List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen

The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. 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 equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

that exists in many other countries.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Convener or Provost

Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...

, but only the cities of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

and Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

have a Lord Provost

Lord Provost

A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities of Scotland. Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost...

. This was confirmed in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The Local Government Act 1973 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland, on May 16, 1975....

and subsequently in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc. Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland....

Since 1899, the Lord Provost

Lord Provost

of Aberdeen, by virtue of office, has also been the Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen. Following local government re-organisation brought about by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc. Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland....

, this arrangement was confirmed in the Lieutenancies Act 1997

Lieutenancies Act 1997

The Lieutenancies Act 1997 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that defines areas that Lord-Lieutenants are appointed to in Great Britain. It came into force on July 1, 1997.-Creation of modern local government:...

13th Century

(1272–1273) Richard Cementarius
Richard Cementarius
Richard Cementarius was a 13th century Scottish architect and became the first Provost of Aberdeen in 1272. He held the title of Kings Master Mason to King Alexander III of Scotland....
(1273–1274) Mathew Greatheued
(1281–1282) Mathew Greatheued
(1284–1285) Malcolm de Pelgoneni

14th Century

(1309–1310) Duncan de Malanell
(1321–1322) Duncan Kynnedy
(1326–1329) Symon Gelehach
(1329–1332) William Strabrock
(1332–1333) Symon Gelehach
(1333–1335) William Strabrock
(1341–1342) David Fyngask
(1343–1344) Thomas Mercer
(1348–1349) Thomas Lynton
(1349–1351) Robert Edynhame
(1351–1356) William Leith
(1361–1363) Thomas Mercer
(1366–1367) Laurence Garoock
(1367–1368) Laurence de Foty
(1372–1374) William Leith
(1382–1383) Alexander Bannerman
(1383–1384)
(1385–1391) Laurence de Foty
(1391–1395) William de Camera
(1395–1396) William Andrewson
(1396–1399) William de Camera
(1399–1401) Adam de Benyn

15th Century

(1401–1404) Laurence de Leith
(1404–1405) William de Camera II
(1405–1409) Robert Davidson
(1409–1410) John Fichet
(1410–1411) Robert Davidson
(1411–1412) Andrew Giffard
(1412–1413) Thomas de Camera
(1413–1415) William Jackson
(1416–1417) Thomas Roull
(1419–1420) Thomas Giffard
(1420–1421) John Vaus
(1421–1423) William Kintore
(1423–1424) Gilbert Menzies
(1424–1425) William Kintore
(1425–1426) John Vaus
(1426–1428) Gilbert Menzies
(1428–1431) John Vaus
(1431–1435) Thomas de Camera
(1435–1436) John de Scroggs I
(1436–1437) John Vaus
(1437–1438) John de Fyfe
(1438–1439) Thomas de Camera
(1439–1440) Gilbert Menzies
(1440–1441) John de Fyfe
(1441–1442) Mathew Fichet
(1442–1443) John Marr
(1444–1446) John Vaus
(1446–1447) Alexander de Camera
(1447–1448) William Scherar
(1448–1449) John de Fyfe
(1449–1451) John de Scroggs II
(1451–1453) John de Fyfe
(1453–1454) John Marr
(1454–1455) Andrew Menzies
(1455–1456) John de Scroggs II
(1456–1458) John de Fyfe
(1458–1461) Richard Kintore
(1461–1462) Andrew Menzies
(1462–1467) Richard Kintore
(1467–1470) Alexander Chalmers
(1470–1471) Andrew Alanson
(1471–1472) Richard Kintore
(1472–1473) Andrew Scherar
(1473–1474) Andrew Alanson
(1474–1475) Alexander Chalmers
(1475–1476) Alexander Menzies
(1476–1477) Andrew Scherar
(1477–1478) Alexander Chalmers
(1478–1479) Andrew Scherar
(1479–1480) Alexander Chalmers
(1480–1481) Alexander Menzies
(1481–1482) James Leslie
(1482–1483) Robert Blinseile
(1483–1484) Sir John Rutherford
(1484–1485) Alexander Chalmers
(1485–1486) Sir John Rutherford
(1486–1487) Alexander Menzies
(1487–1488) Sir John Rutherford
(1488–1489) David Menzies
(1489–1491) Sir John Rutherford
(1491–1492) John Cullen
(1492–1493) Sir John Rutherford
(1493–1494) Alexander Reid
(1494–1495) David Menzies
(1495–1496) Alexander Chalmers
(1496–1501) Sir John Rutherford

16th Century

(1501–1504) Alexander Menzies
(1504–1505) John Leslie
(1505–1507) Andrew Cullen
(1507–1514) Gilbert Menzies
(1514–1516) John Mar
(1516–1521) Gilbert Menzies
(1521–1522)
(1522–1525) Gilbert Menzies
(1525–1526) Thomas Menzies
(1526–1533) Gilbert Menzies
(1533–1535) Thomas Menzies
(1535–1536) Andrew Cullen
(1536–1537) Gilbert Menzies
(1537–1545) Thomas Menzies
(1545–1547) George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:He was the son of John Gordon, Lord Gordon, and Margaret Stewart, daughter of James IV. George Gordon inherited his earldom and estates in 1524 at age 10...
(1547–1576) Thomas Menzies
(1576–1588) Gilbert Menzies
(1588–1590) Thomas Menzies
(1590–1591) Alexander Cullen
(1591–1592) Alexander Rutherford
(1592–1593) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1593–1594) John Cheyne
(1594–1595) John Collison
(1595–1596) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1596–1597) Alexander Rutherford
(1597–1598) Alexander Chalmers
(1598–1599) Alexander Rutherford
(1599–1600) Alexander Cullen

17th Century

(1600–1601) Alexander Rutherford
(1601–1602) Alexander Cullen
(1602–1603) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1603–1604) Alexander Rutherford
(1604–1605) David Menzies
(1605–1606) Alexander Rutherford
(1606–1607) Alexander Cullen
(1607–1608) Alexander Rutherford
(1608–1609) Alexander Cullen
(1609–1610) Alexander Rutherford
(1610–1611) Alexander Cullen
(1611–1615) Alexander Rutherford
(1615–1620) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1620–1622) David Rutherford
(1622–1623) George Nicholson
(1623–1634) Sir Paul Menzies
(1634–1635) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1635) Sir Paul Menzies
(1635) Robert Johnston
(1635–1637) Alexander Jaffray
(1637–1638) Robert Johnston
(1638–1639) Alexander Jaffray
(1639–1641) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1641–1642) Alexander Jaffray
(1642–1644) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1644–1645) Sir Robert Farquhar
(1645–1647) Thomas Gray
(1647–1648) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1648–1649) Thomas Gray
(1649–1650) Alexander Jaffray
(1650–1651) Sir Robert Farquhar
(1651–1652) Alexander Jaffray
(1652–1655) George Morison
(1655–1656) Thomas Gray
(1656–1657) George Cullen
(1657–1660) John Jaffray
(1660–1662) Gilbert Gray
(1662–1663) William Gray
(1663–1664) Gilbert Gray
(1664–1666) Robert Petrie
(1666–1667) Gilbert Gray
(1667–1671) Robert Petrie
(1671–1674) Robert Forbes
(1674–1675) Robert Petrie
(1676–1685) Sir George Skene
Provost Skene
Sir George Skene, or Provost Skene, was Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Scotland in the 17th century from . Today he is most famous and widely known not for his time as Lord Provost, but for his house which is a major tourist attraction in Aberdeen....
(1685–1688) George Leslie
(1688–1690) Alexander Gordon
(1690–1691) John Sandilands
(1691–1695) Walter Cochran
(1695–1697) Robert Cruickshank
(1697) John Johnston
(1697–1698) Alexander Walker
(1698–1700) Thomas Mitchell

18th century

(1700–1702) John Allardes
(1702–1704) Thomas Mitchell
(1704–1705) Alexander Patton
(1705–1708) John Gordon
(1708–1710) John Allardes
(1710–1712) John Ross
Provost John Ross
Provost John Ross was Lord Provost in Aberdeen, Scotland from 1710–1712. Today he is most famous for the house he occupied in the 18th century from 1702.-Provost Ross's House:...
(1712–1714) John Allardes
(1714–1715) Robert Stewart
(1715–1716) Patrick Bannerman
(1716) Robert Stewart
(1716–1718) John Gordon
(1718–1720) George Fordyce
(1720–1722) Robert Stewart
(1722–1724) George Fordyce
(1724–1726) Robert Stewart
(1726–1728) George Fordyce
(1728–1730) William Cruickshank
(1730–1732) James Morison Snr
(1732–1734) William Cruickshank
(1734–1736) Hugh Hay
(1736–1738) John Robertson
(1738–1740) William Chalmers
(1740–1742) Alexander Robertson
(1742–1744) Alexander Aberdein
(1744–1746) James Morison Jnr
(1746–1748) William Chalmers
(1748–1750) Alexander Robertson
(1750–1752) Alexander Livingstone
(1752–1754) James Morison Jnr
(1754–1756) William Mowat
(1756–1758) Alexander Robertson
(1758–1760) John Duncan
(1760–1762) William Davidson
(1762–1764) John Duncan
(1764–1766) George Shand
(1766–1768) John Duncan
(1768–1770) James Jopp
(1770–1772) George Shand
(1772–1774) James Jopp
(1774–1776) Adam Duff
(1776–1778) James Jopp
(1778–1780) William Young
(1780–1782) James Jopp
(1782–1784) William Young
(1784–1786) William Cruden
(1786–1787) James Jopp
(1787–1789) John Abercrombie
(1789–1791) William Cruden
(1791–1793)
(1793–1795) John Abercrombie Jnr
(1795–1797) George More
(1797–1799) Thomas Leys
(1799–1801) John Dingwall

Nineteenth century

(1801–1803) James Hadden
(1803–1805) Thomas Leys
(1805–1807) Alexander Brebner
(1807–1809) George More
(1809–1811) James Hadden
(1811–1813) James Young
(1813–1815) James Hadden
(1815–1817) Alexander Fraser
(1817–1818) Charles Forbes
(1818–1820) Alexander Brebner
(1820–1822) Gavin Hadden
(1822–1824) Alexander Brown
(1824–1826) Gavin Hadden
(1826–1828) Alexander Brown
(1828–1830) Gavin Hadden
(1830–1832) James Hadden
(1832–1833) Gavin Hadden
(1833–1836) James Blaikie
James Blaikie
James Ogilvie Blaikie of Craigiebuckler, elder brother of fellow Lord Provost Sir Thomas Blaikie, . Buried St Nicholas, Aberdeen. Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1833-1836....
(1836–1839) James Milne
(1839–1847) Sir Thomas Blaikie
Sir Thomas Blaikie
Sir Thomas Blaikie was a Scottish magistrate.Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of John Blaikie , a plumbing merchant and his wife Helen Richardson . His older brother was James Ogilvie Blaikie . He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then went to Marischal College...
(1847–1850) George Thompson Jnr
(1850–1853) George Henry
(1853–1856) Sir Thomas Blaikie
Sir Thomas Blaikie
Sir Thomas Blaikie was a Scottish magistrate.Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of John Blaikie , a plumbing merchant and his wife Helen Richardson . His older brother was James Ogilvie Blaikie . He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then went to Marischal College...
(1856–1859) John Webster
(1859–1865) Sir Alexander Anderson
(1865–1869) Alexander Nichol
(1869–1874) William Leslie
(1874–1880) George Jamieson, (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1880–1883) Peter Esslemont
Peter Esslemont
Peter Esslemont was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.Esslemont was born in Balnakettle, Udney, Aberdeenshire the son of Peter Esslemont, a farmer, and his wife Ann Connon. He was educated at Public School, Belhelvie...

, (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1883–1886) James Matthews
(1886–1889) William Henderson
William Henderson (philanthropist)
Sir William Henderson was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist.He was born in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a farmer, and his first job was a junior position in the Fraserburgh branch of the North of Scotland Bank...

, (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1889–1895) David Stewart, (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

)
(1895–1898) Daniel Mearns
(1898–1902) John Fleming
John Fleming (Scottish politician)
Sir John Fleming DL was Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1898 to 1902 and Liberal MP for Aberdeen South from 1917 to 1918. He was the first Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen, and the younger brother of Robert Fleming.- References :...

, (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

) First Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen

Twentieth century

(1902–1905) James Walker
(1905–1908) Sir Alexander Lyon
(1908–1911) Alexander Wilson
(1911–1914) Adam Maitland
(1914–1919) Sir James Taggart
(1919–1925) Sir William Meff
(1925–1929) Sir Andrew Lewis
(1929–1932) James Rust
(1932–1935) Sir Henry Alexander
(1935–1936) Edward W Watt
(1936–1947) Sir Thomas Mitchell
(1947–1951) Duncan Fraser CBE
(1951–1952) William Reid
(1952–1955) Reverend Professor John Graham
(1955–1961) George Stephen
(1961–1964) John Graham
(1964–1967) Norman Hogg CBE
Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld
Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld CBE, DL, JP, LLD, FSA Scot. was a Scottish Labour politician.Educated at Ruthrieston Secondary School in Aberdeen, he worked for Aberdeen Town Council from 1953-67 and then as a District Officer for NALGO from 1967 to 1979...

, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)

(1967–1970) Robert Lennox, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1970–1971) James Lamond
James Lamond
James Alexander Lamond was a British Labour politician. He was a Member of Parliament for 22 years, representing Oldham East from 1970 to 1983 and then Oldham Central and Royton from 1983 until he retired at the 1992 general election.- Biography :Lamond was born in Burrelton, Perthshire...

, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1971–1975) John Farquharson Smith
John Smith, Baron Kirkhill
John Farquharson Smith, Baron Kirkhill is a life peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom .He was Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen from 1971 to 1975 and Minister of State for Scotland from 8 August 1975 to 15 December 1978.He was Chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board...

, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1975–1977) Robert Lennox, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1977–1980) Dr William J Fraser
(1980–1984) Alexander C Collie, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1984–1988) Henry Rae, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1988–1992) Robert Robertson
(1992–1996) Dr James Wyness CBE, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
(1996–1999) Dr Margaret Farquhar CBE, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

) First female Lord Provost of Aberdeen
(1999–2003) Margaret Elizabeth Smith, (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)

Twenty-first century

(2003–2007) John Michael Reynolds, (Liberal Democrats
Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats; the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England...

)
(2007– present) Peter James Stephen, (Liberal Democrats
Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal Liberal Democrats; the others being the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England...

)

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