Lord Chancellor of Scotland
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The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a Great Officer of State in pre-Union Scotland.
Holders of the office are known from 1123 onwards, but its duties were occasionally performed by an official of lower status with the title of Keeper of the Great Seal. From the 15th century, the Chancellor was normally a Bishop or an Earl.
At the Union, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, but the Earl of Seafield continued as Lord Chancellor of Scotland until 1708. He was re-appointed in 1713 and sat as an Extraordinary Lord of Session in that capacity until his death in 1730. It has been argued that the office is only in abeyance and could be revived, although revival seems unlikely at the present time.
[edit] List of Lord Chancellors of Scotland
This table lists the Lords Chancellor of Scotland and Lords High Chancellor of Scotland.
- William Comyn (1133-1142)
- Enguerrand, Bishop of Glasgow (1161–64, again 1171?)
- Walter de Bidun, Bishop of Dunkeld (?-1178)
- Hugh de Roxburgh, Bishop of Glasgow (1188–99)
- William de Malveisin, Bishop of Glasgow, St Andrew's (1199-1211)
- Florence of Holland, Bishop of Glasgow (1203-?)
- Thomas, Archdeacon of Lothian (?-1227)
- Matthew the Scot, Bishop-elect of Aberdeen and Dunkeld (1227-1229)
- William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow (1231-49)
- Robert Kenleith, Abbot of Dunfermline (1249-1251)
- Gamelin, Bishop of St Andrew’s (1251-1255)
- Archibald, Bishop of Moray (1255)
- Richard de Inverkeithing, Bishop of Dunkeld (1255-1257)
- William Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow (1257-1274)
- William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrew’s (1275-1282)
- Alan of St Edmund, Bishop of Caithness (1282-1285)
- Thomas Charteris (1285-1289)
- Bernard de Linton, Abbot of Arbroath (1308-1328)
- Adam Murray, Bishop of Brechin (1328-1335)
- Thomas de Charteris (1335-1346)
- William Caldwell (1349-1354)
- Patrick Leuchars, Bishop of Brechin (1354-1370)
- John de Carrick (1370)
- William de Lawedre, Bishop of Glasgow (1423-1427)
- John Cameron, Bishop of Glasgow (1427-1439)
- Sir William Crichton (1439-1444)
- James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrew's (1444)
- James Bruce, Bishop of Dunkeld (1444-1449)
- William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton (1449-1454)
- William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney (1454-1456)
- George Shoreswood, Bishop of Brechin (1456-1460)
- Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avandale (1460-1482)
- John Laing, Bishop of Glasgow (1482-1483)
- Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (1483-1488)
- William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen (1488)
- Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (1488-1493)
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1493-1498)
- George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (1498-1501)
- James Stewart, Duke of Ross, Archbishop of St Andrew's (1502-1504)
- Vacant (1504-1510)
- Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrew's (1510-1513)
- James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow, St Andrew's (1513-1526)
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1526-1528)
- Gavin Dunbar, Archbishop of Glasgow (1528-1542)
- Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrew's (1543-1546)
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1546-1562)
- James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1563-1566)
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (1566-1567)
- James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1567-1572)
- Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1572-1573)
- John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (1573-1578)
- John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl (1578-1579)
- Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll (1579-1584)
- James Stewart, Earl of Arran (1584-1585)
- Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1587-1595)
- Vacant (1595-1598)
- John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose (1598-1604)
- Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1604-1622)
- George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull (1622-1634)
- John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews (1635-1638)
- Vacant (1638-1641)
- John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1641-1661)
- William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn (1661-1664)
- incomplete 1664-1667
- John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes (1667-1681)
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1682-1684)
- James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth (1684-1688)
- John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (1692-1696)
- Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1696-1702)
- James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield(1702-1704)
- John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1704-1705)
- James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield (1705-1708)