Office Holders
Holders of the office since 1823 are:
- Henry Raeburn: 9 May 1823 - 8 July 1823
- David Wilkie: 16 July 1823 - 1 June 1841
- William Allan: 19 July 1841 - 23 February 1850
- Sir John Watson Gordon: 23 March 1850 - 1 June 1864
- Sir Joseph Noel Paton: 8 July 1864 - 26 December 1901
Office vacant 1901-1908
- Robert Gibb: 25 June 1908 - 11 February 1932
- Sir David Young Cameron: 16 June 1933 - 16 September 1945
Office vacant 1945 -1948
- Stanley Cursiter: 2 August 1948 - 22 April 1976
- David Donaldson: 12 October 1977 - 22 August 1996
- Dame Elizabeth Blackadder: 2001-
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