| Alderman Provests and Lord Provests of the Royal Burgh and City of Edinburgh |
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| 1296 William de Dederyk Alderman |
| 1343 John Wigmer Alderman |
| 1359 William Guippild Alderman |
| 1372 Adam Forrester Alderman |
| 1376 John of Quhitnes |
| 1378 Adam Forrester Alderman |
| 1381 John of Chambers |
| 1387 Andrew Yutson |
| 1391 John of Dalrymple |
| 1392 John de Camera |
| 1408 John Rede |
| 1409 Adam of Farnylie |
| 1413 George of Lauder |
| 1419 Adam of Farnylie |
| 1422 John of Levingtoun |
| 1425 Thomas of Cranstoun |
| 1425 William of Libbertoun |
| 1434 Sir Henry Preston of Craigmiller |
| 1435 John of Levingtoun |
| 1437 Alexander Napier |
| 1438 Thomas of Cranstoun |
| 1445 Steven Hunter |
| 1446 Patrick Cockburn |
| 1449 Thomas of Cranstoun |
| 1451 George of Fala |
| 1453 Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston |
| 1455 Thomas Oliphant |
| 1456 Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston |
| 1462 Alexander ker |
| 1466 George Bartraham |
| 1467 Robert Mure of Polkellie |
| 1469 Sir Alexander Napier of Merchiston |
| 1477 James Creichton of Ruthven |
| 1481 Walter or William Bartraham |
| 1842 Sir John Murray of Tulchad |
| 1482 Patrick Barron of Spittlefield |
| 1484 John Napier of Marchiston |
| 1485 John Murray |
| 1486 Sir Patrick Barron of Spittlefield |
| 1487 John Murray |
| 1487 Patrick Hepburne Lord Hales |
| 1488 Thomas Tod |
| 1490 Alexander Hepburne of Quhitsum |
| 1491 Sir Thomas Tod |
| 1492 Richard Lawson of High Riggs |
| 1494 Walter Barhaham |
| 1496 Sir Thomas Tod |
| 1498 Walter Barhaham |
| 1499 Sir Thomas Tod |
| 1500 Sir Alexander Lauder of Haltoun |
| 1501 George of Touris |
| 1502 Sir Alexander Lauder |
| 1504 Richard Lawson of High Riggs |
| 1505 Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth |
| 1513 Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus |
| 1514 Alexander Lord Home |
| 1515 Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kingavill |
| 1516 David Melville |
| 1517 James Earl of Arran |
| 1519 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1520 Robert Logan of Coitfield |
| 1521 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1522 Allan Stewart |
| 1522 Adam Otterburne |
| 1523 Francis Bothwell |
| 1524 Lord Robert Maxwell |
| 1525 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1527 Robert Lord Maxwell |
| 1528 Adam Otterburne |
| 1532 James Lawson |
| 1535 Adam Otterburne |
| 1535 Robert Lord Maxwell |
| 1537 Simon Preston |
| 1543 Sir Adam Otterburne |
| 1544 John Hamilton of Samuelston |
| 1544 Simon Preston |
| 1546 George Henderson of Fordell |
| 1546 Sir Adam Otterburne |
| 1546 George Henderson |
| 1547 Sir Adam Otterburne |
| 1547 John Hamilton of Samuelston |
| 1548 Alexander Ker of Dolphinton |
| 1549 Alexander Ker of Littledean |
| 1550Francis Tennent of Mukraw |
| 1551 William Craik |
| 1555 Sir William Hamilton od Sanquhar |
| 1554 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1557 George Lord Setoun |
| 1559 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1562 Thomas McCalyeane |
| 1562 Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie |
| 1565 Sir Simon Preston of Craigmiller |
| 1569 Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange |
| 1570 James Macgill of Rankeillor |
| 1571 Sir Andrew Ker of Ferniherst |
| 1571 Patrick Lord Lindesay of Byers |
| 1576 George Douglas of Parkhead |
| 1579 Archibald Stewart |
| 1579 Alexander Clerk of Balbirnie |
| 1584 James Stewart Earl of Arran |
| 1586 William Little |
| 1587 Sir John Arnot of Birswick |
| 1591 William Little |
| 1592 Nicol Uddert |
| 1593 Alexander Home of North Berwick |
| 1597 Henry Nisbet |
| 1598 Alexander Seaton Lord Fyvie |
| 1608 Sir John Arnot |
| 1616 Sir William Nisbet of The Dean |
| 1619 Alexander Clerk |
| 1620 David Aikinhead |
| 1622 Sir William Nisbet of The Dean |
| 1623 Alexander Clerk of Stenton |
| 1625 David Aikinhead |
| 1630 Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrief |
| 1634 David Aikinhead |
| 1637 Sir John Hay of Lands |
| 1638 Sir William Dick of Braid |
| 1640 Sir Alexander Clerk |
| 1643 Sir John Smith of Grothill |
| 1646 Sir Archibald Tod |
| 1648 Sir James Stewart of Coltness |
| 1652 Sir Archibald Tod |
| 1655 Sir Andrew Ramsey of Abbotshall |
| 1658 Sir James Stewart |
| 1660 Sir Robert Murray |
| 1662 Sir Andrew Ramsey |
| 1673 James Currie |
| 1675 Sir William Binning |
| 1677 Sir Francis Kinloch. bart |
| 1679 Sir James Dick of Prestonfield |
| 1681 Sir James Flemming |
| 1683 Sir George Drummond |
| 1685 Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill |
| 1687 Sir Magnus Prince |
| 1689 Sir John Hall |
| 1691 Sir Archibald Muir |
| 1692 Sir John Hall |
| 1694 Sir Robert Chieslie of Dalry |
| 1696 Sir Archibald Muir |
| 1698 Sir George Home of Kello |
| 1700 Sir Patrick Johnston |
| 1702 Sir Hew Cunninghame of Bonnington |
| 1704 Sir Patrick Johnston |
| 1706 Sir Samuel McClellan |
| 1708 Sir Patrick Johnston |
| 1710 Adam Brown of Blackford |
| 1711 Sir Robert Blackwood of Pitreaves |
| 1713 Sir George Warrender of Lochend. bart |
| 1715 John Campbell |
| 1717 William Neilson |
| 1719 John Campbell |
| 1721 John Wightman of Mauldslie |
| 1723 John Campbell |
| 1725 George Drummond |
| 1727 Archibald Macauley |
| 1729 Patrick Lindsay |
| 1731 John Osburn |
| 1733 Patrick Lindsay |
| 1735 Alexander Wilson |
| 1737 Archibald Macauley |
| 1738 James Colquhoun |
| 1740 George Haliburton |
| 1742 John Coutts |
| 1744 Archibald Stewart |
| 1746 George Drummond |
| 1748 Archibald Macauley |
| 1750 George Drummond |
| 1752 William Alexander |
| 1754 George Drmmond |
| 1756 Robert Montgomery |
| 1758 George Drummond |
| 1760 George Lind |
| 1762 George Drummond |
| 1764 James Stuart |
| 1766 Gilbert Laurie |
| 1768 James Stuart |
| 1770 John Dalrymple |
| 1772 Gilbert Laurie |
| 1774 James Stoddart |
| 1776 Alexander Kincaid |
| 1777 John Dalrymple |
| 1778 Walter Hamilton |
| 1780 David Steuart |
| 1782 Robert Grieve |
| 1788 Thomas Elder of Forneth |
| 1790 Sir James Stirling of Larbert. bart |
| 1800 Sir William Fettes. bart |
| 1802 Neil Macvicar |
| 1804 Sir William Fettes. bart |
| 1808 Donald Smith |
| 1808 William Coulter |
| 1810 William Calder |
| 1811 William Creech |
| 1815 Sir John Marjorbanks. bart |
| 1815 Sir William Arbuthnot .bart |
| 1817 Kincaid McKenzie |
| 1819 John Manderston |
| 1821 Sir William Arbuthnot . bart |
| 1823 Alexander Henderson of Press |
| 1825 William Trotter |
| 1827 Walter Brown |
| 1829 William Allan of Glen |
| 1831 John Learmonth of Dean |
| 1833 Sir James Spitall |
| 1837 Sir James Forrest of Comiston. bart. |
| 1843 Adam Black |
| 1848 Sir William Johnston of Kirkhill |
| 1851 Duncan McLaren |
| 1854 Sir John Melville |
| 1859 Francis Brown Douglas |
| 1862 Charles Lawson of Borthwick Hall |
| 1865 William Chambers of Glenormiston |
| 1869 William Law |
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| 1872 James Cowan |
| 1874 Sir James Falshaw. Bart |
| 1877 Sir Thomas Jamieson Boyd |
| 1882 Sir George Harrison |
| 1885 Sir Thomas Clark. Bart |
| 1888 Sir John Boyd |
| 1891 Sir James Alexander Russell |
| 1894 Sir Andrew McDonald |
| 1897 Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson |
| 1900 Sir James Steel |
| 1903 Sir Robert Cranston |
| 1906 Sir James Flickering Gibson |
| 1909 Sir William Slater Brown |
| 1912 Sir Robert Kirk Inches |
| 1916 Sir John Lorne Macleod |
| 1919 John William Chesser |
| 1921 Sir Thomas Hutchison. Bart |
| 1923 Sir William Lowrie Sleigh |
| 1926 Sir Alexander Stevenson |
| 1932 Sir William Johnston.............. |
| 1935 Sir Louis Stewart......... |
| 1938 Sir Henry Steel |
| 1941 Sir William Young Darling |
| 1944 Sir John Ireland Falconer |
| 1947 Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray |
| 1951 Sir James Miller |
| 1954 John Garnett Banks |
| 1957 Sir Ian Anderson Johnston-Gilbert |
| 1960 Sir John Greig Dunber |
| 1963 Sir Duncan Mackay, Weatherstone |
| 1966 Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin |
| 1969 Sir James Wilson McKay |
| 1972 Jack Kane |
| 1975 John Miller |
| 1977 Kenneth W Borthwick |
| 1980 Thomas Morgan |
| 1984 Dr John McKay |
| 1988 Eleanor T McLaughlin |
| 1992 Dr Norman Irons |
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