List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen

The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the City of Aberdeen local authority. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Convener or Provost, but it is only in the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost. This is enshrined in the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1994.

The current Lord Provost is John Reynolds.

(1272-1273) Richard Cementarius
(1273-1274) Mathew Greatheued
(1281-1282) Mathew Greatheued
(1284-1285) Malcolm de Pelgoneni
(1309-1310) Duncan de Malanell
(1321-1322) Duncan Kynnedy
(1326-1329) Symon Gelehach
(1329-1332) William Strabrock
(1332-1333) Symon Gelehach
(1333-1335) William Strabrock
(1341-1342) David Fyngask
(1343-1344) Thomas Mercer
(1348-1349) Thomas Lynton
(1349-1351) Robert Edynhame
(1351-1356) William Leith
(1361-1363) Thomas Mercer
(1366-1367) Laurence Garoock
(1367-1368) Laurence de Foty
(1372-1374) William Leith
(1382-1383) Alexander Bannerman
(1383-1384)
(1385-1391) Laurence de Foty
(1391-1395) William de Camera
(1395-1396) William Andrewson
(1396-1399) William de Camera
(1399-1401) Adam de Benyn
(1401-1404) Laurence de Leith
(1404-1405) William de Camera II
(1405-1409) Robert Davidson
(1409-1410) John Fichet
(1410-1411) Robert Davidson
(1411-1412) Andrew Giffard
(1412-1413) Thomas de Camera
(1413-1415) William Jackson
(1416-1417) Thomas Roull
(1419-1420) Thomas Giffard
(1420-1421) John Vaus
(1421-1423) William Kintore
(1423-1424) Gilbert Menzies
(1424-1425) William Kintore
(1425-1426) John Vaus
(1426-1428) Gilbert Menzies
(1428-1431) John Vaus
(1431-1435) Thomas de Camera
(1435-1436) John de Scroggs I
(1436-1437) John Vaus
(1437-1438) John de Fyfe
(1438-1439) Thomas de Camera
(1439-1440) Gilbert Menzies
(1440-1441) John de Fyfe
(1441-1442) Mathew Fichet
(1442-1443) John Marr
(1444-1446) John Vaus
(1446-1447) Alexander de Camera
(1447-1448) William Scherar
(1448-1449) John de Fyfe
(1449-1451) John de Scroggs II
(1451-1453) John de Fyfe
(1453-1454) John Marr
(1454-1455) Andrew Menzies
(1455-1456) John de Scroggs II
(1456-1458) John de Fyfe
(1458-1461) Richard Kintore
(1461-1462) Andrew Menzies
(1462-1467) Richard Kintore
(1467-1470) Alexander Chalmers
(1470-1471) Andrew Alanson
(1471-1472) Richard Kintore
(1472-1473) Andrew Scherar
(1473-1474) Andrew Alanson
(1474-1475) Alexander Chalmers
(1475-1476) Alexander Menzies
(1476-1477) Andrew Scherar
(1477-1478) Alexander Chalmers
(1478-1479) Andrew Scherar
(1479-1480) Alexander Chalmers
(1480-1481) Alexander Menzies
(1481-1482) James Leslie
(1482-1483) Robert Blinseile
(1483-1484) Sir John Rutherford
(1484-1485) Alexander Chalmers
(1485-1486) Sir John Rutherford
(1486-1487) Alexander Menzies
(1487-1488) Sir John Rutherford
(1488-1489) David Menzies
(1489-1491) Sir John Rutherford
(1491-1492) John Cullen
(1492-1493) Sir John Rutherford
(1493-1494) Alexander Reid
(1494-1495) David Menzies
(1495-1496) Alexander Chalmers
(1496-1501) Sir John Rutherford
(1501-1504) Alexander Menzies
(1504-1505) John Leslie
(1505-1507) Andrew Cullen
(1507-1514) Gilbert Menzies
(1514-1516) John Mar
(1516-1521) Gilbert Menzies
(1521-1522)
(1522-1525) Gilbert Menzies
(1525-1526) Thomas Menzies
(1526-1533) Gilbert Menzies
(1533-1535) Thomas Menzies
(1535-1536) Andrew Cullen
(1536-1537) Gilbert Menzies
(1537-1545) Thomas Menzies
(1545-1547) George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
(1547-1576) Thomas Menzies
(1576-1588) Gilbert Menzies
(1588-1590) Thomas Menzies
(1590-1591) Alexander Cullen
(1591-1592) Alexander Rutherford
(1592-1593) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1593-1594) John Cheyne
(1594-1595) John Collison
(1595-1596) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1596-1597) Alexander Rutherford
(1597-1598) Alexander Chalmers
(1598-1599) Alexander Rutherford
(1599-1600) Alexander Cullen
(1600-1601) Alexander Rutherford
(1601-1602) Alexander Cullen
(1602-1603) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1603-1604) Alexander Rutherford
(1604-1605) David Menzies
(1605-1606) Alexander Rutherford
(1606-1607) Alexander Cullen
(1607-1608) Alexander Rutherford
(1608-1609) Alexander Cullen
(1609-1610) Alexander Rutherford
(1610-1611) Alexander Cullen
(1611-1615) Alexander Rutherford
(1615-1620) Sir Thomas Menzies
(1620-1622) David Rutherford
(1622-1623) George Nicholson
(1623-1634) Sir Paul Menzies
(1634-1635) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1635) Sir Paul Menzies
(1635) Robert Johnston
(1635-1637) Alexander Jaffray
(1637-1638) Robert Johnston
(1638-1639) Alexander Jaffray
(1639-1641) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1641-1642) Alexander Jaffray
(1642-1644) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1644-1645) Sir Robert Farquhar
(1645-1647) Thomas Gray
(1647-1648) Sir Patrick Leslie
(1648-1649) Thomas Gray
(1649-1650) Alexander Jaffray
(1650-1651) Sir Robert Farquhar
(1651-1652) Alexander Jaffray
(1652-1655) George Morison
(1655-1656) Thomas Gray
(1656-1657) George Cullen
(1657-1660) John Jaffray
(1660-1662) Gilbert Gray
(1662-1663) William Gray
(1663-1664) Gilbert Gray
(1664-1666) Robert Petrie
(1666-1667) Gilbert Gray
(1667-1671) Robert Petrie
(1671-1674) Robert Forbes
(1674-1675) Robert Petrie
(1676-1685) Sir George Skene
(1685-1688) George Leslie
(1688-1690) Alexander Gordon
(1690-1691) John Sandilands
(1691-1695) Walter Cochran
(1695-1697) Robert Cruickshank
(1697) John Johnston
(1697-1698) Alexander Walker
(1698-1700) Thomas Mitchell
(1700-1702) John Allardes
(1702-1704) Thomas Mitchell
(1704-1705) Alexander Patton
(1705-1708) John Gordon
(1708-1710) John Allardes
(1710-1712) John Ross
(1712-1714) John Allardes
(1714-1715) Robert Stewart
(1715-1716) Patrick Bannerman
(1716) Robert Stewart
(1716-1718) John Gordon
(1718-1720) George Fordyce
(1720-1722) Robert Stewart
(1722-1724) George Fordyce
(1724-1726) Robert Stewart
(1726-1728) George Fordyce
(1728-1730) William Cruickshank
(1730-1732) James Morison Snr
(1732-1734) William Cruickshank
(1734-1736) Hugh Hay
(1736-1738) John Robertson
(1738-1740) William Chalmers
(1740-1742) Alexander Robertson
(1742-1744) Alexander Aberdein
(1744-1746) James Morison Jnr
(1746-1748) William Chalmers
(1748-1750) Alexander Robertson
(1750-1752) Alexander Livingstone
(1752-1754) James Morison Jnr
(1754-1756) William Mowat
(1756-1758) Alexander Robertson
(1758-1760) John Duncan
(1760-1762) William Davidson
(1762-1764) John Duncan
(1764-1766) George Shand
(1766-1768) John Duncan
(1768-1770) James Jopp
(1770-1772) George Shand
(1772-1774) James Jopp
(1774-1776) Adam Duff
(1776-1778) James Jopp
(1778-1780) William Young
(1780-1782) James Jopp
(1782-1784) William Young
(1784-1786) William Cruden
(1786-1787) James Jopp
(1787-1789) John Abercrombie
(1789-1791) William Cruden
(1791-1793)
(1793-1795) John Abercrombie Jnr
(1795-1797) George More
(1797-1799) Thomas Leys
(1799-1801) John Dingwall
(1801-1803) James Hadden
(1803-1805) Thomas Leys
(1805-1807) Alexander Brebner
(1807-1809) George More
(1809-1811) James Hadden
(1811-1813) James Young
(1813-1815) James Hadden
(1815-1817) Alexander Fraser
(1817-1818) Charles Forbes
(1818-1820) Alexander Brebner
(1820-1822) Gavin Hadden
(1822-1824) Alexander Brown
(1824-1826) Gavin Hadden
(1826-1828) Alexander Brown
(1828-1830) Gavin Hadden
(1830-1832) James Hadden
(1832-1833) Gavin Hadden
(1833-1836) James Blaikie
(1836-1839) James Milne
(1839-1847) Sir Thomas Blaikie
(1847-1850) George Thompson Jnr
(1850-1853) George Henry
(1853-1856) Sir Thomas Blaikie
(1856-1859) John Webster
(1859-1865) Sir Alexander Anderson
(1865-1869) Alexander Nichol
(1869-1874) William Leslie
(1874-1880) George Jamieson
(1880-1883) Peter Esslemont
(1883-1886) James Matthews
(1886-1889) William Henderson
(1889-1895) David Stewart
(1895-1898) Daniel Mearns
(1898-1902) John Fleming
(1902-1905) James Walker
(1905-1908) Sir Alexander Lyon
(1908-1911) Alexander Wilson
(1911-1914) Adam Maitland
(1914-1919) Sir James Taggart
(1919-1925) William Meff
(1925-1929) Sir Andrew Lewis
(1929-1932) James Rust
(1932-1935) Henry Alexander
(1935-1936) Edward Watt
(1936-1947) Sir Thomas Mitchell
(1947-1951) Duncan Fraser
(1951-1952) William Reid
(1952-1955) John Graham
(1955-1961) George Stephen
(1961-1964) John Graham
(1964-1967) Norman Hogg
(1967-1970) Robert Lennox
(1970-1971) James Lamond
(1971-1975) John Smith
(1975-1977) Robert Lennox
(1977-1980) William J Fraser
(1980-1984) Alexander C Collie
(1984-1988) Henry Rae
(1988-1992) Robert Robertson
(1992-1996) James Wyness
(1996-1999) Margaret Farquhar
(1999-2003) Margaret Smith
(2003- John Reynolds

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