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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png/220px-Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png/330px-Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png/440px-Official_Portrait_of_Dorothy_Bain_QC.png 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="776" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bain" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a><br /></div>since 22 June 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Great_Officer_of_State#Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Officer of State">Great Officer of State</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Law_officers_of_the_Crown" title="Law officers of the Crown">Law Officer of the Crown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Cabinet">Scottish Cabinet</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Cabinet Sub-Committee on Legislation</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Directorates_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Directorates of the Scottish Government">Scottish Government Legal Directorate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data">First Minister</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> once approved by <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">parliament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">£134,092 per annum <span style="font-size:85%;">(2023)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br 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Prison Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Elections and referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Scottish_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">Scottish Parliament elections</a></b><br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#UK_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">United Kingdom Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Scotland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom (Scotland) (page does not exist)">1801 co-option</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1802_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1802 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1806_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1806 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1807_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1807 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1812_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1812 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1818_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1818 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1830_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1830 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1837_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1837 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1859_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1859 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2019</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#European_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">European Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Local_councils" title="Elections in Scotland">Local elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Scottish_local_elections" title="1967 Scottish local elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Scottish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Scottish local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Scottish_local_elections" title="1969 Scottish local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Scottish_local_elections" title="1970 Scottish local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Scottish_local_elections" title="1971 Scottish local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Scottish_local_elections" title="1972 Scottish local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Scottish_local_elections" title="1973 Scottish local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Scottish_local_elections" title="1974 Scottish local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Scottish_local_elections" title="1977 Scottish local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Scottish_local_elections" title="1980 Scottish local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1982 Scottish regional elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Scottish_local_elections" title="1984 Scottish local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1986 Scottish regional elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Scottish_local_elections" title="1988 Scottish local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1990 Scottish regional elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Scottish_local_elections" title="1992 Scottish local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1994 Scottish regional elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Scottish_local_elections" title="1995 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title="Justice and Communities Directorate">Justice and Communities Directorate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Justice">Cabinet Secretary for Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Appointments_Board_for_Scotland" title="Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland">Judicial Appointments Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Complaints_Reviewer" title="Judicial Complaints Reviewer">Judicial Complaints Reviewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parole_Board_for_Scotland" title="Parole Board for Scotland">Parole Board for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Legal_Aid_Board" title="Scottish Legal Aid Board">Legal Aid Board</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service" title="Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service">Courts & Tribunals Service</a> <ul><li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_Clerk" title="Lord Justice Clerk">Lord Justice Clerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justice" title="Senator of the College of Justice">Lord of Session</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Accountant_of_Court" title="Office of the Accountant of Court">Office of the Accountant of Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Sederunt" title="Act of Sederunt">Acts of Sederunt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheriff Court">Sheriff Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_Appeal_Court" title="Sheriff Appeal Court">Sheriff Appeal Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_principal" title="Sheriff principal">Sheriff Principal</a></li> <li><a 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of the Lord Lyon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lyon_King_of_Arms" title="Lord Lyon King of Arms">Lord Lyon King of Arms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Children%27s_Reporter_Administration" title="Scottish Children's Reporter Administration">Children's Reporter Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hearings" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's Hearings">Children's Hearings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Land_Court" title="Scottish Land Court">Land Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lands_Tribunal_for_Scotland" title="Lands Tribunal for Scotland">Lands Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Solicitors%27_Discipline_Tribunal" title="Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal">Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Criminal prosecution</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord Advocate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_Depute" class="mw-redirect" title="Advocate Depute">Advocate Depute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurator_fiscal" title="Procurator fiscal">Procurator fiscal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiscal_fine" title="Fiscal fine">Fiscal fine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precognition_(Scots_law)" title="Precognition (Scots law)">Precognition</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legal profession</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Scotland" title="Judiciary of Scotland">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Advocates" title="Faculty of Advocates">Faculty of Advocates</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advocate" title="Advocate">Advocate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Scotland" title="Law Society of Scotland">Law Society</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor-Advocate" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitor-Advocate">Solicitor-Advocate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor" title="Solicitor">Solicitor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_of_Commercial_Attorneys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Association of Commercial Attorneys (page does not exist)">Association of Commercial Attorneys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Legal_Complaints_Commission" title="Scottish Legal Complaints Commission">Scottish Legal Complaints Commission</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Scots_law" title="Template:Scots law"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Scots_law" title="Template talk:Scots law"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Scots_law" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Scots law"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>His Majesty's Advocate</b>, known as the <b>Lord Advocate</b> (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: <i lang="gd">Morair Tagraidh</i>, is the principal legal adviser of both the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> for civil and criminal matters that fall within the <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolved</a> powers of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>. The Lord Advocate provides legal advice to the government on its responsibilities, policies, legislation and advising on the legal implications of any proposals brought forward by the government. The Lord Advocate is responsible for all legal advice which is given to the Scottish Government.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lord Advocate serves as the ministerial head of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a>, and as such, is the chief <a href="/wiki/Public_prosecutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Public prosecutor">public prosecutor</a> for Scotland with all <a href="/wiki/Prosecution" class="mw-redirect" title="Prosecution">prosecutions</a> on indictment being conducted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in the Lord Advocate's name on behalf of the Monarch. The Lord Advocate serves as the head of the systems of prosecutions in Scotland and is responsible for the investigation of all sudden, suspicious, accidental and unexplained deaths which occur within Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The officeholder is one of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Officers_of_State_(United_Kingdom)#Scotland" title="Great Officers of State (United Kingdom)">Great Officers of State</a> of Scotland. The current Lord Advocate is <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bain" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a>, who was nominated by <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> in June 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lord Advocate is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">monarch</a> on the recommendation of the incumbent <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a>, with the agreement of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The office of Advocate to the monarch is an ancient one. The first recorded Lord Advocate was Sir John Ross of Montgreenan, who is formally mentioned in 1483.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time the post-holder was generally referred to as the "King's Advocate" and not until the year 1573 was the term "Lord Advocate" first used.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1707 to 1998, the Lord Advocate was the chief legal adviser of the British Government and the Crown on Scottish legal matters, both civil and criminal, until the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> devolved most domestic affairs to the Scottish Parliament. <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">His Majesty's Government</a> is now advised on <a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General for Scotland</a>. </p><p>The Lord Advocate is not head of the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Advocates" title="Faculty of Advocates">Faculty of Advocates</a>; that position is held by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Deans_of_the_Faculty_of_Advocates" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deans of the Faculty of Advocates">Dean of the Faculty of Advocates</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_and_government_role">Parliamentary and government role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary and government role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Part_of_government">Part of government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Part of government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until devolution in 1999, all Lords Advocate were, by convention, members of either the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> or the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> to allow them to speak for the government. Those who were not already members of either house received a <a href="/wiki/Life_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peerage">life peerage</a> on appointment. Since devolution, the Lord Advocate and the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a> are permitted to attend and speak in the Scottish Parliament <i>ex officio</i>, even if they are not Members of the Scottish Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1999 until 2007, the Lord Advocate attended the weekly Scottish Cabinet meetings. However, after the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 election</a>, the new First Minister <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> decided that Lord Advocate would no longer attend the Scottish Cabinet, stating he wished to "de-politicise" the post.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post–lord_advocate"><span id="Post.E2.80.93lord_advocate"></span>Post–lord advocate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post–lord advocate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Appointments as <a href="/wiki/Senator_of_the_College_of_Justice" title="Senator of the College of Justice">Senators</a> of the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Justice" title="College of Justice">College of Justice</a> were formerly made on the nomination of the Lord Advocate. Every Lord Advocate between 1842 and 1967 was later appointed to the bench, either on demitting office or at a later date. Many lord advocates in fact nominated themselves for appointment as <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President of the Court of Session</a> or as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_Clerk" title="Lord Justice Clerk">Lord Justice Clerk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a> is headed by the Lord Advocate and the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a>, and is the <a href="/wiki/Public_prosecution_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public prosecution service">public prosecution service</a> in Scotland. It also carries out functions which are broadly equivalent to the <a href="/wiki/Coroner" title="Coroner">coroner</a> in <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> jurisdictions. Incorporated within the Crown Office is the Legal Secretariat to the Lord Advocate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crown_Agent">Crown Agent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Crown Agent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Crown Agent is the principal legal adviser to the Lord Advocate on prosecution matters. He or she also acts as Chief Executive for the department and as solicitor in all legal proceedings in which the Lord Advocate appears as representing his or her own department. They issue general instructions for the guidance of Crown counsel, procurators fiscal, sheriff clerks and other public officials; transmit instructions from Crown counsel to procurators fiscal about prosecutions; and in consultation with the Clerk of Justiciary, arrange sittings of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>. At trials in the High Court in Edinburgh, they attend as instructing solicitor. They are assisted by other senior legal, managerial and administrative staff. </p><p>The Crown Agent also holds the office of <a href="/wiki/King%27s_and_Lord_Treasurer%27s_Remembrancer" title="King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer">King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Calls_for_reform">Calls for reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Calls for reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Black_(advocate)#Call_for_public_inquiry" title="Robert Black (advocate)">Greshornish House</a> Accord of 16 September 2008, Professors <a href="/wiki/Hans_K%C3%B6chler" title="Hans Köchler">Hans Köchler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Black_(professor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Black (professor)">Robert Black</a> said— </p> <blockquote><p>It is inappropriate that the Chief Legal Adviser to the Government is also head of all criminal prosecutions. Whilst the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General continue as public prosecutors the principle of separation of powers seems compromised. The potential for a conflict of interest always exists. Resolution of these circumstances would entail an amendment of the provisions contained within the Scotland Act 1998.</p></blockquote> <p>The judges of Scotland's highest court came to share this view. In a submission to the commission set up to consider how the devolution settlement between Scotland and the United Kingdom could be improved, the judges recommended that the Lord Advocate should cease to be the head of the public prosecution system and should act only as the Scottish Government's chief legal adviser. They noted various ways in which the Lord Advocate's roles had caused problems for the judicial system, including the ability "to challenge... virtually any act of a prosecutor has led to a plethora of disputed issues, with consequential delays to the holding of trials and to the hearing and completion of appeals against conviction." The judges proposed three alternative solutions: stripping the Lord Advocate of responsibility for prosecutions, exempting the Lord Advocate from compliance with the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a>, or changing the law on criminal appeals. While not specifically favouring any of the three, they noted that the third proposal was radical enough to "generate considerable controversy".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_lords_advocate">List of lords advocate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of lords advocate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_(1635%E2%80%931713)_Medina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg/190px-James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg/285px-James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg/380px-James_Steuart_of_Goodtrees_%281635%E2%80%931713%29_Medina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Stewart_(Lord_Advocate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir James Stewart (Lord Advocate)">Sir James Stewart</a>, Lord Advocate 1692–1707, the last Lord Advocate of the Kingdom of Scotland prior to the Acts of Union</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-Union">Pre-Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pre-Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li>1478 or earlier–1494:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Ross of Montgrenan</li> <li>1494–1503: James Henryson of Fordell</li> <li>1503–1521?:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard Lawson of Heirigs</li> <li>1521–1525: James Wishart of Pittarrow</li> <li>1525–1527: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Otterburn" title="Adam Otterburn">Adam Otterburn</a> of Reidhall</li> <li>1527–1533: John Foulis <i>and</i> Adam Otterburn of Reidhall</li> <li>1533–1538: Adam Otterburn <i>and</i> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lauder,_Lord_St_Germains" title="Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains">Henry Lauder</a></li> <li>1538–1561: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lauder,_Lord_St_Germains" title="Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains">Henry Lauder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Balnaves" title="Henry Balnaves">Henry Balnaves</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a></li> <li>Thomas Cumin, Lord of Session</li> <li>1561: <a href="/wiki/John_Spens_of_Condie,_Lord_Condie" class="mw-redirect" title="John Spens of Condie, Lord Condie">John Spens of Condie, Lord Condie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crichton_(Lord_Advocate)" title="Robert Crichton (Lord Advocate)">Robert Crichton</a></li> <li>1573–1582: <a href="/wiki/David_Borthwick,_Lord_Lochill" title="David Borthwick, Lord Lochill">David Borthwick of Lochhill</a></li> <li>1582–1589: <a href="/wiki/David_MacGill_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David MacGill (politician)">David Macgill</a> of Cranston-Riddell, and Nisbet</li> <li>1589–1594: <a href="/wiki/John_Skene,_Lord_Curriehill" title="John Skene, Lord Curriehill">John Skene</a></li> <li>1594: William Hart of Livelands</li> <li>1594–1595: Andrew Logie</li> <li>1595: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Haddington" title="Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington">Sir Thomas Hamilton</a> <i>and</i> David Macgill</li> <li>1596–1612: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Haddington" title="Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington">Sir Thomas Hamilton</a></li> <li>1612–1626: <a href="/wiki/William_Oliphant,_Lord_Newton" title="William Oliphant, Lord Newton">Sir William Oliphant</a></li> <li>1626–1645: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hope,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Hope, Bt</a></li> <li>1646–?: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Johnston,_Lord_Warriston" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston">Sir Archibald Johnston</a></li> <li>Sir Thomas Nicholson</li> <li>1659–1661: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_Lord_Carrington" title="Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington">Sir Archibald Primrose</a></li> <li>1661–1664: Sir John Fletcher</li> <li>1664–1677: <a href="/wiki/John_Nisbet,_Lord_Dirleton" title="John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton">Sir John Nisbet</a></li> <li>1677–1687: <a href="/wiki/George_Mackenzie_of_Rosehaugh" title="George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh">Sir George Mackenzie</a> of Rosehaugh</li> <li>1687–1688: <a href="/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_1st_Earl_of_Stair" title="John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair">John Dalrymple</a></li> <li>1688–1689: <a href="/wiki/George_Mackenzie_of_Rosehaugh" title="George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh">Sir George Mackenzie</a></li> <li>1689–1692: <a href="/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_1st_Earl_of_Stair" title="John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair">John Dalrymple</a></li> <li>1692–1707: <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Stewart_(Lord_Advocate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir James Stewart (Lord Advocate)">Sir James Stewart</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Union">Post-Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li>1707–1709: <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Stewart_(Lord_Advocate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir James Stewart (Lord Advocate)">Sir James Stewart</a></li> <li>1709–1711: <a href="/wiki/Sir_David_Dalrymple,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet">Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet</a></li> <li>1711–1713: Sir James Stewart (second time)</li> <li>1714: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kennedy_(1673%E2%80%931754)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Kennedy (1673–1754)">Thomas Kennedy of Dunure</a></li> <li>1714–1720: <a href="/wiki/Sir_David_Dalrymple,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet">Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet</a></li> <li>1720–1725: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dundas_of_Arniston,_the_elder" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dundas of Arniston, the elder">Robert Dundas the elder</a></li> <li>1725–1737: <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Forbes,_Lord_Culloden" class="mw-redirect" title="Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden">Duncan Forbes</a></li> <li>1737–1742: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Erskine,_Lord_Tinwald" title="Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald">Charles Erskine</a></li> <li>1742–1746: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Craigie,_Lord_Glendoick" title="Robert Craigie, Lord Glendoick">Robert Craigie</a></li> <li>1746–1754: <a href="/wiki/William_Grant,_Lord_Prestongrange" title="William Grant, Lord Prestongrange">William Grant</a></li> <li>1754–1760: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dundas_of_Arniston,_the_younger" title="Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger">Robert Dundas the younger</a></li> <li>1760–1766: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Miller,_Lord_Glenlee" title="Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee">Thomas Miller</a></li> <li>1766–1775: <a href="/wiki/James_William_Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" title="James William Montgomery">James Montgomery</a></li> <li>1775–1783: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Dundas,_1st_Viscount_Melville" title="Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville">Henry Dundas</a></li> <li>1783: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Erskine_(lawyer)" title="Henry Erskine (lawyer)">Hon. Henry Erskine</a></li> <li>1783–1789: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Ilay_Campbell,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Ilay Campbell, 1st Baronet">Ilay Campbell</a></li> <li>1789–1801: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dundas_of_Arniston" title="Robert Dundas of Arniston">Robert Dundas</a></li> <li>1801–1804: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hope,_Lord_Granton" title="Charles Hope, Lord Granton">Charles Hope</a></li> <li>1804–1806: <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Montgomery,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir James Montgomery, 2nd Baronet">Sir James Montgomery, Bt</a></li> <li>1806–1807: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Erskine_(lawyer)" title="Henry Erskine (lawyer)">Hon. Henry Erskine</a></li> <li>1807–1816: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Colquhoun_(politician)" title="Archibald Colquhoun (politician)">Archibald Colquhoun</a></li> <li>1816–1819: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Maconochie,_Lord_Meadowbank" title="Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank">Alexander Maconochie</a></li> <li>1819–1830: <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Rae,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet">Sir William Rae</a></li> <li>December 1830 – May 1834: <a href="/wiki/Francis_Jeffrey,_Lord_Jeffrey" title="Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey">Francis Jeffrey</a></li> <li>May – November 1834: <a href="/wiki/John_Murray,_Lord_Murray" title="John Murray, Lord Murray">John Murray</a></li> <li>December 1834 – April 1835: Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Rae,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet">William Rae</a></li> <li>April 1835 – April 1839: <a href="/wiki/John_Murray,_Lord_Murray" title="John Murray, Lord Murray">John Murray</a></li> <li>April 1839 – September 1841: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rutherfurd,_Lord_Rutherfurd" title="Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd">Andrew Rutherfurd</a></li> <li>September 1841 – October 1842: Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Rae,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet">William Rae</a></li> <li>October 1842 – July 1846: <a href="/wiki/Duncan_McNeill,_1st_Baron_Colonsay" title="Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay">Duncan McNeill</a></li> <li>July 1846 – April 1851: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rutherfurd,_Lord_Rutherfurd" title="Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd">Andrew Rutherfurd</a></li> <li>April 1851 – February 1852: <a href="/wiki/James_Moncreiff,_1st_Baron_Moncreiff" title="James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff">James Moncreiff</a></li> <li>February – May 1852: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Anderson,_Lord_Anderson" title="Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson">Adam Anderson</a></li> <li>May – December 1852: <a href="/wiki/John_Inglis,_Lord_Glencorse" title="John Inglis, Lord Glencorse">John Inglis</a></li> <li>December 1852 – March 1858: <a href="/wiki/James_Moncreiff,_1st_Baron_Moncreiff" title="James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff">James Moncreiff</a></li> <li>March – July 1858: <a href="/wiki/John_Inglis,_Lord_Glencorse" title="John Inglis, Lord Glencorse">John Inglis</a></li> <li>July 1858 – April 1859: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Baillie,_Lord_Jerviswoode" title="Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode">Charles Baillie</a></li> <li>April – June 1859: <a href="/wiki/David_Mure,_Lord_Mure" title="David Mure, Lord Mure">David Mure</a></li> <li>June 1859 – July 1866: <a href="/wiki/James_Moncreiff,_1st_Baron_Moncreiff" title="James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff">James Moncreiff</a></li> <li>July 1866 – February 1867: <a href="/wiki/George_Patton,_Lord_Glenalmond" title="George Patton, Lord Glenalmond">George Patton</a></li> <li>February 1867 – December 1868: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gordon,_Baron_Gordon_of_Drumearn" title="Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn">Edward Strathearn Gordon</a></li> <li>December 1868 – October 1869: <a href="/wiki/James_Moncreiff,_1st_Baron_Moncreiff" title="James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff">James Moncreiff</a></li> <li>October 1869 – February 1874: <a href="/wiki/George_Young,_Lord_Young" title="George Young, Lord Young">George Young</a></li> <li>1874–1876: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gordon,_Baron_Gordon_of_Drumearn" title="Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn">Edward Strathearn Gordon</a></li> <li>July 1876 – April 1880: <a href="/wiki/William_Watson,_Lord_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Watson, Lord Watson">William Watson</a></li> <li>May 1880 – August 1881: <a href="/wiki/John_McLaren,_Lord_McLaren" title="John McLaren, Lord McLaren">John McLaren</a></li> <li>August 1881 – July 1885: <a href="/wiki/John_Balfour,_1st_Baron_Kinross" title="John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross">John Blair Balfour</a></li> <li>July 1885 – February 1886: <a href="/wiki/John_Macdonald,_Lord_Kingsburgh" title="John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh">John Macdonald</a></li> <li>February – August 1886: <a href="/wiki/John_Balfour,_1st_Baron_Kinross" title="John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross">John Blair Balfour</a></li> <li>August 1886 – October 1888: <a href="/wiki/John_Macdonald,_Lord_Kingsburgh" title="John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh">John Macdonald</a></li> <li>October 1888 – August 1891: <a href="/wiki/James_Patrick_Bannerman_Robertson,_Baron_Robertson_of_Forteviot" class="mw-redirect" title="James Patrick Bannerman Robertson, Baron Robertson of Forteviot">James Patrick Bannerman Robertson</a></li> <li>October 1891 – August 1892: Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pearson,_Lord_Pearson" title="Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson">Charles John Pearson</a></li> <li>August 1892 – July 1895: <a href="/wiki/John_Balfour,_1st_Baron_Kinross" title="John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross">John Blair Balfour</a></li> <li>July 1895 – May 1896: Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pearson,_Lord_Pearson" title="Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson">Charles John Pearson</a></li> <li>May 1896 – October 1903: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murray,_1st_Viscount_Dunedin" title="Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin">Andrew Graham Murray</a></li> <li>October 1903 – December 1905: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickson,_Lord_Dickson" title="Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson">Charles Scott Dickson</a></li> <li>December 1905 – February 1909: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Shaw,_1st_Baron_Craigmyle" title="Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle">Thomas Shaw</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1905-shaw-lord-adv_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1905-shaw-lord-adv-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 1909 – October 1913: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ure,_1st_Baron_Strathclyde" title="Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde">Alexander Ure</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1909-ure-lord-adv_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1909-ure-lord-adv-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 1913 – December 1916: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Munro,_1st_Baron_Alness" title="Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness">Robert Munro</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-nov-1913-lord-adv_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-nov-1913-lord-adv-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 1916 – 1920: <a href="/wiki/James_Avon_Clyde,_Lord_Clyde" title="James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde">James Avon Clyde</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1916-jac-lord-adv_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1916-jac-lord-adv-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1920–1922: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brash_Morison" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Brash Morison">Thomas Brash Morison</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1920-lord-advocate_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1920-lord-advocate-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 1922 – November 1922: <a href="/wiki/Charles_David_Murray" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles David Murray">Charles David Murray</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-march-1922-lord-advocate_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-march-1922-lord-advocate-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 1922 – February 1924: <a href="/wiki/William_Watson,_Baron_Thankerton" title="William Watson, Baron Thankerton">William Watson</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-nov1922-lord-adv_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-nov1922-lord-adv-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 1924 – November 1924: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Macmillan,_Baron_Macmillan" title="Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan">Hugh Pattison MacMillan</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-feb-1924-lord-adv_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-feb-1924-lord-adv-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 1924 – May 1929: <a href="/wiki/William_Watson,_Baron_Thankerton" title="William Watson, Baron Thankerton">William Watson</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-nov-1924-lord-adv_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-nov-1924-lord-adv-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 1929 – June 1929: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Munro_MacRobert" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Munro MacRobert">Alexander Munro MacRobert</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-may-1929-lord-adv_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-may-1929-lord-adv-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 1929 – 1933: <a href="/wiki/Craigie_Mason_Aitchison,_Lord_Aitchison" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigie Mason Aitchison, Lord Aitchison">Craigie Mason Aitchison</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-jun-1929-sol-gen_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-jun-1929-sol-gen-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1933–1935: <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Normand,_Baron_Normand" title="Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand">Wilfrid Guild Normand</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-oct-1933-normand-lord-advocate_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-oct-1933-normand-lord-advocate-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 1935 – October 1935: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Jamieson,_Lord_Jamieson" title="Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson">Douglas Jamieson</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1935-jamieson-lord-advocate_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1935-jamieson-lord-advocate-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1935–1941: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mackay_Cooper,_1st_Baron_Cooper_of_Culross" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross">Thomas Mackay Cooper</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-nov-1935-cooper-advocate_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-nov-1935-cooper-advocate-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1941–1945: <a href="/wiki/James_Scott_Cumberland_Reid" class="mw-redirect" title="James Scott Cumberland Reid">James Scott Cumberland Reid</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1941-lord-advocate_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1941-lord-advocate-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1945–1947: <a href="/wiki/George_Thomson,_Lord_Thomson" title="George Thomson, Lord Thomson">George Reid Thomson</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-aug-1945-lord-adv_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-aug-1945-lord-adv-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1947–1951: <a href="/wiki/John_Wheatley,_Baron_Wheatley" title="John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley">John Thomas Wheatley</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-oct-1947-wheatley-adv_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-oct-1947-wheatley-adv-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1951–1955: <a href="/wiki/James_Latham_Clyde,_Lord_Clyde" title="James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde">James Latham McDiarmid Clyde</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1951-lord-adv_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1951-lord-adv-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1955–1960: <a href="/wiki/William_Rankine_Milligan,_Lord_Milligan" class="mw-redirect" title="William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan">William Rankine Milligan</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1955-lord-adv_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1955-lord-adv-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1960–1962: <a href="/wiki/William_Grant,_Lord_Grant" title="William Grant, Lord Grant">William Grant</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1960-lord-adv_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1960-lord-adv-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1962–1964: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Shearer,_Lord_Avonside" title="Ian Shearer, Lord Avonside">Ian Hamilton Shearer</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1962-shearer-lord-adv_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1962-shearer-lord-adv-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1964–1967: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Stott,_Lord_Stott" title="Gordon Stott, Lord Stott">George Gordon Stott</a></li> <li>1967–1970: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson,_Baron_Wilson_of_Langside" title="Henry Wilson, Baron Wilson of Langside">Henry Stephen Wilson</a></li> <li>1970–1974: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Wylie,_Lord_Wylie" title="Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie">Norman Russell Wylie</a></li> <li>1974–1979: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_King_Murray,_Lord_Murray" title="Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray">Ronald King Murray</a></li> <li>1979–1984: <a href="/wiki/James_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Clashfern" title="James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern">Lord Mackay of Clashfern</a></li> <li>1984–1989: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Cameron,_Baron_Cameron_of_Lochbroom" title="Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom">Lord Cameron of Lochbroom</a></li> <li>1989–1992: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fraser,_Baron_Fraser_of_Carmyllie" title="Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie">Lord Fraser of Carmyllie</a></li> <li>1992–1995: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rodger,_Baron_Rodger_of_Earlsferry" title="Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry">Lord Rodger of Earlsferry</a></li> <li>1995–1997: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Drumadoon" title="Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon">Lord Mackay of Drumadoon</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Devolution">Post-Devolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Advocate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post-Devolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Lord Advocate </th> <th>Term </th> <th>Nominated by </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a> </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg/95px-Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg/143px-Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg/190px-Lord_Hardie_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="471" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hardie,_Baron_Hardie" title="Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie">Andrew Hardie</a></b> </td> <td>1997–2000 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Boyd,_Baron_Boyd_of_Duncansby" title="Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby">Colin Boyd</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colin_Boyd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Colin_Boyd.jpg/95px-Colin_Boyd.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Colin_Boyd.jpg/143px-Colin_Boyd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Colin_Boyd.jpg/190px-Colin_Boyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1991" data-file-height="2655" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Colin_Boyd,_Baron_Boyd_of_Duncansby" title="Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby">Colin Boyd</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2">2000–2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Davidson,_Baron_Davidson_of_Glen_Clova" title="Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova">Neil Davidson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><a href="/wiki/Elish_Angiolini" title="Elish Angiolini">Elish Angiolini</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg/95px-Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg/143px-Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg/190px-Elish_Angiolini_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="979" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Elish_Angiolini" title="Elish Angiolini">Elish Angiolini</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2">2006–2011 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Beckett,_Lord_Beckett" title="John Beckett, Lord Beckett">John Beckett</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Mulholland,_Lord_Mulholland" title="Frank Mulholland, Lord Mulholland">Frank Muholland</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Rt_Hon_Frank_Mulholland_QC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fifth+Report+of+Session+2006-07%3A+Constitutional+Role+of+the+Attorney+General&rft.pages=145&rft.pub=House+of+Common+Constitutional+Affairs+Committee&rft.date=2007-07-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm200607%2Fcmselect%2Fcmconst%2F306%2F306.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/131104-0003.htm">"Lords Hansard: 4 Nov 2013: Column 93"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lords+Hansard%3A+4+Nov+2013%3A+Column+93&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fld201314%2Fldhansrd%2Ftext%2F131104-0003.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinclair2022" class="citation web cs1">Sinclair, Gwen (2 December 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221204182233/https://dundonaldcastle.org.uk/chapter-8-part-two-the-last-stewart-kings-at-dundonald-castle/">"Chapter 8 Part Two: The Last Stewart Kings at Dundonald Castle"</a>. <i>Dundonald Castle and Visitor Centre</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dundonaldcastle.org.uk/chapter-8-part-two-the-last-stewart-kings-at-dundonald-castle/">the original</a> on 4 December 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dundonald+Castle+and+Visitor+Centre&rft.atitle=Chapter+8+Part+Two%3A+The+Last+Stewart+Kings+at+Dundonald+Castle&rft.date=2022-12-02&rft.aulast=Sinclair&rft.aufirst=Gwen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdundonaldcastle.org.uk%2Fchapter-8-part-two-the-last-stewart-kings-at-dundonald-castle%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://electricscotland.com/history/nation/borthwick.htm">"Borthwick"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Borthwick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Felectricscotland.com%2Fhistory%2Fnation%2Fborthwick.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Scotland Act 1998, s 27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070818135056/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=798472007">"Lord Advocate excluded from new Cabinet"</a>. <i>The Scotsman</i>. 23 May 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=798472007">the original</a> on 18 August 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Scotsman&rft.atitle=Lord+Advocate+excluded+from+new+Cabinet&rft.date=2007-05-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthescotsman.scotsman.com%2Findex.cfm%3Fid%3D798472007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/engage/submissions-received.php">Judiciary in the Court of Session</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20121223234812/http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/engage/submissions-received.php">Archived</a> 23 December 2012 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> (Just over half way down the list headed "Miscellaneous Submissions").</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.copfs.gov.uk/News/Historical/HistOffLordAdv">"Historical Background to the development of the office of Lord Advocate"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 October</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historical+Background+to+the+development+of+the+office+of+Lord+Advocate&rft.pub=Crown+Office+and+Procurator+Fiscal+Service&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.copfs.gov.uk%2FNews%2FHistorical%2FHistOffLordAdv&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the National Records of Scotland (GD243/23/2) is a charter dated 23 September 1508 wherein Jonet Elphinstoun is mentioned as "relict of the deceased Master Richard Lausoun of Hieriggis."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-1905-shaw-lord-adv-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-1905-shaw-lord-adv_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette12118" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12118/page/173">"No. 12118"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 19 February 1909. p. 173.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+12118&rft.pages=173&rft.date=1909-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F12118%2Fpage%2F173&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-nov-1913-lord-adv-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-nov-1913-lord-adv_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette12613" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12613/page/1143">"No. 12613"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 4 November 1913. p. 1143.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+12613&rft.pages=1143&rft.date=1913-11-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F12613%2Fpage%2F1143&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-1916-jac-lord-adv-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-1916-jac-lord-adv_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette13026" class="citation magazine 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href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13583/page/1008">"No. 13583"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 2 April 1920. p. 1008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+13583&rft.pages=1008&rft.date=1920-04-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F13583%2Fpage%2F1008&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-march-1922-lord-advocate-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-march-1922-lord-advocate_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette13794" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13794/page/456">"No. 13794"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 10 March 1922. p. 456.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+13794&rft.pages=456&rft.date=1922-03-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F13794%2Fpage%2F456&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-nov1922-lord-adv-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-nov1922-lord-adv_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette13863" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13863/page/1718">"No. 13863"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 3 November 1922. p. 1718.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+13863&rft.pages=1718&rft.date=1922-11-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F13863%2Fpage%2F1718&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-feb-1924-lord-adv-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-feb-1924-lord-adv_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette13996" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13996/page/225">"No. 13996"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 12 February 1924. p. 225.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+13996&rft.pages=225&rft.date=1924-02-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F13996%2Fpage%2F225&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-nov-1924-lord-adv-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-nov-1924-lord-adv_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette14076" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14076/page/1439">"No. 14076"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 18 November 1924. p. 1439.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+14076&rft.pages=1439&rft.date=1924-11-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F14076%2Fpage%2F1439&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-may-1929-lord-adv-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-may-1929-lord-adv_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette33492" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33492/page/3007">"No. 33492"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 7 May 1929. p. 3007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+33492&rft.pages=3007&rft.date=1929-05-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F33492%2Fpage%2F3007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+Advocate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gazette-jun-1929-sol-gen-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gazette-jun-1929-sol-gen_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette14558" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14558/page/650">"No. 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href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="Deputy First Minister of Scotland">Deputy First Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Great Seal of Scotland">Great Seal of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Human rights in Scotland">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Scotland" title="LGBT rights in Scotland">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">Local government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Scotland" title="Cities of Scotland">Cities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_forces_in_Scotland" title="Armed forces in Scotland">Armed forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Scotland" title="Military history of Scotland">Military history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs" title="List of Scottish monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_Scotland" title="Lists of MPs for constituencies in Scotland">Members of Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Scotland" title="List of political parties in Scotland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_republicanism" title="Scottish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Office" title="Scotland Office">Scotland Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_nationalism" title="Scottish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Scotland" title="Unionism in Scotland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_courts_in_Scotland" title="List of courts in Scotland">List</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Courts_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Courts of Scotland">Supreme Courts of Scotland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Accountant_of_Court" title="Office of the Accountant of Court">Office of the Accountant of Court</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord Advocate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurator_fiscal" title="Procurator fiscal">Procurator fiscal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_principal" title="Sheriff principal">Sheriff principal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Justice" title="College of Justice">College of Justice</a></li> <li><a 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stations in Scotland">Power stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Scotland" title="Renewable energy in Scotland">Renewable energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland" title="Royal Bank of Scotland">Royal Bank of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Scotland" title="Tourism in Scotland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Scotland" title="Transport in Scotland">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_whisky" title="Scotch whisky">Whisky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Glen" title="Silicon Glen">Silicon Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_Scotland" title="Unemployment in Scotland">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Scotland" title="International relations of Scotland">International trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Scotland" title="Category:Society of Scotland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Scotland" title="Culture of Scotland">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Scotland" title="Architecture of Scotland">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_art" title="Scottish art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_clan" title="Scottish clan">Clans</a></li> 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Mahmood</a> MP (as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Justice" title="Secretary of State for Justice">Secretary of State for Justice</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Treasurer" title="Lord High Treasurer">Lord High Treasurer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Powell" title="Lucy Powell">Lucy Powell</a> MP (also <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>)</li></ul> 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gross</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Carington,_7th_Baron_Carrington" title="Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington">Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Constable_of_England" title="Lord High Constable of England">Lord High Constable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Vacant</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Marshal" title="Earl Marshal">Earl Marshal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Fitzalan-Howard,_18th_Duke_of_Norfolk" title="Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk">Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Lord High Admiral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> (in right of the Crown)<sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28Government_in_Scotland%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28Government_in_Scotland%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28Government_in_Scotland%29.svg/200px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28Government_in_Scotland%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officers of State<br />of Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Greater" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Greater</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor_of_Scotland" title="Lord Chancellor of Scotland">Lord High Chancellor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Abolished in <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">1707</a> (see Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Scotland" title="Treasurer of Scotland">Lord High Treasurer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Abolished in 1707 (see Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Privy_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland">Lord Privy Seal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Vacant since 1921</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(Kingdom_of_Scotland)" title="Secretary of State (Kingdom of Scotland)">Lord Secretary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Abolished in 1709</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lesser</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Clerk_Register" title="Lord Clerk Register">Lord Clerk Register</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elish_Angiolini" title="Elish Angiolini">Lady Elish Angiolini</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord Advocate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bain" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer-depute" title="Treasurer-depute">Lord Treasurer-depute</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Abolished in 1707</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_Clerk" title="Lord Justice Clerk">Lord Justice Clerk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leeona_Dorrian,_Lady_Dorrian" title="Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian">Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officers of the Crown<br />of Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Scotland" title="Privy Council of Scotland">Lord President of the Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Scotland" title="Privy Council of Scotland">Privy Council</a> abolished in 1708</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Chamberlain_of_Scotland" title="Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland">Lord High Chamberlain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Resigned to the Crown in 1703</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Steward_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord High Steward of Scotland">Lord High Steward</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales" title="William, Prince of Wales">William, Duke of Rothesay</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Prince_and_Great_Steward_of_Scotland" title="Prince and Great Steward of Scotland">Prince and Great Steward of Scotland</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Constable_of_Scotland" title="Lord High Constable of Scotland">Lord High Constable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Hay,_24th_Earl_of_Erroll" title="Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll">Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Marischal" title="Knight Marischal">Knight Marischal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Vacant since 1863</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Marischal" title="Earl Marischal">Earl Marischal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Forfeit in 1716</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lord_High_Admirals_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lord High Admirals of Scotland">Lord High Admiral</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Abolished in 1707</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland">Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> MSP (as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> Office is either vested in the Crown, or vacant. <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom#Current_status" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Status is currently debated</a>.<br /> <sup><small>2</small></sup> There is debate around whether these offices constitute Officers of the Crown.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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