Previous Deacon Conveners

Name Year Trade Number John McGie 1673 - 1674   1 David Sword 1674 - 1675   2 John Brown 1675 - 1676   3 David Sword 1676 - 1677   4 William Swinton 1677 - 1678   5 John Brown 1678 - 1679   6 William Swinton 1679 - 1680   7 David Sword 1680 - 1683    8 Hugh Cuthbertson 1683 - 1686   9 David Swinton 1686 - 1888    10 Robert McGie 1688 - 1689   11 Hugh Garven 1689 - 1693   12 John Murray 1693 - 1697 Wright  13 James McGill 1697 - 1699   14 John Murray 1699 - 1703 Wright 15 John Reoch 1703 - 1706 Shoemaker 16 John Murray 1706 - 1708 Wright 17 John Reoch 1708 - 1712 Shoemaker 18 Michael Glasgow 1712 - 1714 Hammermen 19 John Gemmil 1714 - 1716 Tailor 20 John Holmes 1716 - 1718   21 John Miller 1718 - 1720 Tailor 22 William Steinson 1720 - 1721   23 John Reoch the younger 1721 - 1723 Shoemaker 24 John Holmes 1723 - 1725   25 Thomas Biggart 1725 - 1727 Cutler 26 Robert Rodger 1727 - 1729   27 John Holmes 1729 - 1731   28 Thomas Biggart 1731 - 1733 Cutler 29 Robert Bryson 1733 - 1734   30 James Gray 1734 - 1736   31 William Miller 1736 - 1738   32 David Frazer 1738 - 1740   33 Francis Cunninghame 1740 - 1742 Wright 34 James Ferguson 1742 - 1743   35 Francis Cunninghame 1743 - 1746 Wright 36 James Kennedy 1746 - 1748   37 John Gemmil 1748 - 1750 Cooper 38 Francis Cunninghame 1750 - 1751 Wright 39 David Frashor 1751 - 1752   40 John Malcom 1752 - 1756 Tailor 41 David Burns 1756 - 1758 Shoemaker 42 Robert Jack 1758 - 1760 Weaver 43 Robert Hunter 1760 - 1762 Cooper 44 William Thomson 1762 - 1763 Shoemaker 45 John Pattison 1763 - 1767 Tailor 46 James Galt 1767 - 1769 Shoemaker 47 Robert Hutchison 1769 - 1772   48 William Begg 1772 - 1774   49 Alexander James 1774 - 1777   50 Robert Smith 1777 - 1779   51 Robert McFadzen 1779 - 1781   52 Thomas Muir 1781 - 1783   53 John Galt 1783 - 1785 Shoemaker? 54 Robert Smith 1785 - 1788   55 William Grieve 1788 - 1791   56 John Rankin 1791 - 1793   57 William Watt 1793 - 1795   58 JohnWyllie 1795 - 1798 Shoemaker 59 Archibald Harper 1798 - 1801 Weaver 60 Robert Gemmil 1801 -1805 Wright 61 William Reaside 1805 - 1807 Smith 62 John Jaffrey 1807 - 1809 Weaver 63 Robert Gemmil 1809 - 1813  Smith 64 George Hamilton 1813 - 1815   65 John Young 1815 - 1820   66 Mathew Wright 1820 - 1822   67 John Peebles 1822 - 1826   68 Mathew Wright 1826 - 1828   69 James Dunlop 1828 - 1830   70 Thomas Garven 1830 - 1832   71 Andrew Rofs 1832 - 1834   72 John Allan 1834 - 1837   73 John Wright 1837 - 1839   74 James Balsillie 1839 - 1843   75 Walter McLaughlin 1843 - 1846   76 William Muir 1846 – 1849   77 Andrew McLachlin 1849 - 1852   78 Andrew Robertson 1852 - 1855   79 William Muir 1855 - 1856   80 Robert Jack 1856 - 1859   81 Andrew Robertson 1859 - 1860   82 William Muir 1860 - 1863   83 William Young 1863 - 1866   84 George Dickie 1866 - 1868   85 William Gorman 1868 - 1871   86 William Christie 1871 - 1878   87 Thomas Hall 1878 - 1886   88 Thomas Armour 1886 - 1890   89 James MacLachlan 1890 - 1897   90 W.A. Paterson 1897 - 1900   91 Alexander Parker 1900 - 1904   92 William Hall 1904 - 1910   93 Harry Lumsden 1910 - 1921 Hammermen 94 John Johnston 1921 - 1924 Hammermen 95 M.W. Breckenridge 1924 - 1926 Hammermen 96 P.S. Clark 1926 - 1928 Weaver 97 David McCall 1928 - 1929 Hammermen 98 A. B. Dickie 1929 - 1931 Weaver 99 John L. Yule 1931  - 1933 Wright 100 Alexander Weir 1933 - 1935 Cordiner 101 John B. Shaw 1935 - 1938 Skinner 102 John W. Bryson 1938 –18/02/1941 Hammermen 103 William Watson 1941 - 1947 Skinner 104 James Anderson 1947 - 1949 Wright 105 Robert D. Allison 1949 - 1951 Hammermen 106 Thomas T. Anderson 1951 - 1953 Hammermen 107 James B. Wark 1953 - 1955 Wright 108 John M. Tait 1955 - 1957 Cooper 109 Samuel Anderson 1957 - 1959 Cooper 110 W. G. Guild 1959 - 1961 Cordiner 111 J. Johnston Moffat 1961 - 1963 Hammermen 112 Leslie Childes 1963 - 1965 Weaver 113 David B. Shaw 1965 - 1967 Cooper 114 Arthur Adrain 1967 - 1969 Weaver 115 John B. Cochrane 1969 - 1971 Cordiner 116 Thomas McQuillan 1971 –1972   Tailor 117 William Lockhart 1972 - 1973 Skinner 118 William D. Hunter 1973 - 1974 Weaver 119 John J. Kerr 1974 - 1975 Hammermen 120 Mathew M. Brown 1975 - 1976 Weaver 121 William Gooding 1976 - 1977 Tailor 122 James Macdonald 1977 - 1978 Cordiner 123 J. J. Caldwell 1978 - 1979 Skinner 124 A. A. Rubie 1979 - 1980 Wright 125 J. M. Allen 1980 - 1981 Cooper  126 W. A. Watson 1981 - 1982 Weaver  127 John C. Porteous 1982 - 1983 Tailor 128 George G. Fraser 1983 - 1984 Cordiner 129 James S. Wales 1984 - 1985 Skinner 130 John Andrew 1985 - 1986 Wright 131 G. M. Donaldson 1986 - 1987 Cooper 132 E. H. Spence 1987 - 1988 Weaver 133 John W. Wight 1988 - 1989 Tailor 134 Andrew Sinclair 1989 - 1990 Cordiner 135 William Nolan 1990 - 1991 Skinner 136 George Watson 1991 - 1992 Cooper 137 Robert Smallwood 1992 - 1993 Hammermen 138 James Dick 1993 – 1994 Tailor 139 David MacDonald 1994 - 1995 Cordiner  140 Eric Park 1995 - 1996 Skinner 141 James Walker 1996 - 1997 Wright  142 Hugh Drennan 1997 - 1998 Cooper 143 Robert Luke 1998 - 1999 Weaver 144 James Fairgrieve 1999 -2000 Tailor 145 Thomas Barlow 2000 - 2001 Cordiner 146 James Burns 2001 - 2002 Skinner 147 John Andrew the younger 2002 - 2003 Wright 148 Donald McLeod 2003 - 2004 Cooper 149 William Frew 2004 - 2005 Hammermen 150 Donald Campbell 2005 - 2006           Weaver 151 Vincent Walker 2006 - 2007 Tailor 152 Hugh Hutchison 2007 - 2008 Skinner 153 John Neil 2008 - Cooper  154