List of presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh facts for kids

16th century

Deacons

• 1535–36 Lancellot Barbour
• 1536–37 Anthony Brussat
• 1537–38 No record
• 1539–40 George Leithe
• 1540–42 No record
• 1543–55 William Quhite
• 1555–57 Alexander Bruce
• 1557–58 Nowie Brussat
• 1558–59 Alexander Bruce
• 1559–60 Patrick Lindesay
• 1560–62 Robert Hendersoun
• 1562–65 James Lindesay
• 1565–66 John Chalmer
• 1566–67 Nowie Brussat
• 1567–68 Alexander Bruce
• 1568–69 Nowie Brussat
• 1569–70 Alexander Bruce
• 1570 Alexander Bruce
• 1571–72 No record
• 1572–73 Robert Hendersoun
• 1573–74 Nowie Brussat
• 1574–78 Gilbert Primrose
• 1578–80 Robert Hendersoun
• 1580–83 Gilbert Primrose
• 1583–84 Robert Hendersoun
• 1584–86 Henrie Blyth
• 1586–87 James Craig
• 1587–88 James Henrysoun
• 1588–89 James Lindsay
• 1589–91 James Henrysoun
• 1591–92 James Craig
• 1592–94 Hendrie Lumisden
• 1594–95 James Rig
• 1595–96 John Naysmyth
• 1596–98 Hendrie Lumisden
• 1598–1600 Andro Scott

17th century

• 1600–01 James Henrysoun
• 1601–00 Henrie Aikman
• 1602–03 Gilbert Primrose
• 1603–05 James Skaithmure
• 1605–06 Hendrie Lumisden/James Kinloch
• 1606–08 Andro Scott
• 1608–10 James Kinloch
• 1610–12 Henrie Aikman
• 1612–14 David Pringle
• 1614–16 James Henrysoun
• 1616–18 Andro Scott
• 1618–19 James Henrysoun
• 1619–20 James Kinloch
• 1620–21 James Brown/Andro Scott
• 1621–20 Andro Scott
• 1622–24 David Pringle
• 1624–26 Henry Aikman
• 1626–27 John Pringill
• 1627–29 Andro Scott
• 1629–31 Laurence Cockburne
• 1631–32 John Ker
• 1632–33 John Spang
• 1633–35 James Rig
• 1635–37 John Pringill
• 1637–39 David Douglas
• 1639–40 John Pringle
• 1640–41 David Douglas
• 1641–42 James Rig
• 1642–44 John Scott
• 1644–46 Alexander Pennycuik
• 1646–48 David Douglas
• 1648–51 James Borthwick
• 1651–52 David Kennedy
• 1652–55 William Burnet
• 1655–57 Thomas Kincaid
• 1657–59 James Cleilland
• 1659–61 James Borthwick
• 1661–63 William Burnet
• 1663–65 Walter Trumble
• 1665–67 Arthur Temple
• 1667–69 Thomas Carter
• 1669–71 Arthur Temple
• 1671–73 Samwell Cheislie
• 1673–75 John Jossie
• 1675–77 William Borthwick
• 1677–79 George Stirling
• 1679–81 James Nisbet
• 1681–83 William Borthwick
• 1683–84 David Turnbull
• 1684–85 David Pringle
• 1685–87 Thomas Edgar
• 1687–89 John Baillie
• 1689–91 George Stirling
• 1691–92 John Raynolds
• 1692–93 James Crawford
• 1693–95 Gideon Eliot
• 1695–97 Alexander Monteith
• 1697–99 Thomas Dunlop acts in place of Gideon Eliot who refuses to accept office
• 1699 Gideon Eliot
• 1699–1700 Alexander Monteith

18th century

• 1701–02 Alexander Monteith acts in place of Robert Clerk who refuses to accept office
• 1702–04 James Hamilton
• 1704–06 Henry Hamilton
• 1706–08 John Mirrie
• 1708–10 Alexander Nesbet
• 1710–12 Henry Hamilton
• 1712–13 John Monro
• 1714–16 John Lauder
• 1716–18 John McGill
• 1718–20 John Lauder
• 1720–22 Robert Hope
• 1722–24 John Knox
• 1724–25 John Kirkwood
• 1725–26 John Kennedy
• 1726–28 John Kirkwood
• 1728–30 John Kennedy
• 1730–32 John Lauder
• 1732–34 John McGill
• 1734–36 John Kennedy
• 1736–37 John Lauder
• 1737–39 William Mitchel
• 1739–40 George Cunninghame
• 1740–42 Alexander Nesbet
• 1742–44 George Langlands
• 1744–46 George Lauder
• 1746–48 George Cunninghame
• 1748–50 Adam Drummond
• 1750–52 George Cunningham
• 1752–54 James Russell
• 1754–56 Robert Walker
• 1756–58 Thomas Young
• 1758–60 William Chalmer
• 1760–62 John Balfour
• 1762–64 Alexander Wood
• 1764–66 James Rae
• 1766–68 James Brodie
• 1768–70 Robert Smith
• 1770–72 David Wardrobe
• 1772–74 William Inglis
• 1774–76 Andrew Wood
• 1776–78 Alexander Hamilton

Presidents

• 1778–80 James Gibson
• 1780–82 William Chalmer
• 1782–84 William Inglis
• 1784–86 Thomas Hay
• 1786–88 Forrest Dewar
• 1788–90 Andrew Wardrop
• 1790–92 William Inglis
• 1792–94 Thomas Wood
• 1794–96 Thomas Hay
• 1796–98 James Russell
• 1798–1800 Andrew Wood

19th century

• 1800–02 James Law
• 1802–04 John Bennet
• 1804–06 John Rae
• 1806–08 William Farquharson
• 1808–10 Andrew Inglis
• 1810–12 Alexander Gillespie
• 1812–14 James Law
• 1814–16 Sir William Newbigging
• 1816–18 James Bryce
• 1818–20 Alexander Gillespie
• 1820–22 John Henry Wishart
• 1822–24 William Wood
• 1824–26 David Hay
• 1826–28 David Maclagan
• 1828–30 William Wood, second term
• 1830–32 John Gairdner
• 1832–34 John Campbell
• 1834–36 William Brown
• 1836–38 George Ballingall
• 1838–40 Adam Hunter
• 1840–42 Richard Huie
• 1842–44 Andrew Fyfe
• 1844–46 James Simson
• 1846–48 Samuel Alexander Pagan
• 1848–49 John Argyll Robertson
• 1849–51 James Syme
• 1851–53 James Scarth Combe
• 1853–55 Archibald Inglis
• 1855–57 Andrew Wood
• 1857–59 Robert Omond
• 1859–61 Andrew Douglas Maclagan
• 1861–63 Patrick Small Newbigging
• 1863–65 Benjamin Bell
• 1865–67 James Dunsmure
• 1867–69 James Spence
• 1869–72 James Gillespie
• 1872–73 William Walker
• 1873–75 James Simson
• 1875–77 Sir Henry Littlejohn
• 1877–79 Sir Patrick Heron Watson
• 1879–82 Francis Brodie Imlach
• 1882–83 Sir William Turner
• 1883–84 John Smith
• 1885–87 Douglas Argyll Robertson
• 1887–89 Joseph Bell
• 1889–91 John Duncan
• 1891–93 Robert James Blair Cunynghame
• 1893–95 Peter Maclaren
• 1895–97 John Struthers
• 1897–99 John Chiene

20th century

• 1899–1901 James Dunsmure
• 1901–03 Sir John Halliday Croom
• 1903–05 Sir Patrick Heron Watson
• 1905–07 Charles MacGillivray
• 1907–10 Joseph Montagu Cotterill
• 1910–12 Sir George Andreas Berry
• 1912–14 Francis Mitchell Caird
• 1914–17 Sir James Hodsdon
• 1917–19 Robert Johnston
• 1919–21 George Mackay
• 1921–23 Sir David Wallace
• 1923–25 Sir Harold Jalland Stiles
• 1925–27 Arthur Logan Turner
• 1927–29 Alexander Miles
• 1929–31 James Haig Ferguson
• 1931–33 John Dowden
• 1933–35 Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair
• 1935–37 Sir Henry Wade
• 1937–39 William James Stuart
• 1939–41 Harry Moss Traquair
• 1942–43 John William Struthers
• 1943–45 Robert William Johnstone
• 1945–47 James Methuen Graham
• 1947–49 Francis Jardine
• 1949–51 Walter Quarry Wood
• 1951–56 Sir Walter Mercer
• 1957–62 Sir John Bruce
• 1962–64 James Johnston Mason Brown
• 1964–67 George Ian Scott
• 1967–70 James Roderick Johnston Cameron
• 1970–73 Sir Donald Douglas
• 1973–76 James Alexander Ross
• 1976–79 Andrew Wilkinson
• 1979–82 Francis John Gillingham
• 1982–85 Sir James Fraser
• 1985–88 Thomas Jaffray McNair
• 1989–91 Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm
• 1991–94 Patrick Stewart Boulter
• 1994–97 Sir Robert Shields
• 1997–2000 Arnold George Dominic Maran

21st century

• 2000–03 Sir John Temple
• 2003–06 John Allan Raymond Smith
• 2006–09 John D. Orr
• 2009–12 David Tolley
• 2012–15 Ian Ritchie
• 2015–18 Michael Lavell-Jones
• 2018–2022 Professor Michael Griffin OBE
• 2022–present Professor Rowan Parks