The dean of the Faculty of Advocates, also known as the dean of faculty, is the head of the Faculty of Advocates, the independent body for advocates in Scotland. The dean is elected by the whole membership.
List of deans of faculty
1582–????: John Sharp
17th century
1655–????: John Nisbet 1661–????: John Ellis of Elliston 1664–????: Robert Sinclair of Longformacus 1672–????: George Lockhart 1675–????: Sir Andrew Birnie. Later Lord Saline. 1680–????: Sir John Dalrymple 1682–1689: George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh 1690–????: Sir John Dalrymple 1691–????: Sir Robert Colt 1694–1695: Sir James Stewart 1695–1698: Hew Dalrymple 1698–>1708: Robert Bennet
18th century
1698–>1708: Robert Bennet 1712–1721: Sir David Dalrymple 1721–1722: Robert Dundas of Arniston, the Elder 1722–1746: ?? 1746–1760: Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger 1760–1764: James Ferguson 1764–1775: Alexander Lockhart ????–1785: Henry Dundas 1785–1795: Henry Erskine 1796–????: Robert Dundas (1758–1819)
19th century
1801–1808: Robert Blair 1808–1823: Matthew Ross of Candie 1823–1826: George Cranstoun 1826–????: Sir James Wellwood Moncreiff, 9th Baronet 1829: Francis Jeffrey 1830–1841: John Hope 1842–1843: Patrick Robertson 1843–1851: Duncan McNeill 1852: John Marshall 1852–1858: ?? 1858–1869: James Moncreiff 1868—1874: Edward Gordon 1874–1875: Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark 1875–1876: William Watson 1877: Robert Horne 1878–1881: Patrick Fraser 1881: Alexander Kinnear 1882–1885: John Macdonald 1885–1886: John Balfour 1886–1889: ?? 1889–1892: John Balfour (second term) 1892–1895: Charles Pearson 1895–1905: Alexander Asher
20th century
1895–1905: Alexander Asher 1905–1908: William Campbell 1908–1915: Charles Dickson 1915–1918: James Avon Clyde 1919–1920: Charles Murray 1920–1922: Andrew Constable Condie SandemanWho Was Who 1929–1940, p. 1193. fl. 1927Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927 1932–1936: Sir William Chree'CHREE, Sir William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1936–1937: James Keith 1937–1939: William Donald Patrick 1939–1945: James Gordon McIntyre, Lord Sorn 1945–1948: James Reid 1948–1955: John Cameron 1955–1957: Christopher Guest 1957: Charles Shaw 1959–1964: Ian Fraser 1964–1965: Alexander Thomson 1965–1970: George Emslie 1970–1972: Robert Smith Johnston 1973–1976: Donald Ross 1976–1979: James Mackay 1979–1983: Charles Kemp Davidson'DAVIDSON, Hon. Lord', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017William D. Prosser, 'Davidson, (Charles) Kemp, Lord Davidson (1929–2009)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2013 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1983–1986: William Prosser 1986–1989: David Hope 1989–1994: Alan Johnston 1994–1997: Andrew Hardie 1997–2001: Nigel Emslie
21st century
1997–2001: Nigel Emslie 2001–2004: Colin Campbell 2004–2007: Robert Logan "Roy" Martin'MARTIN, Robert Logan, (Roy)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 2007–2014: Richard Keen 2014–2016: James Wolffe 2016–2020: Gordon Jackson 2020–present: Roddy Dunlop
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