蘇格蘭檢察總長

檢察總長（Lord Advocate；Morair Tagraidh；Laird Advocat），全稱國王陛下的訟辯人（His Majesty's Advocate），是蘇格蘭最資深的官方律政人員及其中一名國務重臣，負責掌管皇家檢控署及地方檢控官服務處。

作為蘇格蘭政府及官方的首席法律顧問，檢察總長負責處理屬下放至蘇格蘭議會的權力範圍內的民事及刑事事宜。此外，檢察總長亦是蘇格蘭的首席檢控官，所有刑事檢控工作皆以其名義作出。

現任檢察總長是御用大律師多蘿西·貝恩，自2021年6月22日就任。

## 歷任列表

### 英國聯合之前

- 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

### 英國聯合之後

- 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

### 權力下放之後

- 1997–2000: Lord Hardie
- 2000–2006: Lord Boyd of Duncansby
- 2006–2011: Elish Angiolini
- 2011–2016: Frank Mulholland
- 2016–2021: James Wolffe
- 2021-present: 多蘿西·貝恩

## 外部連結

- 檢察總長 蘇格蘭政府網站
- 檢察總長 蘇格蘭皇家檢控處及地方檢控官服務處網站

## 基本資料

- 政府所在地：檢察總長
- 原文名：Her Majesty's Advocate、Morair Tagraidh
- 種類：蘇格蘭
- 域：檢察總長使用的蘇格蘭皇家紋章之徽章
- 現任者：多蘿西·貝恩
- 其他：2021年6月22日
- 所屬：蘇格蘭內閣、英國樞密院
- 任命者：英國君主
- 所屬部門：皇家檢控署及地方檢控官服務處
- 類別：官方律政專員
- 地位：國務重臣
- 副職：蘇格蘭法律政策專員
- 任命者：（按照經蘇格蘭議會批准的首席部長建議）
- 任期：隨英皇陛下意願而定
- 薪資：134,092鎊(2023年)
- 網站：官方網站