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: John Ross
1616 – 1617: John Cuthbert of Auld Castlehill
1617 – 1618: Alexander Baillie of Dunzean
1618 – 1619: John Ross
1620 – 1621: James Cuthbert of Easter Drakies
1622 – 1623: James Cuthbert of Lochelin
1623 – 1624: 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: 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

20th 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 MacEwen
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^[5]
2022 - Glynis Campbell-Sinclair, elected on 8 June 2022

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)

^ Highland News web-site (13 August 2012), Row as new Inverness Provost is elected; accessed on 26 September 2012
^ ^a ^b Highland Council news release (13 August 2012), Election of new Leader and Provost of Inverness Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 26 September 2012
^ The Inverness Courier, 29 June 2007, Globe-trotting Bob aiming to engineer a bright future^{[permanent dead link‍]}; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010
^ Highland Council news release (4 August 2008), New Provost of Inverness appointed Archived 3 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010
^ Provost and Leader of Inverness and Area re-elected, 19 June 2017, Highland Council web-site (accessed on 3 May 2018)

[1] Highland News web-site (13 August 2012), Row as new Inverness Provost is elected; accessed on 26 September 2012

[Election-2] Highland Council news release (13 August 2012), Election of new Leader and Provost of Inverness Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 26 September 2012

[3] The Inverness Courier, 29 June 2007, Globe-trotting Bob aiming to engineer a bright future^{[permanent dead link‍]}; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010

[4] Highland Council news release (4 August 2008), New Provost of Inverness appointed Archived 3 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine; web-site accessed on 11 June 2010

[5] Provost and Leader of Inverness and Area re-elected, 19 June 2017, Highland Council web-site (accessed on 3 May 2018)

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