The is a list of provosts of Perth . Perth is a city in Scotland, and the role of provost is similar to that of a mayor in many other countries.
History
The Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point.[ 1] [ 2]
Until 1975, the post was Lord Provost of PerthLord Provost of Edinburgh . With the reorganisation of local government, it became Provost of Perth and Kinross .[ 1]
List of Provosts
1368: John Mercer[ 3]
Laurence Spence[ 3]
William Mercer[ 3]
Andrew de Martyn[ 3]
John de Pitscottie[ 3]
1465: Andrew Charteris[ 3]
1471: Robert Donyng[ 3]
Andrew de Martyn[ 3]
Richard de Strathearn[ 3]
Alexander Bunch[ 3]
Thomas Peebles[ 3]
Robert Mercer[ 3]
Walter Ireland[ 3]
Patrick Wells[ 3] 1500: Patrick Wells[ 3]
Robert Mercer[ 3]
Andrew Charteris[ 3]
John Charteris[ 3]
Alexander Tyre, of Busbie[ 3]
Andrew Bunch[ 3]
1504: Alexander Blair[ 3]
1509: John Donyng[ 3]
1521: Patrick Charteris[ 3]
1523: Alexander M'Breck[ 3]
William, Lord Ruthven[ 3]
Oliver Maxton[ 3]
John Christison[ 3]
William Patullo[ 3]
1544: Patrick Ruthven[ 4]
1584: Patrick, Master of Ruthven[ 3]
Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine[ 3]
William, Earl of Gowrie[ 3]
John, Earl of Montrose[ 3]
John, Earl of Atholl[ 3]
James Hepburn[ 3]
James, Earl of Gowrie[ 3]
John, Earl of Gowrie[ 3] 1600: David Murray, afterwards Lord Scone[ 3]
James Adamson[ 3]
Viscount Stormont[ 3]
Alexander Peebles[ 3]
Robert Arnot[ 3]
Andrew Gray[ 3]
Andrew Grant[ 3]
Andrew Butter[ 3]
John Paterson[ 3]
1664: Sir Patrick Threipland [ 3]
1666: George Threipland[ 3]
Archibald Christie[ 3]
Andrew Jackson[ 3]
Patrick Hay[ 3]
Robert Lauder[ 3]
John Glas[ 3]
Robert Smyth[ 3]
George Oliphant[ 3]
James Cree[ 3]
David Murray[ 3]
Patrick Davidson[ 3] 1700: George Oliphant[ 3]
Patrick Davidson[ 3]
1704: Alexander Robertson[ 3]
1706: James Cree[ 3]
James Brown[ 3]
William Austen[ 3]
Robert Robertson[ 3]
Patrick Hay[ 3]
William Ferguson[ 3]
Colin Brown[ 3]
Patrick Crie[ 3]
John Robertson[ 3]
William Stuart[ 3]
William Gray[ 3]
John Stuart[ 3]
Alexander Simpson[ 3]
George Fechney[ 3]
1784: Thomas Marshall
1785: Thomas Marshall[ 3]
William Alison[ 3]
John Caw[ 3]
Alexander Fechney[ 3]
James Ramsay[ 3]
Thomas Black[ 3]
1800: Thomas Hay Marshall [ 5]
1801: Thomas Hay Marshall
1802: John Caw
1803: John Caw
1804: Thomas Hay Marshall
1805: Thomas Hay Marshall
1806: John Caw
1807: John Caw
1808: Laurence Robertson
1809: Laurence Robertson
1810: Robert Ross
1811: Robert Ross
1812: Laurence Robertson
1813: Laurence Robertson
1814: Robert Ross
1815: Robert Ross
1816: Laurence Robertson
1817: Laurence Robertson
1818: David Morison
1819: David Morison
1820: Robert Ross
1821: Robert Ross
1822: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1823: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1824: Robert Ross
1825: Robert Ross
1825: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1826: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1827: Robert Ross
1828: Robert Ross
1829: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1830: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
1839: David Greig [ 6]
1841: David Greig
1842: Charles Graham Sidney
1862: Sir David Ross
1867: John Pullar [ 7]
1873: Andrew Graham
1877: Thomas Richardson
1880: Kirkwood Hewat
1890: George Wilson
1893: John Dewar
1899: David Macgregor
1902: Thomas Love
1909: Duncan Macnab
1912: Charles Scott
1919: Archibald Ure Wotherspoon
1922: John Dewar
1924: Thomas Dempster
1932: Thomas Hunter
1935: Robert Nimmo[ 8]
1945: John Ure Primrose[ 9]
1954: John Buchan
John T. Young
1963: Robert Ritchie[ 10]
1966: David Kinnear Thomson [ 11]
1972: Alexander Cross
1975: Norman Renfrew
John Mathieson
1988: Alexander Murray[ 12]
1992: Jean McCormack
John Cullivan
1999: Mike O'Malley[ 13]
2003: Bob Scott[ 14]
2007: John Hulbert
2012: Liz Grant[ 15]
2017: Dennis Melloy[ 16]
2022: Xander McDade[ 17]
References
^ a b "The Fair City of Perth" (PDF) . Perth and Kinross Council . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .^ Crawford Smith, David (1906). The Historians of Perth, and Other Local and Topographical Writers, Up to the End of the Nineteenth Century . J. Christie. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb Cowan, Samuel (1904). Perth, the Ancient Capital of Scotland . Vol. 1. ^ Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia . (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs ). Published in 1994. Pages 100 - 101.
^ The Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill ยท Volume 1 , Samuel Cowan (1904), p. 375^ New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository . Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1840. p. 329.^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Pullar
^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage . Burke's Peerage. 1956.^ Bracken, C. P. (1967). Who's who in British Aviation . English Universities Press. ^ "Interesting discovery". The Courier & Advertiser . 12 October 2016. ^ "Thomson, David Kinnear" Who's Who & Who Was Who . Retrieved 7 April 2016 .(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ Arbuckle, Andrew (22 June 2022). "Obituaries: Alexander Murray, hill farmer and former Perth Provost" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 20 October 2022 . ^ Anderson, Kathryn (18 January 2022). "Tributes paid to popular former Perth and Kinross Council Provost who died at the weekend" . Daily Record . Retrieved 20 October 2022 . ^ Wilson, Willie (21 May 1942). "Obituary: Bob Scott, former provost, Perth and Kinross Council" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 20 October 2022 . ^ "Provost of Perth and Kinross Liz Grant reflects on five years as civic head of local authority during a time of great change" . Daily Record . 28 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2022 .^ Chalmers, Robbie (10 May 2022). "Provost of Perth and Kinross Council will "step into retirement" after local election exit" . Daily Record . Retrieved 20 October 2022 . ^ Duncan, Emma (21 June 2022). " . The Courier . Retrieved 20 October 2022 .