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 - 2010 TAILOR 70