Lord President of The Privy Council
The President of the Privy Council was one of the Great Officers of State in Scotland. The Lord Chancellor presided over the Council ex officio, but in 1610 James VI decreed that the President of the College of Justice should preside in the Chancellor's absence, and by 1619 the additional title of President of the Privy Council had been added. The two presidencies were separated in 1626 as part of Charles I's reoganisation of the Privy Council and Court of Session. The Lord President of the Council was accorded precedence as one of the King's chief officers in 1661, but appeared in Parliament only intermittently.
- 1625 John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose
- 1649 John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun
- 1660 John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes
- 1663 John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale
- 1672 John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
- 1681 Sir George Gordon of Haddo, later Earl of Aberdeen
- 1682 James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose
- 1686 William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry (questioned)
- 1689 William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford
- 1692 William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
- 1695 George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville
- 1702 William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
- 1704 James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
- 1705 William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
- 1706 James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
office abolished
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