Deans of the Faculty of Advocates
- 1672-?? George Lockhart
- 1682 George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
- 1695-?? Hew Dalrymple
- 1721-?? Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder
- 1760 James Ferguson
- 1785-95 Henry Erskine
- 1801-08 Robert Blair pred=?? succ =???
- 1823-?? George Cranstoun
- 1826 Sir James Moncreiff, Bt
- 1829 Francis Jeffrey pred=?? suc=??
- 1830 John Hope pred = Francis Jeffrey
- 1842 Patrick Robertson
- 1852 John Inglis pred=?? succ =??? [1]
- 1858-69 James Moncrieff [2]
- 1868-74 Edward Gordon [3]
- 1874-75 Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark
- 1875 William Watson
- 1878-81 Patrick Fraser pred=?? succ =??? [4]
- 1882 Alexander Kinnear
- 1882-85 John Macdonald [5]
- 1885-?? John Blair Balfour apptd July 1885 and May 1889 [6]
- 1889-?? John Blair Balfour apptd July 1885 and May 1889 [7]
- 1892-95 Charles Pearson pred= John Blair Balfour succ= Alexander Asher elected Nov 1892 [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
- 1895-1905 Alexander Asher, pred= Charles Pearson succ= William Campbell elected Oct 1895 [13] [14] [15] died 5 August 1905 [16]
- 1905-08: William Campbell pred= Alexander Asher succ= Charles Scott Dickson [17] elected Oct 1905 [18] [19] appointed judge 1908 [20]
- 1908-15 Charles Scott Dickson pred=campbell succ=clyde installed Oct 1908 [21] replaced jul 1915 [22]
- 1915-19 James Avon Clyde pred=Scot Dickson succ= Charles Murray instaled Jul. 1915 [22] resigned Jan 1919 [23] https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1918londuoft#page/34/mode/2up/search/%22dean+of+faculty%22
- 1919-20 Charles Murray pred=Clyde succ= Andrew Constable elected 31 Jan 1919 [24] successor elected May 1920 [25] https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1922londuoft#page/116/mode/1up/search/%22dean+of+faculty%22
- 1920-22: Andrew Constable pred= Charles Murray succ= Condie Sandeman elected May 1920 [25]
- 1922-36: Condie Sandeman pred= Andrew Constable succ= William Chree elected 31 May 1922 [26] [27]
- 1932-36 William Chree pred= Condie Sandeman succ= elected 1932 [28] [29] died 10 January 1936 [30] [31]
- 1936-37 James Keith pred= William Chree succ= elected Jan 1936 [32] [33]
- 1937-39 William Donald Patrick pred= James Keith succ= James Gordon McIntyre elected 4 June 1937 [34]
- 1939-44 James Gordon McIntyre pred= William Donald Patrick [35] succ= Ronald Peter Morison
- 1944 Ronald Peter Morison pred= James Gordon McIntyre [36]
- 1945-48 James Reid pred=?? succ=Cameron Elected Oct 1945 [37]
- 1948-55 John Cameron pred=Reid [38] succ= Guest
- 1955-57 Christopher Guest pred= John Cameron [39] succ=Shaw
- 1957–59 Charles Shaw pred=Guest succ=?? elected 18 Oct 1957 [40]
- 1959-64 Ian Fraser pred=Shaw succ= Alexander Thomson elected 20 May 1959 [41]
- 1964-65 Alexander Thomson pred= Ian Fraser succ=Emslie elected 26 January 1964 [42]
- 1965-70 George Emslie pred= Alexander Thomson succ=?? elected 9 Dec 1965 [43]
- 1970-72 Robert Smith Johnston
- 1976-79 James Mackay
- 1983-86 William Prosser [44]
- 1986-89 David Hope
- 1997-?? Nigel Emslie
- 2004-07 Roy Martin pred=?? succ=?? http://www.advocates.org.uk/advocates/robert-logan-martin?q=roy%20martin&s=&y=0&o=0&rs=915381368,
- 20??-14 Richard Keen
- 2014–16 James Wolffe [45] [46]
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- 2014–16 John Beckett, Lord Beckett
References
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/430/mode/1up/search/%22dean+of+the+faculty%22
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/384/mode/2up/search/%22dean+of+faculty%22
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/114/mode/2up/search/%22dean+of+the+faculty%22
- ^ http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detail_p.cfm?NID=35307&AID=&CID=
- ^ "Biographies of Candidates: Scotland". The Times. London. 30 June 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/328/mode/2up/search/%22john+blair%228
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/328/mode/2up/search/%22john+blair%228
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"Edinburgh Faculty Of Advocates".
The Times. London, England. 3 November 1892. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
{{ cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) ( help) - ^ "Election of Dean of Faculty" - The Scotsman - Thursday 03 November 1892 p.4
- ^ Edinburgh Evening News - Wednesday 02 November 1892 p.3
- ^ Dundee Advertiser - Thursday 03 November 1892 p.6
- ^ The New Dean of Faculty - Dundee Courier - Thursday 03 November 1892
- ^ Dundee Courier - Saturday 26 October 1895 p.3
- ^ Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 25 October 1895 p.4
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/4/mode/1up/search/%22dean+of+faculty+of+advocates%22
- ^ The Scotsman - Monday 07 August 1905 p.4
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1918londuoft#page/369/mode/1up/search/%22dean+of+faculty%22
- ^ The Scotsman - Friday 27 October 1905 p.5
- ^ Edinburgh Evening News - Thursday 26 October 1905 p.4
- ^ The Scotsman - Tuesday 22 September 1908 p.4
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"Faculty of Advocates - Election of Dean".
The Scotsman. 28 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
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"New Dean of Faculty of Advocates".
Dundee Courier. 14 July 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
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"Faculty of Advocates".
Aberdeen Journal. 16 January 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
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"Faculty of Advocates - Mr C.D. Murray elected Dean".
The Scotsman. 1 February 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
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"New Dean of Faculty - Mr Constable appointed".
Edinburgh Evening News. 28 May 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) ( help) - ^ The Scotsman - Wednesday 31 May 1922 p.8
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Wednesday 31 May 1922 p.5
- ^ The Scotsman - Thursday 21 January 1932 p.8
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Thursday 21 January 1932 p.6
- ^ The Scotsman - Saturday 11 January 1936 p.13
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Saturday 11 January 1936 p.8
- ^ The Scotsman - Wednesday 19 February 1936 p.10
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Thursday 20 February 1936 p.6
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"Faculty of Advocates, New Dean Elected: Mr W. D. Patrick".
The Scotsman. 5 June 1937. p. 17. Retrieved 8 June 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive.
{{ cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) ( help) - ^ The Scotsman - Thursday 01 June 1939 p.7
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Thursday 21 December 1944 p.4
- ^ The Scotsman - Saturday 27 October 1945 p.4
- ^ Aberdeen Journal - Saturday 30 October 1948 p.4
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"News in Brief: Dean of the Faculty of Advocates".
The Times. No. 53278. London, England. 21 July 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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"News in Brief".
The Times. No. 53976. London, England. 19 October 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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"News in Brief: Dean of the Faculty of Advocates".
The Times. No. 54466. London, England. 21 May 1959. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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"New Dean Of The Faculty Of Advocates".
The Times. No. 55919. London, England. 27 January 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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"Latest Appointments: Legal".
The Times. No. 56501. London, England. 10 December 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 9 June 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
{{ cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) ( help) - ^ http://www.scottishlegal.com/2015/03/24/faculty-pays-tribute-to-lord-prosser/
- ^ http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/james-voted-dean-of-the-scottish-bar-1-3300555
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160112230559/http://www.advocates.org.uk/faculty-of-advocates/governance/office-bearers