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The provost of Peterhead was the head of the
Peterhead
burgh council in
Scotland . Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire town. They were equivalent in many ways to the institution of
mayor . The council was abolished in 1975.
Each of the 32
Scottish local authorities elects a convener or
provost , but it is only 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 Provost of Peterhead painted by Edward Burton after
Sir John Watson-Gordon , is of Roderick Grey, the portrait now being in the
Scottish National Gallery .
Provosts
1833–1834:
George Arbuthnot of Invernettie , cotton manufacturer
1834–1843:
Thomas Arbuthnot of Meethill , shipowner
1843–1857:
Roderick Grey , WS, solicitor
1857–1860:
Alexander Anderson , shipowner
1860–1885:
William Alexander of Whitehill, solicitor/bank agent
1885–1888:
John Henderson Will of Downiehills, fish curer
1888–1899:
John Smith , manufacturer
1899–1918:
William Hutchison Leask , commission agent and drifter owner
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1918–1927:
James Hutchison Catto , commission agent and herring exporter
1927–1930:
James Milne ,
coal merchant
1930–1936:
John B Dickie , timber merchant
1936–1940:
Max J. L. Schultze , herring exporter
1940–1946:
Robert S. Dingwall , gents outfitter
1946–1950:
William McD. Gordon , cabinet maker
1950–1956:
John A. Dickie , timber merchant
1956–1965:
Robert Forman , company director, boat owner
1965–1971:
Edward A. Duncan , grocer
1971–1975:
Thomas L. Smith , headmaster
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