Lord President of the Court of Session
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Template:CourtsScotland The Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in Scotland and presiding judge of the College of Justice and Court of Session. They are also Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the High Court of Justiciary, the offices having been combined in 1836. They are a Senator of the College of Justice.
The office of Lord Justice General is derived from the justiciars who were appointed from the twelfth century, and the current title dates from the late fifteenth century. From around 1514 it was held heritably by the Earl of Argyll until it was resigned to the Crown in 1628. It was first listed as a Great Officer of State in 1911.
The current Lord President, Lord Hamilton, was sworn in on 2 December 2005.
Their deputy is the Lord Justice Clerk.
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Office Holders
Lord Justice General
partial list
- 1513: Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll
- 1529: Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll
- 1558: Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll
- 1573: Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll
- 1584: Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll
- 1628: William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith, 1st Earl of Airth
- 1638: Sir William Elphinstone
- 1641: Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse
- 1646: William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn
- 1649: John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis
- 1661: John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl
- 1675: Alexander Stewart, 5th Earl of Moray
- 1676: Sir Archibald Primrose of Carrington
- 1678: Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat (later 1st Earl of Cromartie)
- 1680: William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry
- 1682: James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
- 1684: George Livingston, 3th Earl of Linlithgow
- 1689: Robert Ker, 4th Earl of Lothian
- 1704: George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie
- 1710: Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ilay
- 1761: John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale
- 1763: Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
- 1778: David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
- 1795: James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
The office was combined with that of Lord President on the death of the Duke of Montrose in 1836.
Lord President
- 1532-1543: Alexander Milne, abbot of Cambuskenneth
- 1543-1558: Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney
- 1558-1565: Henry Sinclair, Bishop of Ross
- 1565-1566: John Sinclair, Bishop of Brechin
- 1566-1593: William Baillie of Provand
- 1593-1604: Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie
- 1605-1609: James Elphinstone, Lord Balmerino
- 1609-1616: John Preston of Fenton Barns
- 1616-1625: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
incomplete
- 1661-1671: Sir John Gilmour of Craigmillar
- 1671-1681: James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair
- 1681-1682: George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (?)
- 1682-1685: Sir David Falconer of Newton
- 1685-1689: Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath
- 1689-1695: James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair
- 1698-1737: Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick
- 1737-1748: Duncan Forbes of Culloden
- 1748-1754: Robert Dundas of Arniston
- 1754-1760: Robert Craigie of Glendoick
- 1760-1787: Robert Dundas of Arniston
- 1787-1789: Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee
- 1789-1808: Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth
- 1808-1811: Robert Blair of Avonhow
- 1811-1841: Charles Hope of Granton
- 1841-1852: David Boyle of Shewalton
- 1852-1867: Duncan McNeill, Lord Colonsay
- 1867-1891: John Inglis, Lord Glencorse
- 1891-1899: James Robertson, Lord Robertson
- 1899-1905: John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross
- 1905-1913: Andrew Murray, 1st Baron Dunedin
- 1913-1920: Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
- 1920-1935: James Clyde, Lord Clyde
- 1935-1947: Wilfred Normand, Lord Normand
- 1947-1954: Thomas Cooper, Lord Cooper
- 1954-1972: James Clyde, Lord Clyde
- 1972-1989: George Emslie, Baron Emslie
- 1989-1996: David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead
- 1996-2001: Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry
- 2001-2005: William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk
- 2005-Present: Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton