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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 href="/wiki/College_of_Justice" title="College of Justice">College of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Public_Guardian_(Scotland)" title="Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland)">Office of the Public Guardian</a></li> <li><a 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Principal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriffs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace_court" title="Justice of the peace court">Justice of the peace courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_peace" title="Justice of the peace">Justices of the peace</a></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)">Special courts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_the_Lord_Lyon" title="Court of the Lord Lyon">Court 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 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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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output 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The current Lord Justice Clerk is <a href="/wiki/Leeona_Dorrian,_Lady_Dorrian" title="Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian">Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian</a>, who was appointed to the position on 13 April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-herald-dorrian-ljc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-dorrian-ljc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in June 2024 Lady Dorrian has announced her intention to retire from judicial office on 3 February 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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_Justice_Clerk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In modern times, most judges appointed as Lord Justice Clerk later become Lord President of the Court of Session. </p><p>Originally <i>clericus justiciarie</i> or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Clerk_Register" title="Lord Clerk Register">Lord Clerk Register</a>, the status of the office increased over time and the Justice-Clerk came to claim a seat on the <a href="/wiki/Bench_(law)" title="Bench (law)">Bench</a> by practice and custom. This was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Scotland" title="Privy Council of Scotland">Privy Council of Scotland</a> in 1663 and the Lord Justice Clerk became the effective head of the reformed <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> in 1672 when the court was reconstituted. The Lord Justice Clerk now rarely presides at criminal trials in the High Court, with most of his or her time being spent dealing with civil and criminal appeals. </p><p>The Lord Justice Clerk has the title in both the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> and the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justiciary" title="High Court of Justiciary">High Court of Justiciary</a> and, as <i>President of the Second Division of the Inner House</i>, is in charge of the Second Division of Judges of the <a href="/wiki/Inner_House" title="Inner House">Inner House</a> of the Court of Session. 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(October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>1537: Thomas Scot of Pitgorn</li> <li>1539: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bellenden_of_Auchnoule" title="Thomas Bellenden of Auchnoule">Thomas Bellenden of Auchnoule</a></li> <li>1540: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Balnaves" title="Henry Balnaves">Henry Balnaves</a></li> <li>1547: Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Bellenden_of_Auchnole_%26_Broughton" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton">John Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton</a> (d.1576)</li> <li>1577: Sir <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Bellenden_of_Auchnole_%26_Broughton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton">Lewis Bellenden of Auchnole & Broughton</a> (d.1591)</li> <li>1591: Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Cockburn_(died_1623)" title="John Cockburn (died 1623)">John Cockburn</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ormiston" title="Ormiston">Ormiston</a> (d.1623)</li> <li>1625: Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Elphinstone" title="George Elphinstone">George Elphinstone</a> of Blythswood</li> <li>1634: Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Carmichael,_1st_Lord_Carmichael" class="mw-redirect" title="James Carmichael, 1st Lord Carmichael">James Carmichael</a> of that Ilk</li> <li>1637: Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston</li> <li>1651–63: Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Moray" title="Robert Moray">Robert Moray</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1663–71: Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Home,_of_Renton,_Lord_Renton" class="mw-redirect" title="John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton">John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1671–74: Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Lockhart_of_Lee" title="James Lockhart of Lee">James Lockhart of Lee</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (d. 4 June 1674)</li> <li>1674–75: Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Lockhart_of_Lee" title="William Lockhart of Lee">William Lockhart of Lee</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1675–80: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Wallace,_Lord_Craigie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Wallace, Lord Craigie (page does not exist)">Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie</a>, Lord Craigie<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1680–84: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Maitland,_4th_Earl_of_Lauderdale" title="Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale">Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1684–88: <a href="/wiki/James_Foulis,_Lord_Colinton" class="mw-redirect" title="James Foulis, Lord Colinton">Sir James Foulis of Colinton</a>, Lord Colinton</li> <li>1688–90: Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Dalrymple,_1st_Earl_of_Stair" title="John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair">John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1690–92: <a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Campbell" title="Sir George Campbell">Sir George Campbell</a> of Cessnock<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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></li> <li>1692–99: Sir <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cockburn,_Lord_Ormiston" title="Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston">Adam Cockburn of Ormiston</a>, Lord Ormiston<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1699–1702: <a href="/wiki/John_Maxwell,_Lord_Pollok" title="John Maxwell, Lord Pollok">Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Lord Pollok</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1702–04: <a href="/wiki/Roderick_Mackenzie,_Lord_Prestonhall" title="Roderick Mackenzie, Lord Prestonhall">Roderick Mackenzie of Prestonhall</a>, Lord Prestonhall<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1704–05: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hamilton,_Lord_Whitelaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Hamilton, Lord Whitelaw (page does not exist)">Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw</a>, Lord Whitelaw<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1705–10: Sir <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cockburn,_Lord_Ormiston" title="Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston">Adam Cockburn of Ormiston</a>, Lord Ormiston<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1710–14: Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Erskine,_Lord_Grange" title="James Erskine, Lord Grange">James Erskine, Lord Grange</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1714–35: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1735–48: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Fletcher,_Lord_Milton" title="Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton">Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1748–63: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Erskine,_Lord_Tinwald" title="Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald">Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1763–66: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Gilbert_Elliot,_2nd_Baronet,_of_Minto" title="Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet, of Minto">Gilbert Elliot, Lord Minto</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1766–87: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Miller,_Lord_Barskimming" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Miller, Lord Barskimming">Thomas Miller, Lord Barskimming</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1787–99: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Macqueen,_Lord_Braxfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield">Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1799–1804: <a href="/wiki/David_Rae,_Lord_Eskgrove" title="David Rae, Lord Eskgrove">David Rae, Lord Eskgrove</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1804–11: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hope,_Lord_Granton" title="Charles Hope, Lord Granton">Charles Hope, Lord Granton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1811–41: <a href="/wiki/David_Boyle,_Lord_Boyle" title="David Boyle, Lord Boyle">David Boyle, Lord Boyle</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1841–58: <a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_Lord_Hope" title="John Hope, Lord Hope">John Hope, Lord Hope</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1858–67: <a href="/wiki/John_Inglis,_Lord_Glencorse" title="John Inglis, Lord Glencorse">John Inglis, Lord Glencorse</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1867–69: <a href="/wiki/George_Patton,_Lord_Glenalmond" title="George Patton, Lord Glenalmond">George Patton, Lord Glenalmond</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1869–88: <a href="/wiki/James_Moncreiff,_1st_Baron_Moncreiff" title="James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff">James Moncreiff, Lord Moncreiff</a></li> <li>1888–1915: <a href="/wiki/John_Macdonald,_Lord_Kingsburgh" title="John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh">John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1915–22: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickson,_Lord_Dickson" title="Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson">Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1922–33: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Munro,_1st_Baron_Alness" title="Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness">Robert Munro, Lord Alness</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1933–41: <a href="/wiki/Craigie_Aitchison,_Lord_Aitchison" title="Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison">Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1941–47: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cooper,_1st_Baron_Cooper_of_Culross" title="Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross">Thomas Cooper, Lord Cooper</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1941-cooper-clerk_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1941-cooper-clerk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Moncrieff,_Lord_Moncrieff" title="Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff">Alexander Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1947-moncrieff-clerk_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1947-moncrieff-clerk-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1947–62: <a href="/wiki/George_Thomson,_Lord_Thomson" title="George Thomson, Lord Thomson">George Thomson, Lord Thomson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1947-lord-j-clerk_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1947-lord-j-clerk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1962–72: <a href="/wiki/William_Grant,_Lord_Grant" title="William Grant, Lord Grant">William Grant, Lord Grant</a><sup id="cite_ref-Walker_6-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-1962-grant-senator_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-1962-grant-senator-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/John_Wheatley,_Baron_Wheatley" title="John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley">John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley</a><sup id="cite_ref-gazette-wheatley-ljc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-wheatley-ljc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Ross,_Lord_Ross" title="Donald Ross, Lord Ross">Donald Ross, Lord Ross</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/William_Cullen,_Baron_Cullen_of_Whitekirk" title="William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk">William Cullen, Lord Cullen</a><sup id="cite_ref-2001_appointment_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001_appointment-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Gill,_Lord_Gill" title="Brian Gill, Lord Gill">Brian Gill, Lord Gill</a><sup id="cite_ref-2001_appointment_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001_appointment-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sutherland,_Lord_Carloway" title="Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway">Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway</a><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></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Leeona_Dorrian,_Lady_Dorrian" title="Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian">Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian</a><sup id="cite_ref-scts-dorrian-ljc_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scts-dorrian-ljc-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Justice_Clerk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><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>, to whom the Lord Justice Clerk is deputy.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Justice_Clerk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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</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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span> 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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 href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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