Her Majesty's Botanist

Her Majesty's Botanist

His/Her Majesty's Botanist is a member of the Royal household in Scotland.

The office was created in 1699, and from 1768 until 1956 it was combined with the office of Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, who also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. Since then the office of HM Botanist has been honorary, but conferred on a serving or retired Regius Keeper.

Office Holders

"incomplete list"

* 1699: James Sutherland
* 1715: Dr William Arthur
* 1716: Charles Alston
* 1761: Dr John Hope
* 1786: David Rutherford MD
* 1820: Robert Graham MD
* 1845: John Hutton Balfour MD
* 1880: Alexander Dickson MD LLD
* 1888: Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour
* 1922: Prof. Sir Wright Smith (d 1956)
* ?
* 1967: Harold Roy Fletcher (d 1978)
*?
* 1987: Prof. Douglas Mackay Henderson
* 2008: Prof Stephen Blackmore

Sources

*Holders from 1703-1820 from "Exchequer Establishment List" c.1770 (E/229/10/1) in National Archives of Scotland
* [http://www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/wwd/timeline.jsp Royal Botanic Garden: A Brief History]

Further reading

* [http://www.nahste.ac.uk/isaar/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P0250.html Charles Alston]
* [http://www.nahste.ac.uk/isaar/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P0469.html Isaac Bayley Balfour]


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