List of Lords Provost of Dundee

The Lord Provost of Dundee is the chairman of the local authority of Dundee in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead and Lord Lieutenant for the city. They are equivalent in many ways to the role of mayor that exists in other countries.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Provost. Only the four largest cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee) that have a Lord Provost. The current Lord Provost of Dundee is Robert James "Bob" Duncan (born 1946).^[1] Duncan took office on 21 May 2012.

The Mediaeval burgh of Dundee was administered by officials known as "Bailies", Provosts and the office of "Constable of Dundee". The office of Provost as the single chief official of the burgh was not created until the 1480s.

List of Provosts and Lord Provosts

As Provost

1482: David Rollok
1483: Robert Graham of Fintry
1483 – 1484: David Aberkirdor
1485 – 1492: James Rollok
1492 – 1497: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
1497 – 1498: Robert Graham of Fintry
1504 – 1509: James Rollok
1509 – 1513: Alexander Ogilvie
1513: Lord Gray
1513: Andrew Abercrombie
1513 – 1514: Earl of Crauford
1514 – 1516: James Rollok
1516 – 1520: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
1520 – 1523: Alexander Ogilvie
1523 – 1525: William Carmichael of Carpow
1526 – 1528: John Scrymgeour of Glaister
1528 – 1530: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
1531 – 1532: John Barrie
1543 – 1544: Walter Scrymgeour of Glaswell
1544 – 1545: Robert Myln
1550: James Dog of Dunrobbene
1551 – 1565: James Halyburton
1565 – 1566: Earl of Crauford
1566 – 1586: James Halyburton
1586 – 1590: James Scrymgeour of Dudhope
1590 – 1592: James Forrester
1592 – 1593: James Auchinlek
1593 – 1609: Sir James Scrymgeour
1609 – 1614: William Duncan
1614 – 1626: William Auchinlek
1626 – 1631: Thomas Halyburton
1631 – 1633: Thomas Auchinlek
1633 – 1637: Thomas Davidson
1637 – 1643: James Fletcher
1643 – 1646: James Piersoun
1646 – 1650: William Kinneris (Kinnear)
1650 – 1658: Thomas Mudy
1658 – 1659: Sir Thomas Mudy
1659 – 1666: Alexander Wedderburn
1666 – 1667: George Fletcher
1667 – 1669: George Brown
1669 – 1670: John Tarbet
1670 – 1672: Alexander Watson
1672 – 1677: George Brown
1677 – 1681: Alexander Wedderburn of Easter Powrie
1681 – 1685: Alexander Duncan
1685 – 1686: James Fletcher

1686: Election of Provosts not allowed by King James VII

1686 – 1687: Major General John Graham of Claverhouse
1687 – 1688: James Fletcher
1688 – 1689: Major General John Graham of Claverhouse
1689 – 1698: James Fletcher
1698 – 1700: Alexander Blair
1700 – 1702: John Scrymgeour
1702 – 1704: John Duncan
1704 – 1706: Alexander Blair
1706 – 1708: George Yeaman
1708 – 1710: Alexander Blair
1710 – 1712: George Yeaman
1712 – 1714: Magister Henry Guthrie
1714 – 1716: Alexander Ballingall
1716 – 1717: John Scrymgeour
1717 – 1719: Magister Alexander Duncan of Lundie
1719 – 1721: John Scrymgeour
1721 – 1723: Thomas Bower
1723 – 1725: David Maxwell
1725 – 1727: George Ramsay
1727 – 1728: Alexander Ferrier
1728 – 1731: James Fairweather
1731 – 1732: Alexander Robertson
1732 – 1735: James Fairweather
1735 – 1736: Patrick Maxwell
1736 – 1738: Andrew Wardropper
1738 – 1741: John Donaldson
1741 – 1742: Alexander Robertson
1742 – 1744: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
1744 – 1747: Alexander Duncan of Lundie
1747 – 1748: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
1748 – 1750: George Yeaman of Balbeuchly
1750 – 1753: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
1753 – 1754: Andrew Wardropper
1754 – 1757: Patrick Yeaman
1757 – 1758: Andrew Wardropper
1758 – 1761: George Yeaman
1761 – 1762: Patrick Yeaman
1762 – 1764: John Halyburton
1764 – 1766: John Barclay
1766 – 1768: Patrick Maxwell
1768 – 1770: George Maxwell
1770 – 1772: Patrick Maxwell
1772 – 1774: Henry Geekie
1774 – 1776: Patrick Maxwell
1776 – 1778: George Maxwell of Balmyle
1778 – 1780: Henry Geekie
1780 – 1782: Patrick Maxwell
1782 – 1784: John Pitcairn
1784 – 1786: Patrick Maxwell
1786 – 1788: John Pitcairn
1788 – 1790: Alexander Riddoch
1790 – 1792: James Johnston
1792 – 1794: Alexander Riddoch
1794 – 1796: Alexander Thoms
1796 – 1798: Alexander Riddoch
1798 – 1800: Alexander Thoms
1800 – 1802: Alexander Riddoch
1802 – 1804: John Guild
1804 – 1807: Alexander Riddoch
1807 – 1808: John Guild
1808 – 1810: Alexander Riddoch
1810 – 1812: John Guild
1812 – 1814: Alexander Riddoch
1814 – 1816: John Guild
1816 – 1818: Alexander Riddoch
1818 – 1820: Patrick Anderson
1820 – 1822: David Brown
1822 – 1824: Patrick Anderson
1824 – 1826: David Brown
1826 – 1828: Alexander Balfour
1828 – 1830: Thomas Bell
1831: Robert Jobson
1831 – 1833: William Lindsay
1833 – 1839: Alexander Kay
1839 – 1841: William Hackney
1841: – William Johnstone
1841 – 1844: Alexander Lawson
1844 – 1847: James Brown
1847 – 1853: Patrick Hunter Thoms
1853 – 1856: George Rough
1856 – 1858: John Ewan
1858: David Rollo
1858 – 1861: David Jobson
1861 – 1867: Charles Parker
1867 – 1869: William Hay
1869 – 1872: James Yeaman
1872 – 1875: James Cox
1875 – 1878: William Robertson
1878 – 1881: William Brownlee
1881 – 1884: Alexander Hay Moncur
1884 – 1887: Hugh Ballingall
1887 – 1890: William Hunter

As Lord Provost

1890 – 1893: Alexander Mathewson
1893 – 1896: Sir James Low
1896 – 1899: Henry McGrady
1899 – 1902: William Hunter
1902 – 1905: Charles Barrie
1905 – 1908: William Longair
1908 – 1914: Sir James Urquhart
1914 – 1920: Sir William Don
1920 – 1923: Sir Alexander Spence
1923 – 1929: Sir William High
1929 – 1932: George Anderson Johnston
1932 – 1935: William Huntley Buist
1935 – 1940: Sir John Phin
1940 – 1946: Sir Garnet Wilson
1946 – 1949: Archibald Powrie
1949: John Campsie Adamson
1949 – 1952: Richard Fenton
1952 – 1954: William Black
1954 – 1960: William Hughes
1960 – 1968: Maurice McManus
1968 – 1970: Alexander MacKenzie
1970 – 1973: William K. Fitzgerald
1973 – 1975: Thomas W. Moore
1975 – 1977: Charles D. P. Farquhar
1977 – 1980: Henry W. C. Vaughan
1980 – 1984: James P. Gowans
1984 – 1992: Thomas Mitchell
1992 – 1995: Thomas M. McDonald
1995 – 1996: Norman A. McGowan
1996 – 1999: Mervyn J. Rolfe
1999 – 2003: Helen Wright
2003 – 2012: John Letford
2012 – present: Robert Duncan^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "'We've got a lot to be optimistic about' — Dundee's lord provost elect keen to get going". 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012. Duncan was identified as being 65 years old in May 2012. This would place his year of birth in late 1946 or early 1947.

[guardian-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "'We've got a lot to be optimistic about' — Dundee's lord provost elect keen to get going". 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012. Duncan was identified as being 65 years old in May 2012. This would place his year of birth in late 1946 or early 1947.

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