List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh

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The Rt. Hon. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Provost, but it is only in the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost. This is enshrined in the "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994".

The current Lord Provost is George Grubb.

Former Provosts and (from 1667) Lord Provosts of Edinburgh

*(1376) John de Quhitnes
*(1381) John de Chambers
*(1387) Andrew Yutson
*(1391) John de Dalrymple
*(1392) John de Camera
*(1408) John Rede
*(1409) Adam de Farnylie
*(1413) Sir George de Lawedre of Haltoun
*(1419) Adam de Farnylie
*(1422) John de Levingtoun
*(1425) Thomas de Cranstoun
*(1425) William de Libbertoun
*(1434) Sir Henry Preston of Craigmiller
*(1435) John de Levingtoun
*(1437) Alexander Napier
*(1438) Thomas de Cranstoun
*(1445) Steven Hunter
*(1446) Patrick Cockburn
*(1449) Thomas de Cranstoun
*(1451) George de Fala
*(1453) Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston
*(1455) Thomas Oliphant
*(1456) Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston
*(1462) Alexander Ker
*(1466) George Bartraham
*(1467) Robert Mure of Polkellie
*(1469) Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston
*(1477) James Creichton of Ruthven
*(1481) Walter or William Bartraham
*(1482) Sir John Murray of Tulchad
*(1482) Patrick Barron of Spittlefield
*(1484) John Napier of Merchiston
*(1485) John Murray
*(1486) Sir Patrick Barron of Spittlefield
*(1487) John Murray
*(1487) Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes
*(1488) Thomas Tod
*(1490) Alexander Hepburne of Quhitsum
*(1491) Sir Thomas Tod
*(1492) Richard Lawson of High Riggs
*(1494) Walter Barhaham
*(1496) Sir Thomas Tod
*(1498) Walter Barhaham
*(1499) Sir Thomas Tod
*(1500) Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth
*(1501) George of Touris
*(1502) Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth
*(1504) Richard Lawson of High Riggs
*(1505) Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth (fell at the Battle of Flodden)
*(1513) Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
*(1514) Alexander Home, Lord Home
*(1515) Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kingavill
*(1516) David Melville
*(1517) James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
*(1519) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1520) Robert Logan of Coitfield
*(1521) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1522) Allan Stewart
*(1522) Adam Otterburne
*(1523) Francis Bothwell
*(1524) Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell
*(1525) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1527) Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell
*(1528) Adam Otterburne
*(1532) James Lawson
*(1535) Adam Otterburne
*(1535) Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell
*(1537) Simon Preston
*(1543) Sir Adam Otterburne
*(1544) John Hamilton of Samuelston
*(1544) Simon Preston
*(1546) George Henderson of Fordell
*(1546) Sir Adam Otterburne
*(1546) George Henderson
*(1547) Sir Adam Otterburne
*(1547) John Hamilton of Samuelston
*(1548) Alexander Ker of Dolphinton
*(1549) Alexander Ker of Littledean
*(1550) Francis Tennent of Mukraw
*(1551) William Craik
*(1555) Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar
*(1554) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1557) George Seton, Lord Setoun
*(1559) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1562) Thomas McCalyeane
*(1562) Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
*(1565) Sir Simon Preston of Craigmillar
*(1569) Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange
*(1570) James Macgill of Rankeillor
*(1571) Sir Andrew Ker of Ferniherst
*(1571) Patrick Lord Lindesay of Byers
*(1576) George Douglas of Parkhead
*(1579) Archibald Stewart
*(1579) Alexander Clerk of Balbirnie
*(1584) James Stewart Earl of Arran
*(1586) William Little
*(1587) Sir John Arnot of Birswick
*(1591) William Little
*(1592) Nicol Uddert
*(1593) Alexander Home of North Berwick
*(1597) Henry Nisbet
*(1598) Alexander Seaton, Lord Fyvie
*(1608) Sir John Arnot
*(1616) Sir William Nisbet of Dean
*(1619) Alexander Clerk
*(1620) David Aikinhead
*(1622) Sir William Nisbet of Dean
*(1623) Alexander Clerk of Stenton
*(1625) David Aikinhead
*(1630) Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrief
*(1634) David Aikinhead
*(1637) Sir John Hay of Lands
*(1638) Sir William Dick of Braid
*(1640) Sir Alexander Clerk
*(1643) Sir John Smith of Grothill
*(1646) Sir Archibald Tod
*(1648) Sir James Stewart of Coltness
*(1652) Sir Archibald Tod
*(1654) Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall
*(1658) Sir James Stewart
*(1660) Sir Robert Murray
*(1662) Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall
*(1673) James Currie
*(1675) Sir William Binning
*(1677) Sir Francis Kinloch, Bt.
*(1679) Sir James Dick of Prestonfield
*(1681) Sir James Flemming
*(1683) Sir George Drummond
*(1685) Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill
*(1687) Sir Magnus Prince
*(1689) Sir John Hall of Dunglass, 1st Bt.
*(1691) Sir Archibald Muir
*(1692) Sir John Hall of Dunglass, 1st Bt.
*(1694) Sir Robert Chieslie of Dalry
*(1696) Sir Archibald Muir
*(1698) Sir George Home of Kello
*(1700) Sir Patrick Johnston
*(1702) Sir Hew Cunninghame of Bonnington
*(1704) Sir Patrick Johnston
*(1706) Sir Samuel McClellan
*(1708) Sir Patrick Johnston
*(1710) Adam Brown of Blackford
*(1711) Sir Robert Blackwood of Pitreaves
*(1713) Sir George Warrender of Lochend, Bt.
*(1715) John Campbell
*(1717) William Neilson
*(1719) John Campbell
*(1721) John Wightman of Mauldslie
*(1723) John Campbell
*(1725) George Drummond
*(1727) Archibald Macauley
*(1729) Patrick Lindsay
*(1731) John Osburn
*(1733) Patrick Lindsay
*(1735) Alexander Wilson
*(1737) Archibald Macauley
*(1738) James Colquhoun
*(1740) George Haliburton
*(1742) John Coutts
*(1744) Archibald Stewart
*(1746) George Drummond
*(1748) Archibald Macauley
*(1750) George Drummond
*1752 William Alexander
*1754 George Drmmond
*1756 Robert Montgomery
*1758 George Drummond
*1760 George Lind
*1762 George Drummond
*1764 James Stuart
*1766 Gilbert Laurie
*1768 James Stuart
*1770 John Dalrymple
*1772 Gilbert Laurie
*1774 James Stoddart
*1776 Alexander Kincaid
*1777 John Dalrymple
*1778 Walter Hamilton
*1780 David Steuart
*1782 Robert Grieve
*1788 Thomas Elder of Forneth
*1790 Sir James Stirling of Larbert Bt
*1800 Sir William Fettes Bt
*1802 Neil Macvicar
*1804 Sir William Fettes Bt
*1808 Donald Smith
*1808 William Coulter
*1810 William Calder
*1811 William Creech
*1815 Sir John Marjorbanks Bt
*1815 Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
*1817 Kincaid McKenzie
*1819 John Manderston
*1821 Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
*1823 Alexander Henderson of Press
*1825 William Trotter
*1827 Walter Brown
*1829 William Allan of Glen
*1831 John Learmonth of Dean
*1833 Sir James Spitall
*1837 Sir James Forrest of Comiston. bart.
*1843 Adam Black
*1848 Sir William Johnston of Kirkhill
*1851 Duncan McLaren (Liberal)
*1854 Sir John Melville
*1859 Francis Brown Douglas
*1862 Charles Lawson of Borthwick Hall
*1865 William Chambers of Glenormiston
*1869 William Law
*1872 James Cowan
*1874 Sir James Falshaw Bt
*1877 Sir Thomas Jamieson Boyd
*1882 Sir George Harrison
*1885 Sir Thomas Clark Bt
*1888 Sir John Boyd
*1891 Sir James Alexander Russell
*1894 Sir Andrew McDonald
*1897 Sir Mitchell Mitchell Thomson
*1900 Sir James Steel
*1903 Sir Robert Cranston
*1906 Sir James Flickering Gibson
*1909 Sir William Slater Brown
*1912 Sir Robert Kirk Inches
*1916 Sir John Lorne MacLeod
*1919 John William Chesser
*1921 Sir Thomas Hutchison Bt
*1923 Sir William Lowrie Sleigh
*1926 Sir Alexander Stevenson
*1932 Sir William Johnston
*1935 Sir Louis Stewart Gumley
*1938 Sir Henry Steel
*1941 Sir William Young Darling
*1944 Sir John Ireland Falconer
*1947 Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray (Liberal)
*1951 Sir James Miller
*1954 John Garnett Banks
*1957 Sir Ian Anderson Johnston-Gilbert
*1960 Sir John Greig Dunber
*1963 Sir Duncan Mackay, Weatherstone
*1966 Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin
*1969 Sir James Wilson McKay
*1972 Jack Kane
*1975 John Miller
*1977 Kenneth W Borthwick
*1980 Thomas Morgan
*1984 Dr John McKay (Labour)
*1988 Eleanor T McLaughlin (Labour)
*1992 Dr Norman Irons (Scottish National Party)
*1996 Eric Milligan (Labour)
*2003 Lesley Hinds (Labour)
*2007 George Grubb (Liberal Democrat)