | |
17 October 1933 | Craigie Mason Aitchison | Aitchison | |
12 May 1934 | John Francis Carmont | Carmont | |
7 May 1935 | Wilfrid Guild Normand | Normand | |
12 November 1935 | Douglas Jamieson | Jamieson | |
18 February 1936 | Thomas Graham Robertson | Robertson | |
24 June 1936 | James Stevenson | Stevenson | |
7 July 1936 | Albert Russell | Russell | |
4 June 1937 | James Keith | Keith | |
26 May 1939 | William Donald Patrick | Patrick | |
13 June 1941 | Thomas Mackay Cooper | Cooper | |
15 June 1944 | Charles Mackintosh | Mackintosh | |
24 November 1944 | James Gordon McIntyre | Sorn | |
3 July 1945 | Sir Thomas David King Murray | Birnam | |
4 March 1947 | Daniel Patterson Blades | Blades | |
14 October 1947 | George Reid Thomson | Thomson | |
15 October 1948 | James Frederick Strachan | Strachan | |
25 January 1949 | Henry Wallace Guthrie | Guthrie | |
20 June 1952 | Laurence Hill Watson | Hill Watson | |
10 November 1953 | James Frederick Gordon Thomson | Migdale | |
2 February 1954 | John Wheatley | Wheatley | |
16 February 1954 | James Walker | Walker | |
11 January 1955 | James Latham McDiarmid Clyde | Clyde | |
5 July 1955 | Sir John Cameron | Cameron | |
2 October 1957 | Christopher William Graham Guest | Guest | |
5 May 1959 | Charles James Dalrymple Shaw | Kilbrandon | |
3 May 1960 | William Rankine Milligan | Milligan | |
11 January 1961 | Douglas Harold Johnston | Johnston | |
6 October 1961 | John Oswald Mair Hunter | Hunter | |
2 October 1962 | William Grant | Grant | |
3 December 1963 | Manuel Kissen | Kissen | |
7 January 1964 | Walter Ian Reid Fraser | Fraser | |
6 October 1964 | Ian Hamilton Shearer | Avonside | |
15 July 1965 | James Graham Leechman | Leechman | |
25 November 1965 | Alexander Thomson | Thomson | |
6 October 1966 | Ian MacDonald Robertson | Robertson | |
27 October 1967 | Gordon Stott | Stott | |
30 April 1970 | George Carlyle Emslie | Emslie | |
6 October 1971 | Alastair McPherson Johnston | Dunpark | |
6 October 1971 | Henry Shanks Keith | Keith | |
1 June 1972 | William Robertson Grieve | Grieve | |
2 June 1972 | Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart | Mackenzie Stuart | |
9 November 1972 | David William Robert Brand | Brand | |
1972 | Robert Smith Johnston | Kincraig | |
Feb 1973 | Peter Maxwell | Maxwell | |
1973 | Robert Howat McDonald | McDonald | |
21 February 1974 | Norman Russell Wylie | Wylie | |
1975 | Ewan George Francis Stewart | Stewart | |
1977 | Donald MacArthur Ross | Ross | |
1977 | William Stewart | Allanbridge | |
1977 | William Lorn Kerr Cowie | Cowie | |
1979 | Charles Eliot Jauncey | Jauncey of Tullichettle | |
1979 | Ronald King Murray | Murray | |
1981 | Ian MacDonald | Mayfield | |
1983 | Charles Kemp Davidson | Davidson | |
1984 | James Peter Hymers Mackay | Clashfern | |
1984 | John Herbert McCluskey | McCluskey | |
1985 | Alastair Malcolm Morison | Morison | |
1985 | Ranald Ian Sutherland | Sutherland | |
1985 | David Bruce Weir | Weir | |
1985 | James John Clyde | Clyde | |
1986 | William Douglas Cullen | Cullen of Whitekirk | |
1986 | William David Prosser | Prosser | |
1987 | Ian Candlish Kirkwood | Kirkwood | |
1987 | John Taylor Cameron | Coulsfield | |
1988 | James George Milligan | Milligan | |
1988 | John Murray | Dervaird | |
1989 | James Arthur David Hope | Hope of Craighead | |
1989 | Philip Isaac Caplan | Caplan | |
1989 | Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom | Cameron | |
1990 | Michael Stewart Rae Bruce | Marnoch | |
1990 | Ranald Norman Munro MacLean | MacLean | |
1990 | George William Penrose | Penrose | |
1990 | Kenneth Hilton Osborne | Osborne | |
1992 | John Alastair Cameron | Abernethy | |
1994 | Alan Charles Macpherson Johnston | Johnston | |
1994 | Brian Gill | Gill | |
1995 | Arthur Campbell Hamilton | Hamilton | |
1995 | Alan Ferguson Rodger | Rodger of Earlsferry | |
1995 | Thomas Cordner Dawson | Dawson | |
1995 | Donald James Dobbie Macfadyen | Macfadyen | |
1996 | Hazel Josephine Cosgrove | Cosgrove | |
1996 | William Austin Nimmo Smith | Nimmo Smith | |
1996 | Alexander Morrison Philip | Philip | |
1997 | Derek Robert Alexander Emslie | Kingarth | |
1997 | Iain Bonomy | Bonomy | |
1997 | Ronald David Mackay | Eassie | |
1998 | Robert John Reed | Reed | |
2000 | John Francis Wheatley | Wheatley | |
2000 | Ann Paton | Paton | |
2000 | Colin John McLean Sutherland | Carloway | |
2000 | Matthew Gerard Clarke | Clarke | |
2000 | Andrew Rutherford Hardie | Hardie | |
2000 | Donald Sage Mackay | Mackay of Drumadoon | |
2000 | Robin Gilmour McEwan | McEwan | |
2001 | Duncan Adam Young Menzies | Menzies | |
2001 | James Edward Drummond Young | Drummond Young | |
2001 | George Nigel Hannington Emslie | Emslie | |
2001 | Anne Smith | Smith | |
2002 | Philip Hope Brodie | Brodie | |
2003 | Alastair Peter Campbell | Bracadale | |
2005 | Leeona June Dorrian | Dorrian | |
2005 | Patrick Stewart Hodge | Hodge | |
2005 | Iain Duncan Macphail | Macphail | |
2005 | Angus James Scott Glennie | Glennie | |
2005 | Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie | Kinclaven | |
Jan 2006 | Lynda Margaret Clark | Clark of Calton | |
Feb 2006 | Alan Turnbull | Turnbull | |
2006 | Sidney Neil Brailsford | Brailsford | |
Apr 2006 | Roderick Francis Macdonald | Uist | |
2007 | Colin Malcolm Campbell | Malcolm | |
2007 | Hugh Matthews | Matthews | |
Mar 2008 | Stephen Errol Woolman | Woolman | |
5 November 2008 | Paul Benedict Cullen | Pentland | |
5 November 2008 | Iain Alexander Scott Peebles | Bannatyne | |
5 November 2008 | Valerie Elizabeth Stacey | Stacey | |
April 2010 | Colin Jack Tyre | Tyre | |
April 2010 | Raymond Doherty | Docherty | |
Nov 2010 | Angus Stewart | Stewart | |
26 June 2012 | Colin Boyd | Boyd of Duncansby | |
11 July 2012 | Michael Scott Jones | Jones | |
12 July 2012 | David Spencer Burns | Burns | |
2 November 2012 | Margaret Elizabeth Scott | Scott | |
6 February 2013 | Morag B. Wise | Wise |
Gallery
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Lord Neaves
Sources
- An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from its Institution in MDXXXII by George Brunton and David Haig, published by Thomas Clark MDCCCXXXII - for entries 1689 to 1850 only
- Leigh Rayment's website - for entries 1851 to present (with corrections)