List of provosts of Perth

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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.

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History

The 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

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]

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References

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  13. 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.
  14. Wilson, Willie (21 May 1942). "Obituary: Bob Scott, former provost, Perth and Kinross Council". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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