List of Provosts of Inverness

This is a list of Provosts of Inverness.

In 2012, the traditional functions of the Provost were controversially divided by the creation of a new executive role of "leader of the city".^[1] On 13 August 2012, Ian Brown was the first person to be appointed to work alongside the provost as leader of the city.^[2]

16th century

• 1556 – 1559: George Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
• 1560 – 1561: Jasper Waus of Lochslyne
• 1562 – 1563: John Ross
• 1564 – 1567: James Paterson
• 1568 – 1568: Alexander Baillie
• 1569 – 1569: William Cuthbert
• 1570 – 1572: James Paterson
• 1573 – 1574: William Cuthbert
• 1575 – 1575: John Ross
• 1576 – 1576: James Paterson
• 1577 – 1577: William Cuthbert
• 1578 – 1579: William Baillie of Dunain
• 1580 – 1580: William Cuthbert
• 1581 – 1582: William Baillie of Dunnane
• 1583 – 1583: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
• 1584 – 1584: John Ross
• 1585 – 1586: William Cuthbert

17th century

• 1602 – 1603: William Cuthbert
• 1603 – 1606: Master John Ross of Midleys
• 1607 – 1614: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
• 1615 – 1616: Mr John Ross
• 1616 – 1617: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
• 1617 – 1618: Alexander Baillie of Dunzean
• 1618 – 1619: Mr John Ross
• 1620 – 1621: James Cuthbert of Easter Drakies
• 1622 – 1623: James Cuthbert of Lochelin
• 1623 – 1624: Mr John Ross of Midleys
• 1624 – 1625: Alexander Baillie of Dunzean
• 1625 – 1627: Duncan Forbes of Buddit
• 1628 – 1629: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
• 1630 – 1630: Andrew Fraser
• 1631 – 1631: James Cuthbert of Draikies
• 1632 – 1632: Duncan Forbes of Bucht
• 1633 – 1633: Duncan Forbes
• 1634 – 1635: Mr John Ross Younger
• 1636 – 1636: James Cuthbert of Draikies
• 1636 – 1638: John Cuthbert, Wester Draikies
• 1638 – 1639: Master John Ross
• 1639 – 1640: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
• 1640 – 1643: James Ross of Merkinch
• 1643 – 1645: Duncan Forbes of Culloden
• 1645 – 1646: James Cuthbert of Easter Draikies
• 1646 – 1651: John Forbes, fiar of Culloden
• 1651 – 1652: Robert Ross
• 1652 – 1655: John Forbes
• 1655 – 1655: Robert Ross
• 1655 – 1662: No council records
• 1662 – 1662: Alexander Cuthbert
• 1662 – 1663: Robert Ross
• 1663 – 1666: Alexander Cuthbert
• 1666 – 1668: Alexander Dunbar (elder)
• 1668 – 1674: Alexander Cuthbert
• 1674 – 1679: Alexander Dunbar
• 1679 – 1680: Alexander Cuthbert
• 1680 – 1683: Alexander Dunbar
• 1683 – 1689: John Cuthbert of Draikies
• 1689 – 1692: Hugh Robertson
• 1692 – 1695: William Duff (elder)
• 1695 – 1699: Hugh Robertson
• 1699 – 1701: William Duff (elder)

18th century

• 1701 – 1703: Hugh Robertson
• 1703 – 1706: William Duff (elder)
• 1706 – 1709: Alexander Duff of Drumore
• 1709 – 1712: William Duff
• 1712 – 1715: Alexander Duff of Drumore
• 1715 – 1716: Alexander Clark, merchant
• 1716 – 1718: John Forbes of Culloden
• 1718 – 1720: Alexander Fraser
• 1720–1723: John Forbes of Culloden
• 1723–1725: Alexander Fraser
• 1725 – 1728: John Forbes of Culloden
• 1728–1729: Alexander Fraser
• 1729–1732: John Forbes of Culloden
• 1732–1735: Alexander Fraser
• 1735–1738: John Hossack
• 1738–1741: William Maclean of Dochgarroch
• 1741–1744: John Hossack
• 1744–1747: John Fraser
• 1747–1750: William Maclean of Dochgarroch
• 1750–1753: John Fraser
• 1753–1756: John Hossack
• 1756–1758: John Fraser
• 1758–1761: John Hossack
• 1761–1764: William Mackintosh (elder)
• 1764–1767: James Fraser
• 1767–1770: William Mackintosh (elder)
• 1770–1773: Phineas Mackintosh
• 1773–1776: William Chisholm
• 1776–1779: Phineas Mackintosh
• 1779–1782: William Chisholm
• 1782–1785: Phineas Mackintosh
• 1785–1788: William Mackintosh
• 1788–1791: Phineas Mackintosh
• 1791–1794: William Mackintosh
• 1794–1797: John Mackintosh (of the Aberarder family)
• 1797–1800: William Inglis of Kingsmills

19th century

• 1800–1803: John Mackintosh (of the Aberarder family)
• 1803–1804: Alexander Mackintosh
• 1804–1807: James Grant
• 1807–1810: Thomas Gilzean
• 1810–1813: James Grant
• 1813–1814: Thomas Gilzean
• 1814–1816: James Grant
• 1816–1818: James Robertson
• 1818–1822: Interim trustees
• 1822–1823: James Robertson
• 1823–1824: James Grant
• 1824–1827: James Robertson
• 1827–1829: James Grant
• 1829–1831: James Robertson
• 1831–1833: John Ross
• 1833–1834: John Mackenzie
• 1834–1836: John Fraser
• 1836–1839: John Ferguson
• 1839–1840: Alexander Cumming
• 1840–1843: John Inglis Nicol
• 1843–1846: James Sutherland
• 1847–1852: William Simpson
• 1852–1855: James Sutherland
• 1855–1867: Colin Lyon Mackenzie
• 1867–1873: John Mackenzie
• 1873–1875: Colin Lyon Mackenzie
• 1875–1880: Alexander Simpson
• 1880 – 1880: William Mackintosh
• 1880–1883: Alexander Fraser
• 1883–1889: Henry Cockburn Macandrew
• 1889–1895: Alexander Ross
• 1895 – 1901: William Macbean

Twentieth century

• 1901 – 1907: Arthur Dougal Ross
• 1907 – 1910: James Alexander Gossip
• 1910 – 1916: John Birnie
• 1916 – 1922: Sir Donald Macdonald
• 1922 – 1925: David Petrie
• 1925–1931: Alexander MacEwan
• 1931 – 1933: Donald Macdonald (died in office)
• 1933 – 1934: John Mackenzie (died in office)
• 1934 – 1945: Hugh Mackenzie
• 1945 – 1949: Hugh Ross
• 1949 – 1955: James M Grigor
• 1955 – 1961: Robert Wotherspoon
• 1961 – 1964: Allan Ross
• 1964 – 1967: William J Mackay
• 1967 – 1975: William A Smith
• 1975 – 1980: Ian C Fraser
• 1980 – 1992: Allan G Sellar
• 1992 – 1996: William A E Fraser
• 1996 – 1999: Allan G Sellar
• 1999 – 2007: William J Smith

21st century

• 2007 – 2008: Robert Wynd^[3]
• 2008 – 2012: Jimmy Gray^[4]
• 2012 – 2015 Alex Graham^[2]
• 2015 – Helen Carmichael

References

• Am Baile: highland history and culture (website accessed on 14 June 2010).
• Alexander Macbain, Personal Names and Surnames of the Town of Inverness (Inverness, The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd, 1895), at pp. 87–88 (1720 to 1895)