List of provosts of Perth explained

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] 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.

List of Provosts

1368: John Mercer^[3]

Laurence Spence

William Mercer

Andrew de Martyn

John de Pitscottie

1465: Andrew Charteris

1471: Robert Donyng

Andrew de Martyn

Richard de Strathearn

Alexander Bunch

Thomas Peebles

Robert Mercer

Walter Ireland

Patrick Wells

1500: Patrick Wells

Robert Mercer

Andrew Charteris

John Charteris

Alexander Tyre, of Busbie

Andrew Bunch

1504: Alexander Blair

1509: John Donyng

1521: Patrick Charteris

1523: Alexander M'Breck

William, Lord Ruthven

Oliver Maxton

John Christison

William Patullo

1544: Patrick Ruthven^[4]

1584: Patrick, Master of Ruthven

Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine

William, Earl of Gowrie

John, Earl of Montrose

John, Earl of Atholl

James Hepburn

James, Earl of Gowrie

John, Earl of Gowrie

1600: David Murray, afterwards Lord Scone

James Adamson

Viscount Stormont

Alexander Peebles

Robert Arnot

Andrew Gray

Andrew Grant

Andrew Butter

John Paterson

1664: Sir Patrick Threipland

1666: George Threipland

Archibald Christie

Andrew Jackson

Patrick Hay

Robert Lauder

John Glas

Robert Smyth

George Oliphant

James Cree

David Murray

Patrick Davidson

1700: George Oliphant

Patrick Davidson

1704: Alexander Robertson

1706: James Cree

James Brown

William Austen

Robert Robertson

Patrick Hay

William Ferguson

Colin Brown

Patrick Crie

John Robertson

William Stuart

William Gray

John Stuart

Alexander Simpson

George Fechney

1784: Thomas Marshall

1785: Thomas Marshall

William Alison

John Caw

Alexander Fechney

James Ramsay

Thomas Black

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

1972: Alexander Cross

1975: Norman Renfrew

John Mathieson

1988: Alexander Murray^[11]

1992: Jean McCormack

John Cullivan

1999: Mike O'Malley^[12]

2003: Bob Scott^[13]

2007: John Hulbert

2012: Liz Grant^[14]

2017: Dennis Melloy^[15]

2022: Xander McDade^[16]

References

Web site: The Fair City of Perth . Perth and Kinross Council . 20 October 2022.
Book: Crawford Smith . David . The Historians of Perth, and Other Local and Topographical Writers, Up to the End of the Nineteenth Century . 1906 . J. Christie.
Book: Cowan . Samuel . Perth, the Ancient Capital of Scotland . 1 . 1904.
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
Book: New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository . 1840 . Oliver and Boyd . Edinburgh . 329.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Pullar
Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage . 1956 . Burke's Peerage.
Book: Bracken . C. P. . Who's who in British Aviation . 1967 . English Universities Press.
News: Interesting discovery . The Courier & Advertiser . 12 October 2016.
News: Arbuckle . Andrew . Obituaries: Alexander Murray, hill farmer and former Perth Provost . 20 October 2022 . The Scotsman . 22 June 2022.
News: Anderson . Kathryn . Tributes paid to popular former Perth and Kinross Council Provost who died at the weekend . 20 October 2022 . Daily Record . 18 January 2022.
News: Wilson . Willie . Obituary: Bob Scott, former provost, Perth and Kinross Council . 20 October 2022 . The Scotsman . 21 May 1942.
News: Provost of Perth and Kinross Liz Grant reflects on five years as civic head of local authority during a time of great change . 20 October 2022 . Daily Record . 28 April 2017.
News: Chalmers . Robbie . Provost of Perth and Kinross Council will "step into retirement" after local election exit . 20 October 2022 . Daily Record . 10 May 2022.
News: Duncan . Emma . 'I'm the Provost of Perth and Kinross aged 28 - here's how I got there' . 20 October 2022 . The Courier . 21 June 2022.