苏格兰检察总长

检察总长（Lord Advocate；Morair Tagraidh；Laird Advocat），全称国王陛下的讼辩人（His Majesty's Advocate），是苏格兰最资深的官方律政人员及其中一名国务重臣，负责掌管皇家检控署及地方检控官服务处。

作为苏格兰政府及官方的首席法律顾问，检察总长负责处理属下放至苏格兰议会的权力范围内的民事及刑事事宜。此外，检察总长亦是苏格兰的首席检控官，所有刑事检控工作皆以其名义作出。

现任检察总长是御用大律师多萝西·贝恩，自2021年6月22日就任。

## 历任列表

### 英国联合之前

- 1478 or earlier–1494: John Ross of Montgrenan
- 1494–1503: James Henryson of Fordell
- 1503–1521?: Richard Lawson of Heirigs
- 1521–1525: James Wishart of Pittarrow
- 1525–1527: Adam Otterburn of Reidhall
- 1527–1533: John Foulis and Adam Otterburn of Reidhall
- 1533–1538: Adam Otterburn and Henry Lauder
- 1538–1561: Henry Lauder
- Henry Balnaves, to Mary, Queen of Scots
- Thomas Cumin, Lord of Session
- 1561: John Spens of Condie, Lord Condie
- Robert Crichton
- 1573–1582: David Borthwick of Lochhill
- 1582–1589: David Macgill of Cranston-Riddell, and Nisbet
- 1589–1594: John Skene
- 1594: William Hart of Livelands
- 1594–1595: Andrew Logie
- 1595: Sir Thomas Hamilton and David Macgill
- 1596–1612: Sir Thomas Hamilton
- 1612–1626: Sir William Oliphant
- 1626–1645: Sir Thomas Hope, Bt
- 1646–?: Sir Archibald Johnston
- Sir Thomas Nicholson
- 1659–1661: Sir Archibald Primrose
- 1661–1664: Sir John Fletcher
- 1664–1677: Sir John Nisbet
- 1677–1687: Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
- 1687–1688: John Dalrymple
- 1688–1689: Sir George Mackenzie
- 1689–1692: John Dalrymple
- 1692–1707: Sir James Stewart

### 英国联合之后

- 1707–1709: Sir James Stewart
- 1709–1711: Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- 1711–1713: Sir James Stewart (second time)
- 1714: Thomas Kennedy of Dunure
- 1714–1720: Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- 1720–1725: Robert Dundas the elder
- 1725–1737: Duncan Forbes
- 1737–1742: Charles Erskine
- 1742–1746: Robert Craigie
- 1746–1754: William Grant
- 1754–1760: Robert Dundas the younger
- 1760–1766: Thomas Miller
- 1766–1775: James Montgomery
- 1775–1783: Henry Dundas
- 1783: Hon. Henry Erskine
- 1783–1789: Ilay Campbell
- 1789–1801: Robert Dundas
- 1801–1804: Charles Hope
- 1804–1806: Sir James Montgomery, Bt
- 1806–1807: Hon. Henry Erskine
- 1807–1816: Archibald Colquhoun
- 1816–1819: Alexander Maconochie
- 1819–1830: Sir William Rae
- December 1830 – May 1834: Francis Jeffrey
- May – November 1834: John Murray
- December 1834 – April 1835: Sir William Rae
- April 1835 – April 1839: John Murray
- April 1839 – September 1841: Andrew Rutherfurd
- September 1841 – October 1842: Sir William Rae
- October 1842 – July 1846: Duncan McNeill
- July 1846 – April 1851: Andrew Rutherfurd
- April 1851 – February 1852: James Moncreiff
- February – May 1852: Adam Anderson
- May – December 1852: John Inglis
- December 1852 – March 1858: James Moncreiff
- March – July 1858: John Inglis
- July 1858 – April 1859: Charles Baillie
- April – June 1859: David Mure
- June 1859 – July 1866: James Moncreiff
- July 1866 – February 1867: George Patton
- February 1867 – December 1868: Edward Strathearn Gordon
- December 1868 – October 1869: James Moncreiff
- October 1869 – February 1874: George Young
- 1874–1876: Edward Strathearn Gordon
- July 1876 – April 1880: William Watson
- May 1880 – August 1881: John McLaren
- August 1881 – July 1885: John Blair Balfour
- July 1885 – February 1886: John Macdonald
- February – August 1886: John Blair Balfour
- August 1886 – October 1888: John Macdonald
- October 1888 – August 1891: James Patrick Bannerman Robertson
- October 1891 – August 1892: Sir Charles John Pearson
- August 1892 – July 1895: John Blair Balfour
- July 1895 – May 1896: Sir Charles John Pearson
- May 1896 – October 1903: Andrew Graham Murray
- October 1903 – December 1905: Charles Scott Dickson
- December 1905 – February 1909: Thomas Shaw
- February 1909 – October 1913: Alexander Ure
- October 1913 – December 1916: Robert Munro
- December 1916 – 1920: James Avon Clyde
- 1920–1922: Thomas Brash Morison
- March 1922 – November 1922: Charles David Murray
- November 1922 – February 1924: William Watson
- February 1924 – November 1924: Hugh Pattison MacMillan
- November 1924 – May 1929: William Watson
- May 1929 – June 1929: Alexander Munro MacRobert
- June 1929 – 1933: Craigie Mason Aitchison
- 1933–1935: Wilfrid Guild Normand
- April 1935 – October 1935: Douglas Jamieson
- 1935–1941: Thomas Mackay Cooper
- 1941–1945: James Scott Cumberland Reid
- 1945–1947: George Reid Thomson
- 1947–1951: John Thomas Wheatley
- 1951–1955: James Latham McDiarmid Clyde
- 1955–1960: William Rankine Milligan
- 1960–1962: William Grant
- 1962–1964: Ian Hamilton Shearer
- 1964–1967: George Gordon Stott
- 1967–1970: Henry Stephen Wilson
- 1970–1974: Norman Russell Wylie
- 1974–1979: Ronald King Murray
- 1979–1984: Lord Mackay of Clashfern
- 1984–1989: Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
- 1989–1992: Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
- 1992–1995: Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
- 1995–1997: Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

### 权力下放之后

- 1997–2000: Lord Hardie
- 2000–2006: Lord Boyd of Duncansby
- 2006–2011: Elish Angiolini
- 2011–2016: Frank Mulholland
- 2016–2021: James Wolffe
- 2021-present: 多萝西·贝恩

## 外部链接

- 检察总长 苏格兰政府网站
- 检察总长 苏格兰皇家检控处及地方检控官服务处网站

## 基本资料

- 政府所在地：检察总长
- 原文名：Her Majesty's Advocate、Morair Tagraidh
- 种类：苏格兰
- 域：检察总长使用的苏格兰皇家纹章之徽章
- 现任者：多萝西·贝恩
- 其他：2021年6月22日
- 所属：苏格兰内阁、英国枢密院
- 任命者：英国君主
- 所属部门：皇家检控署及地方检控官服务处
- 类别：官方律政专员
- 地位：国务重臣
- 副职：苏格兰法律政策专员
- 任命者：（按照经苏格兰议会批准的首席部长建议）
- 任期：随英皇陛下意愿而定
- 薪资：134,092镑(2023年)
- 网站：官方网站