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Lords Advocate

  • John Ross of Montgrenan: 1478 or earlier–1494
  • James Henryson of Fordell: 1494–1503
  • Richard Lawson of Heirigs: 1503–1521
  • James Wishart of Pittarrow: 1521–1525
  • Adam Otterburn of Reidhall: 1525–1527
  • John Foulis and Adam Otterburn of Reidhall: 1527–1533
  • Adam Otterburn and Henry Lauder: 1533–1538
  • Henry Lauder: 1538–1561
  • Henry Balnaves, to Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Thomas Cumin, Lord of Session
  • John Spens of Condie, Lord Condie: 1561
  • Robert Crichton of Eliok, Lord Eliok
  • David Borthwick of Lochhill: 1573–1582
  • David Macgill of Cranston-Riddell, and Nisbet: 1582–1589
  • John Skene: 1589–1594
  • William Hart of Livelands: 1594
  • Andrew Logie: 1594–1595
  • Sir Thomas Hamilton and David Macgill: 1595
  • Sir Thomas Hamilton: 1596–1612
  • Sir William Oliphant: 1612–1626
  • Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet: 1626–1641
  • Sir Archibald Johnston: 1646–?
  • Sir Thomas Nicholson
  • Sir Archibald Primrose: 1659–1661
  • Sir John Fletcher: 1661–1664
  • Sir John Nisbet: 1664–1677
  • Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh: 1677–1687
  • John Dalrymple: 1687–1688
  • Sir George Mackenzie: 1688–1689
  • John Dalrymple: 1689–1692
  • Sir James Stewart 1692–1709
  • Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet: 1709–1711
  • Sir James Stewart (second time) 1711–1713
  • Thomas Kennedy of Dunure: 1714
  • Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet: 1714–1720
  • Robert Dundas: 1720–1725
  • Duncan Forbes: 1725–1737
  • Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald: 1737–1742
  • Robert Craigie: 1742–1746
  • William Grant: 1746–1754
  • Robert Dundas: 1754–1760
  • Thomas Miller: 1760–1766
  • James Montgomery: 1766–1775
  • Henry Dundas: 1775–1783
  • Hon. Henry Erskine: 1783
  • Ilay Campbell: 1783–1789
  • Robert Dundas: 1789–1801
  • Charles Hope: 1801–1804
  • Sir James Montgomery, Bt: 1804–1806
  • Hon. Henry Erskine: 1806–1807
  • Archibald Colquhoun: 1807–1816
  • Alexander Maconochie: 1816–1819
  • Sir William Rae: 1819–1830
  • Francis Jeffrey: December 1830 – May 1834
  • John Murray: May – November 1834
  • Sir William Rae: December 1834 – April 1835
  • John Murray: April 1835 – April 1839
  • Andrew Rutherfurd: April 1839 – September 1841
  • Sir William Rae: September 1841 – October 1842
  • Duncan McNeill: October 1842 – July 1846
  • Andrew Rutherfurd: July 1846 – April 1851
  • James Moncreiff: April 1851 – February 1852
  • Adam Anderson: February – May 1852
  • John Inglis: May – December 1852
  • James Moncreiff: December 1852 – March 1858
  • John Inglis: March – July 1858
  • Charles Baillie: July 1858 – April 1859
  • David Mure: April – June 1859
  • James Moncreiff: June 1859 – July 1866
  • George Patton: July 1866 – February 1867
  • Edward Strathearn Gordon: February 1867 – December 1868
  • James Moncreiff: December 1868 – October 1869
  • George Young: October 1869 – February 1874
  • Edward Strathearn Gordon: 1874–1876
  • William Watson: July 1876 – April 1880
  • John McLaren: May 1880 – August 1881
  • Sir John Blair Balfour: August 1881 – July 1885
  • John Macdonald: July 1885 – February 1886
  • Sir John Blair Balfour: February – August 1886
  • John Macdonald: August 1886 – October 1888
  • James Patrick Bannerman Robertson: October 1888 – August 1891
  • Sir Charles John Pearson: October 1891 – August 1892
  • Sir John Blair Balfour: August 1892 – July 1895
  • Sir Charles John Pearson: July 1895 – May 1896
  • Andrew Graham Murray: May 1896 – October 1903
  • Charles Scott Dickson: October 1903 – December 1905
  • Thomas Shaw: 1905–1909
  • Alexander Ure: 1909–1913
  • Robert Munro: 1913–1916
  • James Avon Clyde: 1916–1920
  • Thomas Brash Morison: 1920–1922
  • Charles David Murray: March 1922 – November 1922
  • William Watson: 1922–1924
  • Hugh Pattison MacMillan: February 1924 – November 1924
  • William Watson: 1924–1929
  • Alexander Munro MacRobert: 1929
  • Craigie Mason Aitchison: 1929–1933
  • Wilfrid Guild Normand: 1933–1935
  • Douglas Jamieson: April 1935 – October 1935
  • Thomas Mackay Cooper: 1935–1941
  • James Scott Cumberland Reid: 1941–1945
  • George Reid Thomson: 1945–1947
  • John Thomas Wheatley: 1947–1951
  • James Latham McDiarmid Clyde: 1951–1955
  • William Rankine Milligan: 1955–1960
  • William Grant: 1960–1962
  • Ian Hamilton Shearer: 1962–1964
  • George Gordon Stott:1964–1967
  • Henry Stephen Wilson: 1967–1970
  • Norman Russell Wylie: 1970–1974
  • Ronald King Murray: 1974–1979
  • Lord Mackay of Clashfern: 1979–1984
  • Lord Cameron of Lochbroom: 1984–1989
  • Lord Fraser of Carmyllie: 1989–1992
  • Lord Rodger of Earlsferry: 1992–1995
  • Lord Mackay of Drumadoon: 1995–1997
  • Lord Hardie: 1997–2000
  • Lord Boyd of Duncansby: 2000–2006
  • Elish Angiolini: 2006–2011
  • Frank Mulholland: 2011–present

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