Lord Clerk Register
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The Lord Clerk Register is the oldest surviving Great Office of State in Scotland, with origins in the 13th century. The role has been largely honorific since 1806, when a Deputy Clerk Register was appointed. Most of its remaining functions were removed by the Lord Clerk Register (Scotland) Act (1879), although the Lord Clerk Register remained responsible for the election of representative peers of Scotland until these were abolished in 1963.
The Lord Clerk Register is one of the guardian commissioners for Scotland's Crown Jewels. It is combined with the role of Keeper of the Signet, which was given to the Lord Clerk Register in 1817.
The current Lord Clerk Register is Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and March.
[edit] Office Holders
partial list
- 1531: James Foulis of Colinton
- 1548/9: Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho
- 1554-: James MacGill of Nether Rankeillour
- 1565/6: James Balfour of Pittendreich
- 1567: James MacGill of Nether Rankeillour
- 1579-: Alexander Hay, Lord Easter Kennet (d 1594)
- 1594-1612: Sir John Skene
- 1616-: Alexander Hay, Lord Newton
- 1612-: Sir Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, later Earl of Haddington
- 1632-c.1639: Sir John Hay, Lord Barra
- 1641-: Sir Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie
- 1649-: Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
- 1657-: Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
- 1662: Sir Thomas Murray of Glendoick
- c.1660-1676: Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington
- 1681
- 1696-1702: Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
- 1702-1704: James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh
- 1705-1708: James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh
- 1714: Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ilay, 3rd Duke of Argyll
- 1716: James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
- 1716: Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 2nd Lord Polwarth
- 1733: Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
- 1739: William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian
- 1756: Alexander Hume Campbell
- 1760: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
- 1768: Lord Frederick Campbell
- 1816: Archibald Campbell Colquhoun
- 1821: William Dundas
- 1841: James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
- 1862: Sir William Gibson Craig of Riccarton
- 1879: George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow
- 1890: Douglas Beresford Malise Ronald Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose
- 1926: John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch, 9th Duke of Queensberry
- 1935: Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar, 14th Earl of Kellie
- 1944: Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Baron Elphinstone
- 1956: Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry
- 1974: Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss and March
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