Historic list of senators of the College of Justice
A list of the senators of the College of Justice in Scotland from its establishment in 1532 to the present day.
List
# signifies Commissioners for the administration of justice under the Commonwealth
Appointed
Name
Title
Predecessor
Left office
27 May 1532
William Scott
Balwearie
7 November 1532 (died in office)
Sir John Campbell
Lundie
Sir James Colville
Easter Wemyss
Adam Otterburn
Auldhame
Nicolas Crawford
Oxengangs
Francis Bothwell
James Lawson
James Foulis
Collington (Colinton)
20 November 1532
Thomas Scott
Abbotshall
Balwearie
19 May 1533
Walter Lindsay
St.John
15 Nov 1533
Sir Thomas Erskine
Brechin
22 Jun 1535
Thomas Bannatyne
Achinoul
7 Nov 1537
Robert Galbraith
13 Nov 1537
Henry Sinclair
31 Jul 1538
Henry Balnaves
Hall Hill
10 Dec 1538
John Letham
2 Mar 1540
Henry Lauder
St. Germain's
27 Apr 1540
John Sinclair
William Lamb
2 Jul 1541
George Durie
Donald Campbell
2 Jul 1541
Andrew Durie
30 Jan 1542
John Gladstanes
5 Nov 1544
John Hamilton
John Philp
Abbot of Lindores
William Colville
Abbot of Culross
John Rowle
Prior of Pittenweem
Thomas Wemyss
Unthank
15 Mar 1546
George Hay
Parson of Renfrew
25 May 1546
Sir William Hamilton
Sanquhar
31 Jul 1546
William Chisholm
Bishop of Dunblane
4 Jul 1547
Sir Robert Carnegie
Kinnaird
Sir John Bellenden
Auchinoul
17 Feb 1548
Abraham Creighton
Provost of Dunglass
8 Feb 1549
Thomas Marjoribanks
Ratho
15 Jan 1554
James Scott
20 Aug 1554
James Macgill
Rankeilor Nether
16 Aug 1560
Archibald Dunbar
Dean of Moray
12 Nov 1561
John Spens
Condie
19 Jan 1564
John Lesley
14 Dec 1564
Robert Maitland, Dean of Aberdeen
26 Jan 1565
David Chalmers
Ormond
26 Apr 1566
Archibald Craufurd
Parson of Eglishame
2 Jun 1568
Robert Pitcairn
John Maitland
Thirlstane
Archibald Douglas
20 Oct 1570
Thomas McCalzean
Clifton Hall
Henry Balnaves
Jan 1572
Robert Pont
20 Oct 1573
David Borthwick
Lochill
9 Jul 1575
James Meldrum
Segie
21 Oct 1575
William Douglas
Whittinghame
26 Oct 1575
Alexander Colvill
Abbott of Culross
11 Jan 1576
Patrick Vans
Barnbarrow
20 Apr 1577
Thomas Bellenden
Newtyle
20 Oct 1579
Alexander Hay
Easter Kennet
1 Feb 1581
Robert Creighton
Elliock
5 Jul 1581
John Lindsay
27 Jun 1582
David MacGill
Cranston Riddell
23 May 1584
John Graham
Hallyards
1 Jul 1584
Sir Lewis Bellenden
Auchinoul
24 Nov 1584
John Bartane
Dean of Dunkeld
Abbot Robert Pitcairn
6 Mar 1587
James Elphinstone
Innernochtie
2 Jun 1587
John Colvill
14 Aug 1587
William Melville
8 Aug 1590
Archibald Douglas
Whittinghame
14 Aug 1591
Thomas Bellenden
Newtyle
11 Nov 1591
Richard Cockburne
Clerkintoun
26 Nov 1591
Andrew Wemyss
Myrecairnie
2 Jul 1593
John Bothwell
Holyroodhouse
30 Nov 1594
John Skene
Curriehill
12 Mar 1595
John Preston
Fenton Barns
28 May 1597
David MacGill
Cranston Riddell
2 Dec 1597
Edward Bruce
Kinloss
2 Mar 1598
Sir David Lindsay
Edzell
25 Feb 1604
Alexander Hay
Fosterseat
Sir Lewis Craig
Wright's Lands
29 May 1607
Thomas Hamilton
Priestfield
30 Jun 1608
Sir Andrew Hamilton
Redhouse
6 Jun 1609
Sir William Livingston
Kilsyth
3 Feb 1610
Sir Alexander Hay
Newton
16 Jan 1611
William Oliphant
Newton
12 Jun 1612
Sir James Skene
Curriehill
2 Nov 1613
Gideon Murray
Elibank
15 Mar 1617
Sir George Erskine
Innerteil
5 Jun 1618
John Maitland, Viscount Lauderdale
9 Nov 1619
Sir John Wemyss
Craigtoun
10 Jul 1621
Sir Alexander Gibson
Durie
6 Jun 1622
Thomas Henderson
Chesters
27 Jul 1622
Sir John Hamilton
Magdalens
18 Dec 1623
Sir Andrew Fletcher
Innerpeffer
14 Feb 1626
Sir Robert Spottiswood
New Abbey
Alexander Seton
Kilcreuch
Sir George Auchinleck
Balmanno
Sir Alexander Napier
Laurieston
Sir Archibald Acheson
Glencairnie
James Bannatyne
New Hall
Alexander Morison
Preston Grange
8 Nov 1627
Sir James Learmonth
Balcomie
Glencairnie ret.
8 Nov 1627
George Haliburton
Fodderance
Kilsyth dec.
3 Nov 1629
Sir James Oliphant
Newton
Forsterseat ret.
Sir James Makgill
Cranston Riddel
Laurieston dec.
27 Jul 1632
Sir John Hope
Craighall
Newton ret.
28 Jul 1632
Sir John Scott
Scotstarvet
Preston Grange dec.
1 Nov 1636
Patrick Nisbet
Eastbank
Newhall dec.
10 Jan 1637
Sir John Hamilton
Orbieston
Chesters ret.
1 Mar 1637
Sir William Elphinstone
Redhouse dec.
6 Jun 1637
Adam Cunningham
Woodhall
Kilcreuch ret.
6 Mar 1639
Sir James Carmichael
Carmichael
9 Jul 1639
Sir Alexander Falconer
Halkertoun
13 Nov 1641
Sir John Leslie
Newton
Sir Thomas Hope
Kerse
Sir Archibald Johnston
Warriston
Sir Adam Hepburn
Humbie
2 Jul 1646
Sir Alexander Gibson
Durie
Sir James Lockhart
Lee
Sir Alexander Belsches
Tofts
1 Jun 1649
Sir James Hope
Hopetoun
2 Jun 1649
Robert Bruce
Broomhall
Alexander Pearson
South Hall
Robert Macgill
Foord
8 Jun 1649
Sir William Scott
Clerkintoun
22 Jun 1649
George Winram
Liberton
1 Nov 1649
Alexander Brodie
Brodie
John Dickson
Hartree
18 May 1652
Sir John Hope
# Craighall
Sir William Lockhart
#
John Swinton
# Swinton
Edward Mosely
#
Edward March
#
Edward Owen
#
George Smyth
#
Oct 1653
William Laurence
#
William Hopkins
#
Alexander Pearson
# South Hall
1 Nov 1654
Henry Goodier
#
7 Nov 1655
Sir James Learmonth
# Balcomie
7 Nov 1655
Andrew Ker
#
1 Jul 1657
James Dalrymple
# Stair
3 Nov 1657
Sir Archibald Johnston
# Warriston
3 Dec 1658
Alexander Brodie
# Brodie
1 Jun 1661
Sir Archibald Primrose
Carrington
Sir Robert Murray
Sir George Mackenzie
Tarbat
Sir Archibald Stirling
Carden
Sir James Foulis
Colinton
Sir James Dalrymple
Stair
Sir Robert Nairne
Strathurd
Robert Burnet
Crimond
James Robertson
Bedlay
John Scougal
Whitekirk
Andrew Ayton
Kinglassie
25 Jun 1661
Sir David Nevoy
Nevoy
4 Jun 1662
Sir James Dundas
Arniston
18 Jun 1663
John Home
Renton
4 Nov 1664
Sir John Nisbet
Dirleton
Sir John Baird
Newbyth
22 Nov 1665
Sir John Lockhart
Castlehill
17 Jul 1668
Sir Peter Wedderburn
Gosford
1 Jun 1670
Charles Maitland
Haltoun
8 Jun 1671
Sir Thomas Wallace
Craigie
23 Nov 1671
Sir Andrew Ramsay
Abbotshall
14 Dec 1671
Sir Richard Maitland
Pittrichie
4 Mar 1672
Sir Robert Preston
Preston
14 Jun 1674
Sir David Balfour
Forret
14 Jun 1674
Sir Thomas Murray
Glendoick
22 Jun 1676
Sir David Falconer
Newton
13 Nov 1677
Sir Alexander Seton
Pitmedden
16 Nov 1677
Sir Roger Hogg
Harcarse
28 Nov 1679
Sir Andrew Birnie
Saline
3 Apr 1680
Richard Maitland
Lord Justice Clerk
8 Jun 1680
Sir George Gordon
Haddo
1 Nov 1681
Sir Patrick Ogilvie
Boyne
1 Nov 1681
John Murray
Drumcairne
5 Jul 1682
Sir George Nicolson
Kemnay
21 Nov 1682
John Wauchope
Edmonstone
7 Nov 1683
Sir Thomas Stewart
Blair
10 November 1683
Sir Patrick Lyon
Carse
1 January 1686
Sir George Lockhart
Carnwath
16 February 1687
Alexander Malcolm
Lochore
28 February 1688
Sir John Dalrymple
Stair
19 June 1688
Lewis Gordon
Auchintoul
23 June 1688
Alexander Swinton
Mersington
August 1700
1 November 1689
Sir James Dalrymple, Lord Stair
Lord President
Sir John Baird
Newbyth
Alexander Swinton
Mersington
August 1700
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
Pollok
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 McDowall
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 and Alva
Shewalton, dec
16 June 1763
John Campbell
Stonefield
Tinwald, dec
14 June 1764
James Ferguson
Pitfour
Edgefield, dec
3 July 1764
Francis Gordon
Gardenstone
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 Henry 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
Cunninghame
26 February 1885
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
Deas
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 [ 1]
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 [ 2]
Mackenzie
Adam
22 January 1907
Charles John Guthrie
Guthrie
15 October 1908
William Campbell
Skerrington
20 July 1909
William James Cullen [ 3]
Cullen
Pearson
18 May 1910
Arthur Dewar [ 4]
Dewar
McLaren
22 October 1910
George Lewis MacFarlane [ 5]
Ormidale
Low
12 December 1911
William Hunter [ 6]
Hunter
Ardwall
1936, retired
17 October 1913
Alexander Ure
Strathclyde
4 November 1913
Andrew Macbeth Anderson [ 7]
Anderson
Kinnear
1 July 1915
Charles Scott Dickson
Scott Dickson
16 October 1917
Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston
Sands
1 November 1918
Robert Francis Leslie Blackburn [ 8]
Blackburn
Johnston
12 May 1920
James Avon Clyde [ 9]
Clyde
Strathclyde
8 June 1920
John Wilson [ 10]
Ashmore
Guthrie
8 March 1922
Thomas Brash Morison
Morison
4 July 1922
Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable [ 11]
Constable
Salvesen
19 October 1922
Robert Munro
Alness
14 November 1922
Charles David Murray
Murray
5 January 1926
David Pinkerton Fleming [ 12]
Fleming
Cullen
5 January 1926
Alexander Moncrieff [ 12]
Moncrieff
Skerrington
30 May 1928
Alexander Morrice Mackay [ 13]
Mackay
Ashmore
8 January 1929
James Campbell Pitman
Pitman
14 February 1933
John Lean Wark
Wark
17 October 1933
Craigie Mason Aitchison [ 14]
Aitchison
Alness
12 May 1934
John Francis Carmont
Carmont
7 May 1935
Wilfrid Guild Normand [ 15]
Normand
Clyde
12 November 1935
Douglas Jamieson [ 16]
Jamieson
Blackburn
11 February 1936
Thomas Graham Robertson [ 17]
Robertson
Hunter
24 June 1936
James Stevenson [ 18]
Stevenson
Anderson , deceased
7 July 1936
Albert Russell [ 19]
Russell
Murray
4 June 1937
James Keith [ 20]
Keith
Morison, ret
26 May 1939
William Donald Patrick [ 21]
Patrick
Pitman, res
13 June 1941
Thomas Mackay Cooper
Cooper
15 June 1944
Charles Mackintosh [ 22]
Mackintosh
Wark, dec
24 November 1944
James Gordon McIntyre [ 23]
Sorn
Robertson, dec
3 July 1945
Sir Thomas David King Murray [ 24]
Birnam
Fleming, dec
4 March 1947
Daniel Patterson Blades [ 25]
Blades
Moncrieff
14 October 1947
George Reid Thomson .[ 26]
Thomson
15 October 1948
James Frederick Strachan [ 27]
Strachan
Stevenson, res
25 January 1949
Henry Wallace Guthrie [ 28]
Guthrie
20 June 1952
Laurence Hill Watson [ 29]
Hill Watson
10 November 1953
James Frederick Gordon Thomson [ 30]
Migdale
2 February 1954
John Wheatley [ 31]
Wheatley
16 February 1954
James Walker [ 32]
Walker
11 January 1955
James Latham McDiarmid Clyde [ 33]
Clyde
Cooper
5 July 1955
Sir John Cameron [ 34]
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
31 December 1978, ret
6 October 1961
John Oswald Mair Hunter
Hunter
2 October 1962
William Grant [ 35]
Grant
Thomson
3 December 1963
Manuel Kissen
Kissen
Sorn [ 36]
May 1981, dec
7 January 1964
Walter Ian Reid Fraser
Fraser
Patrick [ 37]
6 October 1964
Ian Hamilton Shearer [ 38]
Avonside
Mackintosh
15 July 1965
James Graham Leechman [ 39]
Leechman
Kilbrandon
25 November 1965
Alexander Thomson
Thomson
Carmont [ 40]
6 October 1966
Ian MacDonald Robertson [ 41]
Robertson
27 October 1967
Gordon Stott
Stott
30 April 1970
George Carlyle Emslie [ 42]
Emslie
Guthrie
6 October 1971
Alastair McPherson Johnston
Dunpark
6 October 1971
Henry Shanks Keith
Keith
1 June 1972
William Robertson Grieve [ 43]
Grieve
2 June 1972
Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart [ 43]
Mackenzie Stuart
9 November 1972
David William Robert Brand [ 44]
Brand
Mackenzie-Stuart
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 [ 45]
Stewart
1977
Donald MacArthur Ross
Ross
1977
William Stewart
Allanbridge
1977
William Lorn Kerr Cowie
Cowie
19 January 1979
Charles Eliot Jauncey [ 46]
Jauncey of Tullichettle
Johnston, ret
1979
Ronald King Murray
Murray
1981
Ian MacDonald [ 47]
Mayfield
Kissen, dec
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
March 2006 , retired
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
February 2012, appointed as Justice of Supreme Court
2000
John Francis Wheatley
Wheatley
2000
Ann Paton
Paton
2000
Colin John McLean Sutherland
Carloway
2000
Matthew Gerard Clarke
Clarke
17 February 2000
Andrew Rutherford Hardie [ 48]
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
Prosser [ 49]
2001
Anne Smith
Smith
2002
Philip Hope Brodie
Brodie
Coulsfield
2003
Alastair Peter Campbell
Bracadale
2017
2005
Leeona June Dorrian
Dorrian
2005
Patrick Stewart Hodge
Hodge
October 2013, appointed as Justice of Supreme Court
2005
Iain Duncan Macphail
Macphail
21 October 2009, deceased
2005
Angus James Scott Glennie
Glennie
December 2020, retired
2005
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie
Kinclaven
April 2020, retired
January 2006
Lynda Margaret Clark
Clark of Calton
February 2006
Alan Turnbull
Turnbull
2006
Sidney Neil Brailsford
Brailsford
April 2006
Roderick Francis Macdonald
Uist
1 February 2021
2007
Colin Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
2007
Hugh Matthews
Matthews
March 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
November 2010
Angus Stewart
Stewart
14 December 2016
26 June 2012
Colin Boyd
Boyd of Duncansby
11 July 2012
Michael Scott Jones
Jones
13 March 2016 , deceased
12 July 2012
David Spencer Burns
Burns
2 November 2012
Margaret Elizabeth Scott
Scott
6 February 2013
Morag B. Wise
Wise
15 February 2013
Iain Armstrong
Armstrong
14 January 2014
Rita Rae
Rae
18 June 2020
11 March 2014
Sarah Wolffe
Wolffe
17 May 2016
John Beckett
Beckett
24 May 2016
Alistair Clark
Clark
31 May 2016
Andrew Stewart
Ericht
30 June 2016
Ailsa Carmichael
Carmichael
15 December 2016
Frank Mulholland
Mulholland
Stewart
Gallery
References
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 [usurped] – for entries 1851 to present (with corrections)
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