List of provosts of Inverness
This is a list of provosts of Inverness.
In 2012, the traditional functions of the Provost were controversially divided by the creation of a new executive role of "leader of the city".[1] On 13 August 2012, Ian Brown was the first person to be appointed to work alongside the provost as leader of the city.[2]
16th Century
[edit]- 1556 – 1559: George Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
- 1560 – 1561: Jasper Waus of Lochslyne
- 1562 – 1563: John Ross
- 1564 – 1567: James Paterson
- 1568 – 1568: Alexander Baillie
- 1569 – 1569: William Cuthbert
- 1570 – 1572: James Paterson
- 1573 – 1574: William Cuthbert
- 1575 – 1575: John Ross
- 1576 – 1576: James Paterson
- 1577 – 1577: William Cuthbert
- 1578 – 1579: William Baillie of Dunain
- 1580 – 1580: William Cuthbert
- 1581 – 1582: William Baillie of Dunnane
- 1583 – 1583: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
- 1584 – 1584: John Ross
- 1585 – 1586: William Cuthbert
17th Century
[edit]- 1602 – 1603: William Cuthbert
- 1603 – 1606: Master John Ross of Midleys
- 1607 – 1614: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
- 1615 – 1616: John Ross
- 1616 – 1617: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
- 1617 – 1618: Alexander Baillie of Dunzean
- 1618 – 1619: John Ross
- 1620 – 1621: James Cuthbert of Easter Drakies
- 1622 – 1623: James Cuthbert of Lochelin
- 1623 – 1624: John Ross of Midleys
- 1624 – 1625: Alexander Baillie of Dunzean
- 1625 – 1627: Duncan Forbes of Buddit
- 1628 – 1629: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
- 1630 – 1630: Andrew Fraser
- 1631 – 1631: James Cuthbert of Draikies
- 1632 – 1632: Duncan Forbes of Bucht
- 1633 – 1633: Duncan Forbes
- 1634 – 1635: John Ross Younger
- 1636 – 1636: James Cuthbert of Draikies
- 1636 – 1638: John Cuthbert, Wester Draikies
- 1638 – 1639: Master John Ross
- 1639 – 1640: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
- 1640 – 1643: James Ross of Merkinch
- 1643 – 1645: Duncan Forbes of Culloden
- 1645 – 1646: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
- 1646 – 1651: John Forbes, fiar of Culloden
- 1651 – 1652: Robert Ross
- 1652 – 1655: John Forbes
- 1655 – 1655: Robert Ross
- 1655 – 1662: No council records
- 1662 – 1662: Alexander Cuthbert
- 1662 – 1663: Robert Ross
- 1663 – 1666: Alexander Cuthbert
- 1666 – 1668: Alexander Dunbar (elder)
- 1668 – 1674: Alexander Cuthbert
- 1674 – 1679: Alexander Dunbar
- 1679 – 1680: Alexander Cuthbert
- 1680 – 1683: Alexander Dunbar
- 1683 – 1689: John Cuthbert of Draikies
- 1689 – 1692: Hugh Robertson
- 1692 – 1695: William Duff (elder)
- 1695 – 1699: Hugh Robertson
- 1699 – 1701: William Duff (elder)
18th Century
[edit]- 1701 – 1703: Hugh Robertson
- 1703 – 1706: William Duff (elder)
- 1706 – 1709: Alexander Duff of Drumore
- 1709 – 1712: William Duff
- 1712 – 1715: Alexander Duff of Drumore
- 1715 – 1716: Alexander Clark, merchant
- 1716 – 1718: John Forbes of Culloden
- 1718 – 1720: Alexander Fraser
- 1720–1723: John Forbes of Culloden
- 1723–1725: Alexander Fraser
- 1725 – 1728: John Forbes of Culloden
- 1728–1729: Alexander Fraser
- 1729–1732: John Forbes of Culloden
- 1732–1735: Alexander Fraser
- 1735–1738: John Hossack
- 1738–1741: William Maclean of Dochgarroch
- 1741–1744: John Hossack
- 1744–1747: John Fraser
- 1747–1750: William Maclean of Dochgarroch
- 1750–1753: John Fraser
- 1753–1756: John Hossack
- 1756–1758: John Fraser
- 1758–1761: John Hossack
- 1761–1764: William Mackintosh (elder)
- 1764–1767: James Fraser
- 1767–1770: William Mackintosh (elder)
- 1770–1773: Phineas Mackintosh
- 1773–1776: William Chisholm
- 1776–1779: Phineas Mackintosh
- 1779–1782: William Chisholm
- 1782–1785: Phineas Mackintosh
- 1785–1788: William Mackintosh
- 1788–1791: Phineas Mackintosh
- 1791–1794: William Mackintosh
- 1794–1797: John Mackintosh (of the Aberarder family)
- 1797–1800: William Inglis of Kingsmills
19th Century
[edit]- 1800–1803: John Mackintosh (of the Aberarder family)
- 1803–1804: Alexander Mackintosh
- 1804–1807: James Grant
- 1807–1810: Thomas Gilzean
- 1810–1813: James Grant
- 1813–1814: Thomas Gilzean
- 1814–1816: James Grant
- 1816–1818: James Robertson
- 1818–1822: Interim trustees
- 1822–1823: James Robertson
- 1823–1824: James Grant
- 1824–1827: James Robertson
- 1827–1829: James Grant
- 1829–1831: James Robertson
- 1831–1833: John Ross
- 1833–1834: John Mackenzie
- 1834–1836: John Fraser
- 1836–1839: John Ferguson
- 1839–1840: Alexander Cumming
- 1840–1843: John Inglis Nicol
- 1843–1846: James Sutherland
- 1847–1852: William Simpson
- 1852–1855: James Sutherland
- 1855–1867: Colin Lyon Mackenzie
- 1867–1873: John Mackenzie
- 1873–1875: Colin Lyon Mackenzie
- 1875–1880: Alexander Simpson
- 1880 – 1880: William Mackintosh
- 1880–1883: Alexander Fraser
- 1883–1889: Henry Cockburn Macandrew
- 1889–1895: Alexander Ross
- 1895 – 1901: William Macbean
20th Century
[edit]- 1901 – 1907: Arthur Dougal Ross
- 1907 – 1910: James Alexander Gossip
- 1910 – 1916: John Birnie
- 1916 – 1922: Sir Donald Macdonald
- 1922 – 1925: David Petrie
- 1925 – 1931: Alexander MacEwen
- 1931 – 1933: Donald Macdonald (died in office)
- 1933 – 1934: John Mackenzie (died in office)
- 1934 – 1945: Hugh Mackenzie
- 1945 – 1949: Hugh Ross
- 1949 – 1955: James M Grigor
- 1955 – 1961: Robert Wotherspoon
- 1961 – 1964: Allan Ross
- 1964 – 1967: William J Mackay
- 1967 – 1975: William A Smith
- 1975 – 1980: Ian C Fraser
- 1980 – 1992: Allan G Sellar
- 1992 – 1996: William A E Fraser
- 1996 – 1999: Allan G Sellar
- 1999 – 2007: William J Smith
21st Century
[edit]- 2007 – 2008: Robert Wynd[3]
- 2008 – 2012: Jimmy Gray[4]
- 2012 – 2015 Alex Graham[2]
- 2015 – Helen Carmichael[5]
- 2022 - Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, elected on 8 June 2022
References
[edit]- Am Baile: highland history and culture (website accessed on 14 June 2010).
- Alexander Macbain, Personal Names and Surnames of the Town of Inverness (Inverness, The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd, 1895), at pp. 87–88 (1720 to 1895)
- ^ Highland News web-site (13 August 2012), Row as new Inverness Provost is elected; accessed on 26 September 2012
- ^ a b Highland Council news release (13 August 2012), Election of new Leader and Provost of Inverness Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 26 September 2012
- ^ The Inverness Courier, 29 June 2007, Globe-trotting Bob aiming to engineer a bright future[permanent dead link]; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010
- ^ Highland Council news release (4 August 2008), New Provost of Inverness appointed Archived 3 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010
- ^ Provost and Leader of Inverness and Area re-elected, 19 June 2017, Highland Council web-site (accessed on 3 May 2018)