Lord Advocate
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Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. Under the Scotland Act 1998 he is now a member of the Scottish Executive and advises the Crown and the Scottish Executive on legal matters which fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament. The office is one of the Great Offices of State in Scotland.
The United Kingdom Government is now advised on Scots law by an Advocate General for Scotland.
Unlike the Attorney General for England and Wales, the Lord Advocate is not head of the Scottish bar: that position is held by the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
In addition to his advisory role, the Lord Advocate along with the Solicitor General for Scotland head up the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) which together are responsible for prosecutions in Scotland.
Lords Advocate
- John Ross: 1483 - 1494
- James Henderson: 1494 - 1503
- Richard Lawson: 1503 - 1521
- James Wishart: 1521 - 1525
- Adam Otterburn: 1525 - 1527
- John Foulis and Adam Otterburn: 1527 - 1533
- Adam Otterburn and Henry Lauder: 1533
- Henry Balnavis: temp. Mary I
- Thomas Cummin
- John Spence: 1561
- Robert Crichton
- David Brothwick: 1573 - 1582
- David MacGill: 1582 - 1589
- John Skene: 1589 - 1594
- William Hart: 1594
- Andrew Logie: 1594 - 1595
- Sir Thomas Hamilton: 1595
- David MacGill
- Sir Thomas Hamilton: 1596 -
- Sir William Oliphant: 1612 - 1626
- Sir Thomas Hope: 1626 - 1641
- Sir Archibald Johnston: 1646 -
- Sir Thomas Nicholson
- Sir Archibald Primrose: 1659 - 1661
- Sir John Fletcher: 1661 - 1664
- Sir John Nisbet: 1664 - 1677
- Sir George Mackenzie: 1677 - 1687
- John Dalrymple: 1687 - 1688
- Sir George Mackenzie: 1688 - 1689
- John Dalrymple: 1689 - 1692
- Sir William James Stewart: 1692 - 1709
- Sir David Dalrymple: 1709 - 1711
- Sir William James Stewart: 1711 - 1713
- Thomas Kennedy of Dunure: 1714
- Sir David Dalrymple: 1714 - 1720
- Robert Dundas: 1720 - 1725
- Duncan Forbes: 1725 - 1737
- Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald: 1737 - 1742
- Robert Craigie: 1742 - 1746
- William Grant: 1746 - 1754
- Robert Dundas: 1754 - 1760
- Thomas Miller: 1760 - 1766
- James Montgomery: 1766 - 1775
- Henry Dundas: 1775 - 1783
- The Hon. Henry Erskine: 1783
- Ilay Campbell: 1783 - 1789
- Robert Dundas: 1789 - 1801
- Charles Hope: 1801 - 1804
- Sir James Montgomery: 1804 - 1806
- The Hon. Henry Erskine: 1806 - 1807
- Archibald Colquhoun: 1807 - 1816
- Alexander Maconochie: 1816 - 1819
- Sir William Rae: 1819 - 1830
- Francis Jeffrey: December 1830 - May 1834
- John Murray: May - November 1834
- Sir William Rae: December 1834 - April 1835
- John Murray: April 1835 - April 1839
- Andrew Rutherfurd: April 1839 - September 1841
- Sir William Rae: September 1841 - October 1842
- Duncan McNeill: October 1842 - July 1846
- Andrew Rutherfurd: July 1846 - April 1851
- James Moncreiff: April 1851 - February 1852
- Adam Anderson: February - May 1852
- John Inglis: May - December 1852
- James Moncreiff: December 1852 - March 1858
- John Inglis: March - July 1858
- Charles Baillie: July 1858 - April 1859
- David Mure: April - June 1859
- James Moncreiff: June 1859 - July 1866
- George Patton: July 1866 - February 1867
- Edward Strathearn Gordon: February 1867 - December 1868
- James Moncreiff: December 1868 - October 1869
- George Young: October 1869 - February 1874
- Edward Strathearn Gordon: 1874 - 1876
- William Watson: July 1876 - April 1880
- John McLaren: May 1880 - August 1881
- Sir John Blair Balfour: August 1881 - July 1885
- John Macdonald: July 1885 - February 1886
- Sir John Blair Balfour: February - August 1886
- John Macdonald: August 1886 - October 1888
- James Patrick Bannerman Robertson: October 1888 - August 1891
- Sir Charles John Pearson: October 1891 - August 1892
- Sir John Blair Balfour: August 1892 - July 1895
- Sir Charles John Pearson: July 1895 - May 1896
- Andrew Graham Murray: May 1896 - October 1903
- Charles Scott Dickson: October 1903 - December 1905
- Thomas Shaw: 1905 - 1909
- Alexander Ure: 1909 - 1913
- Robert Munro: 1913 - 1916
- James Avon Clyde: 1916 - 1920
- Thomas Brash Morison: 1920 - 1922
- Charles David Murray: March 1922 - November 1922
- William Watson: 1922 - 1924
- Hugh Pattison MacMillan: February 1924 - November 1924
- William Watson: 1924 - 1929
- Alexander Munro MacRobert: 1929
- Craigie Mason Aitchison: 1929 - 1933
- Wilfrid Guild Normand: 1933 - 1935
- Douglas Jamieson: April 1935 - October 1935
- Thomas Mackay Cooper: 1935 - 1941
- James Scott Cumberland Reid: 1941 - 1945
- George Reid Thomson: 1945 - 1947
- John Thomas Wheatley: 1947 - 1951
- James Latham McDiarmid Clyde: 1951 - 1955
- William Rankine Milligan: 1955 - 1960
- William Grant: 1960 - 1962
- Ian Hamilton Shearer: 1962 - 1964
- George Gordon Stott:1964 - 1967
- Henry Stephen Wilson: 1967 - 1970
- Norman Russell Wylie: 1970 - 1974
- Ronald King Murray: 1974 - 1979
- James Mackay, Lord Mackay of Clashfern: 1979 - 1984
- Kenneth Cameron, Lord Cameron of Lochbroom: 1984 - 1989
- Peter Fraser, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie: 1989 - 1992
- Alan Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry: 1992 - 1995
- Donald Mackay, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon: 1995 - 1997
- Andrew Hardie, Lord Hardie: 1997 - 2001
- Colin Boyd: 2001 - Present
