List of provosts of Perth

The is a list of provosts of Perth. Perth is a city in Scotland, and the role of provost is similar to that of a mayor in many other countries.

History
The Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point. The first holder whose name is known is John Mercer, who served in 1368.

Until 1975, the post was Lord Provost of Perth, and ranked second in precedence after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. With the reorganisation of local government, it became Provost of Perth and Kinross.

List of Provosts

 * 1368: John Mercer
 * Laurence Spence
 * William Mercer
 * Andrew de Martyn
 * John de Pitscottie
 * 1465: Andrew Charteris
 * 1471: Robert Donyng
 * Andrew de Martyn
 * Richard de Strathearn
 * Alexander Bunch
 * Thomas Peebles
 * Robert Mercer
 * Walter Ireland
 * Patrick Wells


 * 1500: Patrick Wells
 * Robert Mercer
 * Andrew Charteris
 * John Charteris
 * Alexander Tyre, of Busbie
 * Andrew Bunch
 * 1504: Alexander Blair
 * 1509: John Donyng
 * 1521: Patrick Charteris
 * 1523: Alexander M'Breck
 * William, Lord Ruthven
 * Oliver Maxton
 * John Christison
 * William Patullo
 * 1544: Patrick Ruthven
 * 1584: Patrick, Master of Ruthven
 * Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine
 * William, Earl of Gowrie
 * John, Earl of Montrose
 * John, Earl of Atholl
 * James Hepburn
 * James, Earl of Gowrie
 * John, Earl of Gowrie


 * 1600: David Murray, afterwards Lord Scone
 * James Adamson
 * Viscount Stormont
 * Alexander Peebles
 * Robert Arnot
 * Andrew Gray
 * Andrew Grant
 * Andrew Butter
 * John Paterson
 * 1664: Sir Patrick Threipland
 * 1666: George Threipland
 * Archibald Christie
 * Andrew Jackson
 * Patrick Hay
 * Robert Lauder
 * John Glas
 * Robert Smyth
 * George Oliphant
 * James Cree
 * David Murray
 * Patrick Davidson


 * 1700: George Oliphant
 * Patrick Davidson
 * 1704: Alexander Robertson
 * 1706: James Cree
 * James Brown
 * William Austen
 * Robert Robertson
 * Patrick Hay
 * William Ferguson
 * Colin Brown
 * Patrick Crie
 * John Robertson
 * William Stuart
 * William Gray
 * John Stuart
 * Alexander Simpson
 * George Fechney
 * 1784: Thomas Marshall
 * 1785: Thomas Marshall
 * William Alison
 * John Caw
 * Alexander Fechney
 * James Ramsay
 * Thomas Black
 * 1800: Thomas Hay Marshall
 * 1801: Thomas Hay Marshall
 * 1802: John Caw
 * 1803: John Caw
 * 1804: Thomas Hay Marshall
 * 1805: Thomas Hay Marshall
 * 1806: John Caw
 * 1807: John Caw
 * 1808: Laurence Robertson
 * 1809: Laurence Robertson
 * 1810: Robert Ross
 * 1811: Robert Ross
 * 1812: Laurence Robertson
 * 1813: Laurence Robertson
 * 1814: Robert Ross
 * 1815: Robert Ross
 * 1816: Laurence Robertson
 * 1817: Laurence Robertson
 * 1818: David Morison
 * 1819: David Morison
 * 1820: Robert Ross
 * 1821: Robert Ross
 * 1822: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1823: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1824: Robert Ross
 * 1825: Robert Ross
 * 1825: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1826: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1827: Robert Ross
 * 1828: Robert Ross
 * 1829: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1830: Patrick Gilbert Stewart
 * 1839: David Greig
 * 1841: David Greig
 * 1842: Charles Graham Sidney
 * 1862: Sir David Ross
 * 1867: John Pullar
 * 1873: Andrew Graham
 * 1880: Kirkwood Hewat
 * 1890: George Wilson
 * 1893: John Dewar
 * 1899: David Macgregor
 * 1902: Thomas Love
 * 1909: Duncan Macnab
 * 1912: Charles Scott
 * 1919: Archibald Ure Wotherspoon
 * 1922: John Dewar
 * 1924:
 * 1932: Thomas Hunter
 * 1935: Robert Nimmo
 * 1945: John Ure Primrose
 * 1954: John Buchan
 * John T. Young
 * 1963: Robert Ritchie
 * 1966: David Kinnear Thomson
 * 1972: Alexander Cross
 * 1975:
 * John Mathieson
 * 1988: Alexander Murray
 * 19??:
 * John Cullivan
 * 1999: Mike O'Malley
 * 2003: Bob Scott
 * 2007: John Hulbert
 * 2012: Liz Grant
 * 2017: Dennis Melloy
 * 2022: Xander McDade