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 [a]	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 [1]	Mackenzie	Adam
22 January 1907	Charles John Guthrie	Guthrie
15 October 1908	William Campbell	Skerrington
20 July 1909	William James Cullen [2]	Cullen	Pearson
18 May 1910	Arthur Dewar [3]	Dewar	McLaren
22 October 1910	George Lewis MacFarlane [4]	Ormidale	Low
12 December 1911	William Hunter [5]	Hunter	Ardwall	1936, retired
17 October 1913	Alexander Ure	Strathclyde
4 November 1913	Andrew Macbeth Anderson [6]	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 [7]	Blackburn	Johnston
12 May 1920	James Avon Clyde [8]	Clyde	Strathclyde
8 June 1920	John Wilson [9]	Ashmore	Guthrie
8 March 1922	Thomas Brash Morison	Morison
4 July 1922	Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable [10]	Constable	Salvesen
19 October 1922	Robert Munro	Alness
14 November 1922	Charles David Murray	Murray
5 January 1926	David Pinkerton Fleming [11]	Fleming	Cullen
5 January 1926	Alexander Moncrieff [11]	Moncrieff	Skerrington
30 May 1928	Alexander Morrice Mackay [12]	Mackay	Ashmore
8 January 1929	James Campbell Pitman	Pitman
14 February 1933	John Lean Wark	Wark
17 October 1933	Craigie Mason Aitchison [13]	Aitchison	Alness
12 May 1934	John Francis Carmont	Carmont
7 May 1935	Wilfrid Guild Normand [b] [14]	Normand	Clyde
12 November 1935	Douglas Jamieson [15]	Jamieson	Blackburn
11 February 1936	Thomas Graham Robertson [16]	Robertson	Hunter
24 June 1936	James Stevenson [17]	Stevenson	Anderson, deceased
7 July 1936	Albert Russell [18]	Russell	Murray
4 June 1937	James Keith [c] [19]	Keith	Morison, ret
26 May 1939	William Donald Patrick [20]	Patrick	Pitman, res
13 June 1941	Thomas Mackay Cooper	Cooper
15 June 1944	Charles Mackintosh [21]	Mackintosh	Wark, dec
24 November 1944	James Gordon McIntyre [22]	Sorn	Robertson, dec
3 July 1945	Sir Thomas David King Murray [23]	Birnam	Fleming, dec
4 March 1947	Daniel Patterson Blades [24]	Blades	Moncrieff
14 October 1947	George Reid Thomson. [25]	Thomson
15 October 1948	James Frederick Strachan [26]	Strachan	Stevenson, res
25 January 1949	Henry Wallace Guthrie [27]	Guthrie
20 June 1952	Laurence Hill Watson [28]	Hill Watson
10 November 1953	James Frederick Gordon Thomson [29]	Migdale
2 February 1954	John Wheatley [d] [30]	Wheatley
16 February 1954	James Walker [31]	Walker
11 January 1955	James Latham McDiarmid Clyde [32]	Clyde	Cooper
5 July 1955	Sir John Cameron [33]	Cameron
2 October 1957	Christopher William Graham Guest [e]	Guest
5 May 1959	Charles James Dalrymple Shaw [f]	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 [34]	Grant	Thomson
3 December 1963	Manuel Kissen	Kissen	Sorn [35]	May 1981, dec
7 January 1964	Walter Ian Reid Fraser [g]	Fraser	Patrick [36]
6 October 1964	Ian Hamilton Shearer [37]	Avonside	Mackintosh
15 July 1965	James Graham Leechman [38]	Leechman	Kilbrandon
25 November 1965	Alexander Thomson	Thomson	Carmont [39]
6 October 1966	Ian MacDonald Robertson [40]	Robertson
27 October 1967	Gordon Stott	Stott
30 April 1970	George Carlyle Emslie [h] [41]	Emslie	Guthrie
6 October 1971	Alastair McPherson Johnston	Dunpark
6 October 1971	Henry Shanks Keith [i]	Keith
1 June 1972	William Robertson Grieve [42]	Grieve
2 June 1972	Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart [j] [42]	Mackenzie Stuart
9 November 1972	David William Robert Brand [43]	Brand	Mackenzie-Stuart
22 December 1972	Robert Smith Johnston [44]	Kincraig	Wheatley
Feb 1973	Peter Maxwell [45]	Maxwell
1973	Robert Howat McDonald	McDonald
21 February 1974	Norman Russell Wylie	Wylie
1975	Ewan George Francis Stewart [46]	Stewart
1977	Donald MacArthur Ross	Ross
1977	William Stewart	Allanbridge
1977	William Lorn Kerr Cowie	Cowie
19 January 1979	Charles Eliot Jauncey [k] [47]	Jauncey of Tullichettle	Johnston, ret
1979	Ronald King Murray	Murray
1981	Ian MacDonald [48]	Mayfield	Kissen, dec
1983	Charles Kemp Davidson	Davidson
1984	James Peter Hymers Mackay [l]	Clashfern
1984	John Herbert McCluskey [m]	McCluskey
1985	Alastair Malcolm Morison	Morison
1985	Ranald Ian Sutherland	Sutherland
1985	David Bruce Weir	Weir
1985	James John Clyde [n]	Clyde
1986	William Douglas Cullen [o]	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 [p]	Hope of Craighead
1989	Philip Isaac Caplan	Caplan
1989	Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom [q]	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 [r]	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 [s] [49]	Hardie
2000	Donald Sage Mackay [t]	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 [50]
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 [u]	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 [v]	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

• 
  Lord President Stair
• 
  Lord Fountainhall
• 
  Lord Grange
• 
  Lord Newhall
• 
  Lord Culloden
• 
  Lord Kames
• 
  Lord Auchinleck
• 
  Lord President Dundas
• 
  Lord Pitfour
• 
  Lord Hailes
• 
  Lord Monboddo
• 
  Lord Braxfield
• 
  Lord Eskgrove
• 
  Lord Henderland
• 
  Lord Dunsinane
• 
  Lord Polkemmet
• 
  Lord Methven
• 
  Lord (Allan) Meadowbank
• 
  Lord Bannatyne
• 
  Lord Woodhouselee
• 
  Lord Granton
• 
  Lord Avontoun
• 
  Lord Boyle
• 
  Lord (Alexander) Meadowbank
• 
  Lord Kinneder
• 
  Lord Eldin
• 
  Lord Jeffrey
• 
  Lord Cockburn
• 
  Lord Robertson
• 
  Lord Rutherfurd
• 
  Lord Neaves
• 
  Lord Glencorse
• 
  Lord Gifford
• 
  Lord Young
• 
  Lord Kingsburgh

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21. "No. 16132". The Edinburgh Gazette . 9 June 1944. p. 183.
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34. "No. 18072". The Edinburgh Gazette . 25 September 1962. p. 583.
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Notes

1. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1899 as Baron Robertson.
2. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1947 as Baron Normand.
3. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1953 as Baron Keith of Avonholm.
4. Created as a Life Peer in 1970 as Baron Wheatley.
5. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1961 as Baron Guest.
6. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1971 as Baron Kilbrandon.
7. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1975 as Fraser of Tullybelton.
8. Created as a Life Peer in 1980 as Baron Emslie.
9. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1977 as Baron Keith of Kinkel.
10. Created as a Life Peer in 1988 as Baron Mackenzie-Stuart.
11. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1988 as Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle.
12. Created as a Life Peer in 1979 as Baron Mackay of Clashfern, became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1985, then became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1987.
13. Created as a Life Peer in 1976 as Baron McCluskey.
14. Created as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1996 as Baron Clyde.
15. Created as a Life Peer in 2003 as Baron Cullen of Whitekirk.
16. Created as a Life Peer in 1995 as Baron Hope of Craighead, became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1996, then became a Justice of the Supreme Court in 2009.
17. Created as a Life Peer in 1984 as Baron Cameron of Lochbroom.
18. Created as a Life Peer in 1992 as Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2001, then became a Justice of the Supreme Court in 2009.
19. Created as a Life Peer in 1997 as Baron Hardie.
20. Created as a Life Peer in 1995 as Baron Mackay of Drumadoon.
21. Created as a Life Peer in 2005 as Baroness Clark of Calton.
22. Created as a Life Peer in 2006 as Baron Boyd of Duncansby.

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)