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
editThe Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point.[1] The first holder whose name is known is John Mercer, who served in 1368.[2]
Until 1975, the post was Lord Provost of Perth, and ranked second in precedence after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. With the reorganisation of local government, it became Provost of Perth and Kinross.[1]
List of Provosts
edit- 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:
- John Mathieson
- 1988: Alexander Murray[12]
- 19??:
- 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
edit- ^ 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 · 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. Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. 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). "'I'm the Provost of Perth and Kinross aged 28 - here's how I got there'". The Courier. Retrieved 20 October 2022.