# Historic list of senators of the College of Justice

A list of the senators of the College of Justice in Scotland from its establishment in 1532 to the present day.

## List

# signifies Commissioners for the administration of justice under the Commonwealth
| Appointed | Name | Title | Predecessor | Left office |
| 27 May 1532 | William Scott | Balwearie | | 7 November 1532 (died in office) |
| 27 May 1532 | Sir John Campbell | Lundie | | |
| 27 May 1532 | Sir James Colville | Easter Wemyss | | |
| 27 May 1532 | Adam Otterburn | Auldhame | | |
| 27 May 1532 | Nicolas Crawford | Oxengangs | | |
| 27 May 1532 | Francis Bothwell | | | |
| 27 May 1532 | James Lawson | | | |
| 27 May 1532 | James Foulis | Collington (Colinton) | | |
| 20 November 1532 | Thomas Scott | Abbotshall | Balwearie | |
| 19 May 1533 | Walter Lindsay | St.John | | |
| 15 Nov 1533 | Sir Thomas Erskine | Brechin | | |
| 22 Jun 1535 | Thomas Bannatyne | Achinoul | | |
| 7 Nov 1537 | Robert Galbraith | | | |
| 13 Nov 1537 | Henry Sinclair | | | |
| 31 Jul 1538 | Henry Balnaves | Hall Hill | | |
| 10 Dec 1538 | John Letham | | | |
| 2 Mar 1540 | Henry Lauder | St. Germain's | | |
| 27 Apr 1540 | John Sinclair | | | |
| 27 Apr 1540 | William Lamb | | | |
| 2 Jul 1541 | George Durie | | | |
| 2 Jul 1541 | Donald Campbell | | | |
| 2 Jul 1541 | Andrew Durie | | | |
| 30 Jan 1542 | John Gladstanes | | | |
| 5 Nov 1544 | John Hamilton | | | |
| 5 Nov 1544 | John Philp | Abbot of Lindores | | |
| 5 Nov 1544 | William Colville | Abbot of Culross | | |
| 5 Nov 1544 | John Rowle | Prior of Pittenweem | | |
| 5 Nov 1544 | Thomas Wemyss | Unthank | | |
| 15 Mar 1546 | George Hay | Parson of Renfrew | | |
| 25 May 1546 | Sir William Hamilton | Sanquhar | | |
| 31 Jul 1546 | William Chisholm | Bishop of Dunblane | | |
| 4 Jul 1547 | Sir Robert Carnegie | Kinnaird | | |
| 4 Jul 1547 | Sir John Bellenden | Auchinoul | | |
| 17 Feb 1548 | Abraham Creighton | Provost of Dunglass | | |
| 8 Feb 1549 | Thomas Marjoribanks | Ratho | | |
| 15 Jan 1554 | James Scott | | | |
| 20 Aug 1554 | James Macgill | Rankeilor Nether | | |
| 16 Aug 1560 | Archibald Dunbar | Dean of Moray | | |
| 12 Nov 1561 | John Spens | Condie | | |
| 19 Jan 1564 | John Lesley | | | |
| 14 Dec 1564 | Robert Maitland, Dean of Aberdeen | | | |
| 26 Jan 1565 | David Chalmers | Ormond | | |
| 26 Apr 1566 | Archibald Craufurd | Parson of Eglishame | | |
| 2 Jun 1568 | Robert Pitcairn | | | |
| 2 Jun 1568 | John Maitland | Thirlstane | | |
| 2 Jun 1568 | Archibald Douglas | | | |
| 20 Oct 1570 | Thomas McCalzean | Clifton Hall | Henry Balnaves | |
| Jan 1572 | Robert Pont | | | |
| 20 Oct 1573 | David Borthwick | Lochill | | |
| 9 Jul 1575 | James Meldrum | Segie | | |
| 21 Oct 1575 | William Douglas | Whittinghame | | |
| 26 Oct 1575 | Alexander Colvill | Abbott of Culross | | |
| 11 Jan 1576 | Patrick Vans | Barnbarrow | | |
| 20 Apr 1577 | Thomas Bellenden | Newtyle | | |
| 20 Oct 1579 | Alexander Hay | Easter Kennet | | |
| 1 Feb 1581 | Robert Creighton | Elliock | | |
| 5 Jul 1581 | John Lindsay | | | |
| 27 Jun 1582 | David MacGill | Cranston Riddell | | |
| 23 May 1584 | John Graham | Hallyards | | |
| 1 Jul 1584 | Sir Lewis Bellenden | Auchinoul | | |
| 24 Nov 1584 | John Bartane | Dean of Dunkeld | Abbot Robert Pitcairn | |
| 6 Mar 1587 | James Elphinstone | Innernochtie | | |
| 2 Jun 1587 | John Colvill | | | |
| 14 Aug 1587 | William Melville | | | |
| 8 Aug 1590 | Archibald Douglas | Whittinghame | | |
| 14 Aug 1591 | Thomas Bellenden | Newtyle | | |
| 11 Nov 1591 | Richard Cockburne | Clerkintoun | | |
| 26 Nov 1591 | Andrew Wemyss | Myrecairnie | | |
| 2 Jul 1593 | John Bothwell | Holyroodhouse | | |
| 30 Nov 1594 | John Skene | Curriehill | | |
| 12 Mar 1595 | John Preston | Fenton Barns | | |
| 28 May 1597 | David MacGill | Cranston Riddell | | |
| 2 Dec 1597 | Edward Bruce | Kinloss | | |
| 2 Mar 1598 | Sir David Lindsay | Edzell | | |
| 25 Feb 1604 | Alexander Hay | Fosterseat | | |
| 25 Feb 1604 | Sir Lewis Craig | Wright's Lands | | |
| 29 May 1607 | Thomas Hamilton | Priestfield | | |
| 30 Jun 1608 | Sir Andrew Hamilton | Redhouse | | |
| 6 Jun 1609 | Sir William Livingston | Kilsyth | | |
| 3 Feb 1610 | Sir Alexander Hay | Newton | | |
| 16 Jan 1611 | William Oliphant | Newton | | |
| 12 Jun 1612 | Sir James Skene | Curriehill | | |
| 2 Nov 1613 | Gideon Murray | Elibank | | |
| 15 Mar 1617 | Sir George Erskine | Innerteil | | |
| 5 Jun 1618 | John Maitland, Viscount Lauderdale | | | |
| 9 Nov 1619 | Sir John Wemyss | Craigtoun | | |
| 10 Jul 1621 | Sir Alexander Gibson | Durie | | |
| 6 Jun 1622 | Thomas Henderson | Chesters | | |
| 27 Jul 1622 | Sir John Hamilton | Magdalens | | |
| 18 Dec 1623 | Sir Andrew Fletcher | Innerpeffer | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Sir Robert Spottiswood | New Abbey | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Alexander Seton | Kilcreuch | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Sir George Auchinleck | Balmanno | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Sir Alexander Napier | Laurieston | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Sir Archibald Acheson | Glencairnie | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | James Bannatyne | New Hall | | |
| 14 Feb 1626 | Alexander Morison | Preston Grange | | |
| 8 Nov 1627 | Sir James Learmonth | Balcomie | Glencairnie ret. | |
| 8 Nov 1627 | George Haliburton | Fodderance | Kilsyth dec. | |
| 3 Nov 1629 | Sir James Oliphant | Newton | Forsterseat ret. | |
| 3 Nov 1629 | Sir James Makgill | Cranston Riddel | Laurieston dec. | |
| 27 Jul 1632 | Sir John Hope | Craighall | Newton ret. | |
| 28 Jul 1632 | Sir John Scott | Scotstarvet | Preston Grange dec. | |
| 1 Nov 1636 | Patrick Nisbet | Eastbank | Newhall dec. | |
| 10 Jan 1637 | Sir John Hamilton | Orbieston | Chesters ret. | |
| 1 Mar 1637 | Sir William Elphinstone | | Redhouse dec. | |
| 6 Jun 1637 | Adam Cunningham | Woodhall | Kilcreuch ret. | |
| 6 Mar 1639 | Sir James Carmichael | Carmichael | | |
| 9 Jul 1639 | Sir Alexander Falconer | Halkertoun | | |
| 13 Nov 1641 | Sir John Leslie | Newton | | |
| 13 Nov 1641 | Sir Thomas Hope | Kerse | | |
| 13 Nov 1641 | Sir Archibald Johnston | Warriston | | |
| 13 Nov 1641 | Sir Adam Hepburn | Humbie | | |
| 2 Jul 1646 | Sir Alexander Gibson | Durie | | |
| 2 Jul 1646 | Sir James Lockhart | Lee | | |
| 2 Jul 1646 | Sir Alexander Belsches | Tofts | | |
| 1 Jun 1649 | Sir James Hope | Hopetoun | | |
| 2 Jun 1649 | Robert Bruce | Broomhall | | |
| 2 Jun 1649 | Alexander Pearson | South Hall | | |
| 2 Jun 1649 | Robert Macgill | Foord | | |
| 8 Jun 1649 | Sir William Scott | Clerkintoun | | |
| 22 Jun 1649 | George Winram | Liberton | | |
| 1 Nov 1649 | Alexander Brodie | Brodie | | |
| 1 Nov 1649 | John Dickson | Hartree | | |
| 18 May 1652 | Sir John Hope | # Craighall | | |
| 18 May 1652 | Sir William Lockhart | # | | |
| 18 May 1652 | John Swinton | # Swinton | | |
| 18 May 1652 | Edward Mosely | # | | |
| 18 May 1652 | Edward March | # | | |
| 18 May 1652 | Edward Owen | # | | |
| 18 May 1652 | George Smyth | # | | |
| Oct 1653 | William Laurence | # | | |
| Oct 1653 | William Hopkins | # | | |
| Oct 1653 | Alexander Pearson | # South Hall | | |
| 1 Nov 1654 | Henry Goodier | # | | |
| 7 Nov 1655 | Sir James Learmonth | # Balcomie | | |
| 7 Nov 1655 | Andrew Ker | # | | |
| 1 Jul 1657 | James Dalrymple | # Stair | | |
| 3 Nov 1657 | Sir Archibald Johnston | # Warriston | | |
| 3 Dec 1658 | Alexander Brodie | # Brodie | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir Archibald Primrose | Carrington | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir Robert Murray | | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir George Mackenzie | Tarbat | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir Archibald Stirling | Carden | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir James Foulis | Colinton | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir James Dalrymple | Stair | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Sir Robert Nairne | Strathurd | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Robert Burnet | Crimond | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | James Robertson | Bedlay | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | John Scougal | Whitekirk | | |
| 1 Jun 1661 | Andrew Ayton | Kinglassie | | |
| 25 Jun 1661 | Sir David Nevoy | Nevoy | | |
| 4 Jun 1662 | Sir James Dundas | Arniston | | |
| 18 Jun 1663 | John Home | Renton | | |
| 4 Nov 1664 | Sir John Nisbet | Dirleton | | |
| 4 Nov 1664 | Sir John Baird | Newbyth | | |
| 22 Nov 1665 | Sir John Lockhart | Castlehill | | |
| 17 Jul 1668 | Sir Peter Wedderburn | Gosford | | |
| 1 Jun 1670 | Charles Maitland | Haltoun | | |
| 8 Jun 1671 | Sir Thomas Wallace | Craigie | | |
| 23 Nov 1671 | Sir Andrew Ramsay | Abbotshall | | |
| 14 Dec 1671 | Sir Richard Maitland | Pittrichie | | |
| 4 Mar 1672 | Sir Robert Preston | Preston | | |
| 14 Jun 1674 | Sir David Balfour | Forret | | |
| 14 Jun 1674 | Sir Thomas Murray | Glendoick | | |
| 22 Jun 1676 | Sir David Falconer | Newton | | |
| 13 Nov 1677 | Sir Alexander Seton | Pitmedden | | |
| 16 Nov 1677 | Sir Roger Hogg | Harcarse | | |
| 28 Nov 1679 | Sir Andrew Birnie | Saline | | |
| 3 Apr 1680 | Richard Maitland | Lord Justice Clerk | | |
| 8 Jun 1680 | Sir George Gordon | Haddo | | |
| 1 Nov 1681 | Sir Patrick Ogilvie | Boyne | | |
| 1 Nov 1681 | John Murray | Drumcairne | | |
| 5 Jul 1682 | Sir George Nicolson | Kemnay | | |
| 21 Nov 1682 | John Wauchope | Edmonstone | | |
| 7 Nov 1683 | Sir Thomas Stewart | Blair | | |
| 10 November 1683 | Sir Patrick Lyon | Carse | | |
| 1 January 1686 | Sir George Lockhart | Carnwath | | |
| 16 February 1687 | Alexander Malcolm | Lochore | | |
| 28 February 1688 | Sir John Dalrymple | Stair | | |
| 19 June 1688 | Lewis Gordon | Auchintoul | | |
| 23 June 1688 | Alexander Swinton | Mersington | | August 1700 |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir James Dalrymple, Lord Stair | Lord President | |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir John Baird | Newbyth | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Alexander Swinton | Mersington | | August 1700 |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir Colin Campbell | Aberuchill | | |
| 1 November 1689 | James Murray | Philiphaugh | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Robert Dundas | Arniston | | |
| 1 November 1689 | John Hamilton | Halcraig | | |
| 1 November 1689 | David Home | Crocerig | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir John Maitland | Ravelrig | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir Robert Sinclair | Stevenson | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir John Lauder | Fountainhall | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Sir William Anstruther | Anstruther | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Archibald Hope | Rankeillour | | |
| 1 November 1689 | James Falconer | Phesdo | | |
| 1 November 1689 | Robert Hamilton | Presmennan | | |
| 5 July 1690 | John Hay, Earl of Tweeddale | Lord Chancellor | | |
| 23 November 1693 | William Douglas, ext | Duke of Queensberry | |
| 23 November 1693 | William Johnston, ext | Earl of Annandale | | |
| 28 November 1693 | Patrick Hume, ext | Lord Polwarth | | |
| 19 December 1693 | William Hamilton, ext | Duke of Hamilton | | |
| 29 December 1693 | Sir William Hamilton | Whitelaw | Stevenson, ret | |
| 14 December 1694 | Archibald Campbell, ext | Earl of Argyll | Duke of Hamilton, dec | |
| 2 May 1696 | Patrick Hume, Lord Polwarth | Lord Chancellor | Tweeddale, suc. | |
| 9 June 1696 | James Scougal | Whitehill | Pressmennan, dec | |
| 26 June 1696 | James Douglas, ext | Duke of Queensberry | Duke of Queensberry, dec | |
| 7 June 1698 | Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick | Lord President | Stair, d | |
| 7 February 1699 | Hugh Campbell, ext | Earl of Loudoun | Marchmont, pr | |
| 17 February 1699 | Sir John Maxwell | Pollok | Newbyth, d | |
| 25 July 1701 | Robert Stewart | Tillicutrie | Mersington, d | |
| 1 November 1702 | James Ogilvy, Earl of Seafield | Lord Chancellor | Polwarth, suc | |
| 12 January 1703 | Roderick Mackenzie | Prestonhall | Whitehill, dec | |
| 20 June 1704 | John Campbell, ext | Duke of Argyll | Duke of Argyll, dec | |
| 17 October 1704 | John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale | Lord Chancellor | Earl of Seafield, suc | |
| 7 November 1704 | Sir Alexander Campbell | Cessnock | Abeuchill, dec | |
| 31 January 1705 | Adam Cockburn | Ormiston | Whitelaw, dec | |
| 9 March 1705 | James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield | Lord Chancellor | Tweeddale, suc | |
| 28 June 1705 | Sir Gilbert Elliot | Minto | Phesdo, dec | |
| 23 July 1706 | Sir Alexander Ogilvy | Forglen | Halcraig | |
| 18 March 1707 | James Erskine | Grange | Rankeillour, dec | |
| 6 June 1707 | John Murray | Bowhill | Crocerig, dec | |
| 1 June 1709 | Dugald Stewart | Blairhall | Tillicutrie, r | |
| 10 June 1709 | Sir Francis Grant | Cullen | Philiphaugh, dec | |
| 7 June 1710 | Sir James Mackenzie | Royston | Prestonhall, res | |
| 8 November 1710 | David Erskine | Dun | Lauderdale, dec | |
| 6 November 1711 | Sir William Calderwood | Polton | Anstruther, dec | |
| 7 November 1712 | John Murray, ext | Duke of Atholl | Queensberry, dec | |
| 8 November 1712 | James Hamilton | Pencaitland | Blairhall, dec | |
| 5 June 1714 | James Elphinston | Coupar | Bowhill, dec | |
| 23 November 1714 | Sir Andrew Hume | Kimmerghame | Cesnock, ret | |
| 6 June 1718 | Sir Walter Pringle | Newhall | Minto, dec | |
| 7 March 1721 | John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, ext | Marquess of Tweeddale | Annandale, dec | |
| 4 June 1724 | Andrew Fletcher | Milton, Justice Clerk | Fountainhall | |
| 4 June 1726 | Sir Gilbert Elliot | Minto, Justice Clerk | Cullen, dec | |
| 29 December 1726 | Hew Dalrymple | Drummore | Arniston, dec | |
| 10 June 1727 | Patrick Campbell | Monzie | Forglen, dec | |
| 1 July 1729 | John Pringle | Haining | Pencaitland, dec | |
| 5 June 1730 | Alexander Fraser | Strichen | Kimmerghame, dec | |
| 3 November 1732 | Patrick Grant | Elchies | Pollock, dec | |
| 3 November 1733 | John Sinclair | Murkle | Polton, dec | |
| 11 July 1734 | Alexander Leslie | Earl of Leven | Grange, ret | |
| 3 November 1735 | Sir James Fergusson | Kilkerran | Ormistoun, dec | |
| 10 June 1737 | Robert Dundas | Arniston | Newhall, dec | |
| 21 June 1737 | Duncan Forbes of Culloden | Lord President | North Berwick, dec | |
| 23 November 1744 | Charles Erskine | Tinwald | Royston, dec | |
| 19 December 1746 | Patrick Boyle | Shewalton | Balmerino, dec | |
| 10 September 1748 | Robert Dundas of Arniston | Lord President | Culloden, dec | |
| 3 June 1749 | James Grahame | Easdale | Arniston, LP | |
| 26 February 1751 | George Sinclair | Woodhall | Easdale, dec | |
| 6 February 1752 | Henry Home | Kames | Monzie, dec | |
| 2 February 1754 | Robert Craigie | Lord President | Arniston, dec | |
| 15 February 1754 | Alexander Boswell | Auchinleck | Dun, ret | |
| 14 November 1754 | William Grant | Prestongrange | Elchies, dec | |
| 20 November 1754 | Robert Pringle | Edgefield | Leven, dec | |
| 28 November 1754 | Thomas Hay | Huntingdon | Haining, dec | |
| 5 July 1755 | Andrew McDowall | Bankton | Murkle, dec | |
| 24 July 1755 | Peter Wedderburn | Chesterhall | Huntingdon, dec | |
| 31 July 1755 | George Carre | Nisbet | Drummore, dec | |
| 18 December 1756 | George Brown | Coalstoun | Chesterhall, dec | |
| 14 June 1757 | Andrew Pringle | Alemore | Kikerran, dec | |
| 14 June 1760 | Robert Dundas | Lord President | Craigie, dec | |
| 6 March 1761 | James Veitch | Elliock | Bankton | |
| 18 June 1761 | James Erskine | Barjarg and Alva | Shewalton, dec | |
| 16 June 1763 | John Campbell | Stonefield | Tinwald, dec | |
| 14 June 1764 | James Ferguson | Pitfour | Edgefield, dec | |
| 3 July 1764 | Francis Gordon | Gardenstone | Woodhall, dec | |
| 4 July 1764 | Robert Bruce | Kennet | Prestoungrange, dec | |
| 6 March 1766 | Sir David Dalrymple | Hailes | Nisbet, dec | |
| 14 June 1766 | Thomas Miller | Barskimming | Minto, dec | |
| 12 February 1767 | James Burnett | Monboddo | Milton, dec | |
| 10 March 1775 | Alexander Lockhart | Covington | Strichen, dec | |
| 22 February 1776 | David Ross | Ankerville | Alemore, dec | |
| 13 December 1776 | Robert Macqueen | Braxfield, JC | Coalstoun, dec | |
| 10 July 1777 | David Dalrymple | Westhall | Pitfour, dec | |
| 14 November 1782 | David Rae | Eskgrove | Auchinleck, dec | |
| 21 December 1782 | John Swinton | Swinton | Covington, dec | |
| 6 March 1783 | Alexander Murray | Henderland | Kames, dec | |
| 1 July 1784 | Alexander Gordon | Rockville | Westhall, dec | |
| 4 March 1786 | Sir William Nairne, Lord Dunsinane | Dunsinane | Kennet, dec | |
| 15 January 1788 | Thomas Miller | Glenlee, Lord President | Arniston, dec | |
| 17 January 1789 | John Maclaurin | Dreghorn | Glenlee, pr | |
| 12 November 1789 | Ilay Campbell | Lord President | Glenlee, dec | |
| 7 June 1792 | Alexander Abercromby | Abercromby | Rockville, dec | |
| 21 December 1792 | William Craig | Craig | Hailes, dec | |
| 14 November 1793 | William Baillie | Polkemmet | Elliock | |
| 15 November 1793 | David Smythe | Methven | Gardenstone, dec | |
| 16 May 1795 | Sir William Miller | Glenlee | Henderland, dec | |
| 11 March 1796 | Allan Maconochie | Meadowbank | Abercromby, dec | |
| 17 November 1796 | Robert Cullen | Cullen | Alva, dec | |
| 7 February 1797 | William Honyman | Armadale | Dreghorn, dec | |
| 16 May 1799 | William Macleod Bannatyne | Bannatyne | Swinton, dec | |
| 12 May 1799 | Claud Irvine Boswell | Balmuto | Monboddo, dec | |
| 12 May 1799 | George Fergusson | Hermand | Braxfield, dec | |
| 6 February 1802 | Alexander Fraser Tytler | Woodhouselee | Stonefield, dec | |
| 6 December 1804 | Charles Hope | Granton, Lord Justice Clerk | Eskgrove, dec | |
| 14 November 1805 | William Robertson | Robertson | Ankerville, dec | |
| 6 September 1806 | Robert Blair | Avontoun, Lord President | Succoth, ret | |
| 8 April 1809 | Archibald Campbell | Succoth | Dunsinane, ret. | |
| 15 February 1811 | David Boyle | Boyle | Cullen, dec | |
| 10 October 1811 | Charles Hope, Lord Granton | Lord President | Blair, dec | |
| 19 October 1811 | David Boyle | Lord Justice Clerk | Granton, President | |
| 6 September 1811 | Robert Craigie | Craigie | Polkemmet, ret | |
| 15 November 1811 | David Williamson | Balgray | Woodhouselee | |
| 23 November 1811 | Adam Gillies | Gillies | Newton, dec | |
| 1 February 1813 | David Monypenny | Pitmilly | Woodhouselee, dec | |
| 14 April 1813 | David Cathcart | Alloway | Armadale | |
| 7 September 1813 | David Douglas | Reston | Craig, dec | |
| 8 July 1816 | James Wolfe Murray | Cringletie | Meadowbank, dec | |
| 24 June 1819 | Alexander Maconochie | Meadowbank | Reston, dec | |
| 25 January 1822 | William Erskine | Kinnedder | Balmuto, ret | |
| 9 November 1822 | Joshua Henry Mackenzie | Mackenzie | Kinnedder, dec | |
| 11 November 1823 | John Clerk | Eldin | Bannatyne, ret | |
| 14 January 1825 | John Hay Forbes | Medwyn | Succoth, ret | |
| 21 November 1826 | George Cranstoun | Corehouse | Hermand, ret | |
| 14 December 1826 | Alexander Irving | Newton | Robertson, ret | |
| 17 February 1829 | John Fullerton | Fullerton | Eldin, ret | |
| 24 June 1829 | Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff | Moncreiff | Alloway, dec. | |
| 6 June 1834 | Francis Jeffrey | Jeffrey | Craigie, dec | |
| 15 November 1834 | Henry Cockburn | Cockburn | Cringletie, ret | |
| 16 February 1837 | John Cunninghame | Cunningham | Balgray, dec | |
| 17 May 1839 | Sir John Archibald Murray | Murray | Corehouse, ret | |
| 23 May 1840 | James Ivory | Ivory | Glenlee | |
| 16 November 1841 | Rt Hon John Hope | Lord Justice Clerk | Boyle | |
| 23 November 1842 | Alexander Wood | Wood | Gillies, ret | |
| 22 November 1843 | Patrick Robertson | Robertson | Meadowbank, ret | |
| 6 February 1850 | Thomas Maitland | Dundrennan | Jeffrey, dec | |
| 23 May 1851 | Andrew Rutherfurd | Rutherfurd | | |
| 23 May 1851 | Duncan McNeill | Colonsay | | |
| 27 June 1851 | John Cowan | Cowan | | |
| 22 May 1852 | Adam Anderson | Anderson | | |
| 16 November 1852 | John Marshall | Curriehill | | |
| 1 June 1853 | Sir George Deas | Deas | Cunninghame | 26 February 1885 |
| 19 November 1853 | Robert Handyside | Handyside | | |
| 7 December 1853 | Hercules James Robertson | Benholme | | |
| 24 May 1854 | Charles Neaves | Neaves | | |
| 18 January 1855 | James Crawfurd | Ardmillan | | |
| 8 February 1855 | Thomas Mackenzie | Mackenzie | | |
| 13 May 1858 | William Penney | Kinloch | | |
| 14 July 1858 | John Inglis | Glencorse | | |
| 13 May 1859 | Charles Baillie | Jerviswoode | | |
| 5 February 1862 | Robert MacFarlane | Ormidale | | |
| 13 November 1862 | Edward Francis Maitland | Barcaple | | |
| 13 January 1865 | David Mure | Mure | | |
| 2 March 1867 | George Patton | Glenalmond | | |
| 20 October 1868 | George Dundas | Manor | | |
| 19 October 1869 | James Moncreiff | Moncreiff | | |
| 1 February 1870 | Adam Gifford | Gifford | | |
| 18 March 1870 | Donald Mackenzie | Mackenzie | | |
| 11 December 1872 | Alexander Burns Shand | Shand | | |
| 3 March 1874 | George Young | Young | | |
| 17 July 1874 | John Millar | Craighill | | |
| 31 October 1874 | John Marshall | Curriehill | | |
| 2 November 1875 | Andrew Rutherfurd Clark | Rutherfurd Clark | | |
| 6 December 1876 | James Adam | Adam | | |
| 12 May 1880 | Robert Lee | Lee | | |
| 15 February 1881 | Patrick Fraser | Fraser | | |
| 18 October 1881 | John McLaren | McLaren | | |
| 10 January 1882 | Alexander Smith Kinnear | Kinnear | | |
| 27 February 1885 | John Trayner | Trayner | Deas | |
| 30 October 1888 | Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald | Kingsburgh | | |
| 6 November 1888 | Henry James Moncreiff | Wellwood | | |
| 14 May 1889 | William Mackintosh | Kyllachy | | |
| 7 November 1889 | William Ellis Gloag | Kincairney | | |
| 28 October 1890 | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling | Stormonth Darling | | |
| 25 November 1890 | Alexander Low | Low | | |
| 16 October 1891 | James Patrick Bannerman Robertson | Robertson | | |
| 12 May 1896 | Sir Charles John Pearson | Pearson | | |
| 28 November 1899 | John Blair Balfour | Blair Balfour | | |
| 11 January 1905 | Andrew Jameson | Ardwall | | |
| 17 February 1905 | David Dundas | Dundas | | |
| 21 February 1905 | Andrew Graham Murray | Dunedin | | |
| 19 May 1905 | Henry Johnston | Johnston | | |
| 17 October 1905 | Edward Theodore Salvesen | Salvesen | | |
| 8 December 1905 | Charles Kincaid Mackenzie | Mackenzie | Adam | |
| 22 January 1907 | Charles John Guthrie | Guthrie | | |
| 15 October 1908 | William Campbell | Skerrington | | |
| 20 July 1909 | William James Cullen | Cullen | Pearson | |
| 18 May 1910 | Arthur Dewar | Dewar | McLaren | |
| 22 October 1910 | George Lewis MacFarlane | Ormidale | Low | |
| 12 December 1911 | William Hunter | Hunter | Ardwall | 1936, retired |
| 17 October 1913 | Alexander Ure | Strathclyde | | |
| 4 November 1913 | Andrew Macbeth Anderson | Anderson | Kinnear | |
| 1 July 1915 | Charles Scott Dickson | Scott Dickson | | |
| 16 October 1917 | Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston | Sands | | |
| 1 November 1918 | Robert Francis Leslie Blackburn | Blackburn | Johnston | |
| 12 May 1920 | James Avon Clyde | Clyde | Strathclyde | |
| 8 June 1920 | John Wilson | Ashmore | Guthrie | |
| 8 March 1922 | Thomas Brash Morison | Morison | | |
| 4 July 1922 | Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable | Constable | Salvesen | |
| 19 October 1922 | Robert Munro | Alness | | |
| 14 November 1922 | Charles David Murray | Murray | | |
| 5 January 1926 | David Pinkerton Fleming | Fleming | Cullen | |
| 5 January 1926 | Alexander Moncrieff | Moncrieff | Skerrington | |
| 30 May 1928 | Alexander Morrice Mackay | Mackay | Ashmore | |
| 8 January 1929 | James Campbell Pitman | Pitman | | |
| 14 February 1933 | John Lean Wark | Wark | | |
| 17 October 1933 | Craigie Mason Aitchison | Aitchison | Alness | |
| 12 May 1934 | John Francis Carmont | Carmont | | |
| 7 May 1935 | Wilfrid Guild Normand | Normand | Clyde | |
| 12 November 1935 | Douglas Jamieson | Jamieson | Blackburn | |
| 11 February 1936 | Thomas Graham Robertson | Robertson | Hunter | |
| 24 June 1936 | James Stevenson | Stevenson | Anderson, deceased | |
| 7 July 1936 | Albert Russell | Russell | Murray | |
| 4 June 1937 | James Keith | Keith | Morison, ret | |
| 26 May 1939 | William Donald Patrick | Patrick | Pitman, res | |
| 13 June 1941 | Thomas Mackay Cooper | Cooper | | |
| 15 June 1944 | Charles Mackintosh | Mackintosh | Wark, dec | |
| 24 November 1944 | James Gordon McIntyre | Sorn | Robertson, dec | |
| 3 July 1945 | Sir Thomas David King Murray | Birnam | Fleming, dec | |
| 4 March 1947 | Daniel Patterson Blades | Blades | Moncrieff | |
| 14 October 1947 | George Reid Thomson. | Thomson | | |
| 15 October 1948 | James Frederick Strachan | Strachan | Stevenson, res | |
| 25 January 1949 | Henry Wallace Guthrie | Guthrie | | |
| 20 June 1952 | Laurence Hill Watson | Hill Watson | | |
| 10 November 1953 | James Frederick Gordon Thomson | Migdale | | |
| 2 February 1954 | John Wheatley | Wheatley | | |
| 16 February 1954 | James Walker | Walker | | |
| 11 January 1955 | James Latham McDiarmid Clyde | Clyde | Cooper | |
| 5 July 1955 | Sir John Cameron | Cameron | | |
| 2 October 1957 | Christopher William Graham Guest | Guest | | |
| 5 May 1959 | Charles James Dalrymple Shaw | Kilbrandon | | |
| 3 May 1960 | William Rankine Milligan | Milligan | | |
| 11 January 1961 | Douglas Harold Johnston | Johnston | | 31 December 1978, ret |
| 6 October 1961 | John Oswald Mair Hunter | Hunter | | |
| 2 October 1962 | William Grant | Grant | Thomson | |
| 3 December 1963 | Manuel Kissen | Kissen | Sorn | May 1981, dec |
| 7 January 1964 | Walter Ian Reid Fraser | Fraser | Patrick | |
| 6 October 1964 | Ian Hamilton Shearer | Avonside | Mackintosh | |
| 15 July 1965 | James Graham Leechman | Leechman | Kilbrandon | |
| 25 November 1965 | Alexander Thomson | Thomson | Carmont |
| 6 October 1966 | Ian MacDonald Robertson | Robertson | | |
| 27 October 1967 | Gordon Stott | Stott | | |
| 30 April 1970 | George Carlyle Emslie | Emslie | Guthrie | |
| 6 October 1971 | Alastair McPherson Johnston | Dunpark | | |
| 6 October 1971 | Henry Shanks Keith | Keith | | |
| 1 June 1972 | William Robertson Grieve | Grieve | | |
| 2 June 1972 | Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart | Mackenzie Stuart | | |
| 9 November 1972 | David William Robert Brand | Brand | Mackenzie-Stuart | |
| 1972 | Robert Smith Johnston | Kincraig | | |
| Feb 1973 | Peter Maxwell | Maxwell | | |
| 1973 | Robert Howat McDonald | McDonald | | |
| 21 February 1974 | Norman Russell Wylie | Wylie | | |
| 1975 | Ewan George Francis Stewart | Stewart | | |
| 1977 | Donald MacArthur Ross | Ross | | |
| 1977 | William Stewart | Allanbridge | | |
| 1977 | William Lorn Kerr Cowie | Cowie | | |
| 19 January 1979 | Charles Eliot Jauncey | Jauncey of Tullichettle | Johnston, ret | |
| 1979 | Ronald King Murray | Murray | | |
| 1981 | Ian MacDonald | Mayfield | Kissen, dec | |
| 1983 | Charles Kemp Davidson | Davidson | | |
| 1984 | James Peter Hymers Mackay | Clashfern | | |
| 1984 | John Herbert McCluskey | McCluskey | | |
| 1985 | Alastair Malcolm Morison | Morison | | |
| 1985 | Ranald Ian Sutherland | Sutherland | | |
| 1985 | David Bruce Weir | Weir | | |
| 1985 | James John Clyde | Clyde | | |
| 1986 | William Douglas Cullen | Cullen of Whitekirk | | |
| 1986 | William David Prosser | Prosser | | |
| 1987 | Ian Candlish Kirkwood | Kirkwood | | |
| 1987 | John Taylor Cameron | Coulsfield | | |
| 1988 | James George Milligan | Milligan | | |
| 1988 | John Murray | Dervaird | | |
| 1989 | James Arthur David Hope | Hope of Craighead | | |
| 1989 | Philip Isaac Caplan | Caplan | | |
| 1989 | Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom | Cameron | | |
| 1990 | Michael Stewart Rae Bruce | Marnoch | | |
| 1990 | Ranald Norman Munro MacLean | MacLean | | |
| 1990 | George William Penrose | Penrose | | |
| 1990 | Kenneth Hilton Osborne | Osborne | | |
| 1992 | John Alastair Cameron | Abernethy | | |
| 1994 | Alan Charles Macpherson Johnston | Johnston | | |
| 1994 | Brian Gill | Gill | | |
| 1995 | Arthur Campbell Hamilton | Hamilton | | |
| 1995 | Alan Ferguson Rodger | Rodger of Earlsferry | | |
| 1995 | Thomas Cordner Dawson | Dawson | | |
| 1995 | Donald James Dobbie Macfadyen | Macfadyen | | |
| 1996 | Hazel Josephine Cosgrove | Cosgrove | | March 2006, retired |
| 1996 | William Austin Nimmo Smith | Nimmo Smith | | |
| 1996 | Alexander Morrison Philip | Philip | | |
| 1997 | Derek Robert Alexander Emslie | Kingarth | | |
| 1997 | Iain Bonomy | Bonomy | | |
| 1997 | Ronald David Mackay | Eassie | | |
| 1998 | Robert John Reed | Reed | | February 2012, appointed as Justice of Supreme Court |
| 2000 | John Francis Wheatley | Wheatley | | |
| 2000 | Ann Paton | Paton | | |
| 2000 | Colin John McLean Sutherland | Carloway | | |
| 2000 | Matthew Gerard Clarke | Clarke | | |
| 17 February 2000 | Andrew Rutherford Hardie | Hardie | | |
| 2000 | Donald Sage Mackay | Mackay of Drumadoon | | |
| 2000 | Robin Gilmour McEwan | McEwan | | |
| 2001 | Duncan Adam Young Menzies | Menzies | | |
| 2001 | James Edward Drummond Young | Drummond Young | | |
| 2001 | George Nigel Hannington Emslie | Emslie | Prosser | |
| 2001 | Anne Smith | Smith | | |
| 2002 | Philip Hope Brodie | Brodie | Coulsfield | |
| 2003 | Alastair Peter Campbell | Bracadale | | 2017 |
| 2005 | Leeona June Dorrian | Dorrian | | |
| 2005 | Patrick Stewart Hodge | Hodge | | October 2013, appointed as Justice of Supreme Court |
| 2005 | Iain Duncan Macphail | Macphail | | 21 October 2009, deceased |
| 2005 | Angus James Scott Glennie | Glennie | | December 2020, retired |
| 2005 | Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie | Kinclaven | | April 2020, retired |
| January 2006 | Lynda Margaret Clark | Clark of Calton | | |
| February 2006 | Alan Turnbull | Turnbull | | |
| 2006 | Sidney Neil Brailsford | Brailsford | | |
| April 2006 | Roderick Francis Macdonald | Uist | | 1 February 2021 |
| 2007 | Colin Malcolm Campbell | Malcolm | | |
| 2007 | Hugh Matthews | Matthews | | |
| March 2008 | Stephen Errol Woolman | Woolman | | |
| 5 November 2008 | Paul Benedict Cullen | Pentland | | |
| 5 November 2008 | Iain Alexander Scott Peebles | Bannatyne | | |
| 5 November 2008 | Valerie Elizabeth Stacey | Stacey | | |
| April 2010 | Colin Jack Tyre | Tyre | | |
| April 2010 | Raymond Doherty | Docherty | | |
| November 2010 | Angus Stewart | Stewart | | 14 December 2016 |
| 26 June 2012 | Colin Boyd | Boyd of Duncansby | | |
| 11 July 2012 | Michael Scott Jones | Jones | | 13 March 2016, deceased |
| 12 July 2012 | David Spencer Burns | Burns | | |
| 2 November 2012 | Margaret Elizabeth Scott | Scott | | |
| 6 February 2013 | Morag B. Wise | Wise | | |
| 15 February 2013 | Iain Armstrong | Armstrong | | |
| 14 January 2014 | Rita Rae | Rae | | 18 June 2020 |
| 11 March 2014 | Sarah Wolffe | Wolffe | | |
| 17 May 2016 | John Beckett | Beckett | | |
| 24 May 2016 | Alistair Clark | Clark | | |
| 31 May 2016 | Andrew Stewart | Ericht | | |
| 30 June 2016 | Ailsa Carmichael | Carmichael | | |
| 15 December 2016 | Frank Mulholland | Mulholland | Stewart | |

## Gallery

* Lord President Stair
* Lord Fountainhall
* Lord Grange
* Lord Newhall
* Lord Culloden
* Lord Kames
* Lord Auchinleck
* Lord President Dundas
* Lord Pitfour
* Lord Hailes
* Lord Monboddo
* Lord Braxfield
* Lord Eskgrove
* Lord Henderland
* Lord Dunsinane
* Lord Polkemmet
* Lord Methven
* Lord (Allan) Meadowbank
* Lord Bannatyne
* Lord Woodhouselee
* Lord Granton
* Lord Avontoun
* Lord Boyle
* Lord (Alexander) Meadowbank
* Lord Kinneder
* Lord Eldin
* Lord Jeffrey
* Lord Cockburn
* Lord Robertson
* Lord Rutherfurd
* Lord Neaves
* Lord Glencorse
* Lord Gifford
* Lord Young
* Lord Kingsburgh