Previous Clerks

Name Year Trade Number   WILLIAM THOMSON 1680 - 1683   1 JOHN REOCHE 1683 - 1685   2 WILLIAM THOMSON 1685 - 1687   3 ROBERT McGIE 1687 - 1689   4 JOHN REOCHE 1687 - 1690   5 DAVID TWIEDY 1690 - 1691   6 JOHN REOCHE 1691 - 1692   7 DAVID TWIEDY 1692 - 1697   8 JOHN REOCHE 1697 - 1698   9 WILLIAM THOMSON 1698 - 1703 SHOEMAKER 10 WILLIAM SWINTOWN 1703 - 1706   11 JOHN CRAWFORD? 1706 - 1707 TAILOR 12 JOHN MILLER 1707 - 1708 TAILOR 13 WILLIAM THOMSON 1708 - 1711   14 JOHN MILLER 1711 - 1712 TAILOR 15 JOHN CRAFORD 1712 - 1714   16 JOHN MILLER 1714 - 1715 TAILOR 17 ROBERT BRYSON 1715 - 1719 SMITH 18 THOMAS BIGGER 1719 - 1725 CUTLER 19 JOHN REOCH 1725 - 1726   20 JOHN BRYSON 1726 - 1728   21 THOMAS BIGGER 1728 - 1730 CUTLER 22 DAVID MUIR 1730 - 1732   23 WILLIAM THOMSON 1732 - 1733 SHOEMAKER 24 WILLIAM MILLER 1733 - 1735 SHOEMAKER 25 THOMAS DAVIDSON 1735 - 1737   26 FRANCIS CUNNINGHAME 1737 - 1738 WRIGHT 27 ALEXANDER SMELLIE 1738 - 1742   28 DAVID MUIR 1742 - 1745   29 ALEXANDER SMILLIE 1745 - 1747 SHOEMAKER 30 JAMES FERGUSON 1747 - 1748   31 JAMES GALT 1748 - 1749   32 DAVID MUIR 1749 - 1750   33 ROBERT MITCHILL 1750 - 1755   34 DAVID MUIR 1755 - 1758   35 ALEXANDER SMELLIE 1758 - 1759 SHOEMAKER 36 WILLIAM MUIR 1759 - 1760   37 ROB McFIE 1760 - 1764   38 JOHN RANKIN 1764 - 1765   39 DAVID MUIR 1765 - 1766   40 MATHEW MacKIE 1766 - 1768   41 ROBERT HUTCISON 1768 - 1769   42 FRANCIS CLARK 1769 - 1778   43 JOHN ALLAN 1778 - 1780   44 ROBERT LAMPHRIE 1780 -1781   45 FRANCIS CLARK depute   46 JOHN ALLAN 1781 - 1782   47 DAVID PATON 1782 - 1783   48 JOHN WATT 1783 - 1785   49 DAVID MUIR 1785 - 1786   50 WILLIAM GRIEVE 1786 - 1788   51 JOHN CRAWFORD 1788 - 1791   52 DAVID PATON 1791 - 1811   53 THOMAS GARVEN 1811 - 1835   54 WILLIAM HAMILITON 1835 - 1835 Pro . Tempra   THOMAS GARVEN 1835 - 1836   55 WILLIAM HAMILTON 1836 - 1863 Died in office Sept.1863 56 ANDREW ROBERTSON Sept 9th 1863-Oct 1863   57 JOHN DICK 1863 - 1869   58 GEORGE DICKIE 1869 - 1886   59 JAMES G SHIELDS 1886 - 1892   60 JOHN McINTYRE 1892 - 1907   61 JOHN PATERSON 1907 - 1920   62 A.R.WILSON 1920 - 1943   63 J.NORVEL MURRAY 1943 - 1954   64 WILLIAM LOCKHART 1954 - 1971 SKINNER 65 LESLIE W.CHILDES 1971 - 1973 WEAVER 66 WILLIAM LOCKHART 1973 - 1982 SKINNER 67 JAMES FAIRGRIEVE 1982 - 1994 TAILOR 68 ALISTAIR KENNEDY 1994 - 1997 WEAVER 69 BRYANT WALKER 1997 - Current TAILOR 70