List of provosts of Glasgow facts for kids

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The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is like the main leader of the Glasgow City Council. Think of them as the mayor of Glasgow! They are chosen by the city councillors from among themselves at the very first meeting of the council. The Lord Provost leads the city council meetings and also acts as a special representative for the whole city.

Besides being the head of the city council, the Lord Provost of Glasgow also has two other important jobs:

They are the Lord-Lieutenant for the area of Glasgow. This means they represent the King or Queen in the city.
They are a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses. This involves helping with lighthouses in Scotland.

Every one of the 32 local areas in Scotland chooses a provost. But only the four biggest cities – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee – have a Lord Provost. These special Lord Provosts also serve as the lord-lieutenant for their city. This rule is set out in a law called the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

As of 2017, the Lord Provost earned about £41,546 a year, plus an extra £5000 for expenses.

The current Lord Provost of Glasgow, chosen in May 2022, is Jacqueline McLaren.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow gets to use a special black car, which is always a limousine. This car always has the unique license plate "G0". Some of the old limousines used by past Lord Provosts are on display at Glasgow's Transport Museum. The car used right now is a Rolls-Royce Ghost, which was given to the city by Boyd Tunnock in 2018.

Who Were Glasgow's Leaders?
- Early Provosts and Lord Provosts

Who Were Glasgow's Leaders?

Early Provosts and Lord Provosts

In the old days, the city of Glasgow was managed by officials called Bailies or Provosts. They worked for the Bishops of Glasgow. The job of a single main leader, called the Provost, started around the early 1450s. Over time, this role became what we now know as the Lord Provost.

Here is a list of some of the people who have held this important position throughout history:

Provosts and Lord Provosts of Glasgow (15th to 18th Century)

(1450x1453–1479) John Stewart
(1480) Sir Thomas Stewart of Minto
(1485–1489) Robert Stewart
(1491) Andrew Otterburn
(1497) Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
(1498–1499) John Stewart
(1502–1505) Allan Stewart of Cardonald
(1505–1507) Patrick Colquhoun of Glen
(1507–1509) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1509–1513) Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
(1513–1514) John Shaw
(1514–1516) George Colquhoun of Glen
(1526–1536) Sir Robert Stewart of Minto
(1537–1539) Archibald Dunbar of Baldoon
(1543–1544) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1544–1549) Archibald Hamilton of Medop
(1549–1550) James Hamilton of Torrance
(1550–1559) Andrew Hamilton of Cochno
(1559–1562) Robert Lindsay of Dunrod
(1565–1573) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1573–1576) Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
(1577) Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill
(1578–1579) Robert Stewart, 7th Earl of Lennox
(1580) Esmé Stewart, 8th Earl of Lennox
(1581–1582) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1583) John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
(1584–1585) Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth
(1588–1589) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1594–1597) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1599) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1600–1601) Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood
(1604–1605) Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood
(1607–1608) John Houston of Houston
(1609–1612) James Inglis
(1613) James Stewart I
(1614–1616) James Hamilton
(1617–1618) James Stewart I
(1619–1620) James Inglis
(1621–1622) James Hamilton
(1623–1624) Gabriel Cunningham
(1625–1626) James Inglis
(1627–1628) James Hamilton
(1629–1632) Gabriel Cunningham
(1633) William Stewart
(1634–1635) Patrick Bell
(1636) Colin Campbell I
(1637) James Stewart II
(1638) Patrick Bell
(1639) Gabriel Cunningham
(1640) James Stewart II
(1641–1642) William Stewart
(1643–1644) James Bell
(1645–1646) George Porterfield
(1647) James Stewart
(1648) Colin Campbell II
(1648–1649) George Porterfield
(1650) John Graham
(1651) George Porterfield
(1652) Daniel Wallace
(1655–1656) John Anderson I
(1658) John Anderson II
(1658–1659) Sir John Bell
(1660–1661) Colin Campbell II
(1662–1663) Sir John Bell
(1664–1666) William Anderson
(1667) John Anderson II
(1668) William Anderson
(1669) James Campbell
(1670–1673) William Anderson
(1674–1675) Sir John Bell
(1676–1677) James Campbell
(1678–1681) Sir John Bell
(1682–1683) John Barns
(1684–1685) John Johnston
(1686–1687) John Barns
(1688-1689) Walter Gibson
(1689–1690) John Anderson III
(1691–1692) James Peadie of Ruchill
(1693–1694) William Napier
(1695–1696) John Anderson III
(1697–1698) James Peadie of Ruchill
(1699–1700) John Anderson III
(1701–1703) Sir Hugh Montgomery
(1703–1705) John Anderson III
(1705–1707) John Aird
(1707–1709) Robert Rodger (Whig)
(1709–1711) John Aird
(1711–1713) Robert Rodger (Whig)
(1713–1715) John Aird
(1715–1717) John Bowman I
(1717–1719) John Aird
(1719–1721) John Bowman I
(1721–1723) John Aird
(1723–1725) Charles Miller
(1725–1727) John Stark
(1727–1728) James Peadie II
(1728–1730) John Stirling
(1730–1732) Peter Murdoch of Rosehill
(1732–1734) Hugh Rodger
(1734–1736) Andrew Ramsay
(1736–1738) John Coulter
(1738–1740) Andrew Alton
(1740–1742) Andrew Buchanan of Drumpellier
(1742–1744) Lawrence Dinwiddie
(1744–1746) Andrew Cochrane
(1746–1748) John Murdoch of Rosebank
(1748–1750) Andrew Cochrane
(1750–1752) John Murdoch of Rosebank
(1752–1754) John Brown
(1754–1756) George Murdoch
(1756–1758) Robert Christie
(1758–1760) John Murdoch of Rosebank
(1760–1762) Andrew Cochrane
(1762–1764) Archibald Ingram
(1764–1766) John Bowman II
(1766–1768) George Murdoch
(1768–1770) James Buchanan of Drumpellier
(1770–1772) Colin Dunlop of Carmyle
(1772–1774) Arthur Connell
(1774–1776) James Buchanan of Drumpellier
(1776–1778) Robert Donald
(1778–1780) William French
(1780) James Coats Campbell
(1780–1782) Hugh Wyllie
(1782–1784) Patrick Colquhoun
(1784–1786) James Coats Campbell
(1786–1788) John Riddell
(1788–1790) John Campbell of Clathick
(1790–1792) James McDowall
(1792–1794) Gilbert Hamilton of Glenarbuck
(1794–1796) John Dunlop of Rosebank
(1796–1798) James McDowall
(1798–1800) Lawrence Craigie

Lord Provosts of Glasgow (19th Century)

1800–1802 – John Hamilton
1802–1804 – Lawrence Craigie
1804–1806 – John Hamilton
1806–1808 – James MacKenzie of Craigpark
1808–1810 – James Black
1810–1812 – John Hamilton
1812–1814 – Kirkman Finlay (Tory)
1814–1816 – Henry Monteith
1816–1818 – James Black
1818 – Kirkman Finlay (Tory)
1818–1820 – Henry Monteith
1820–1822 – John Thomas Alston
1822–1824 – William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie
1824–1826 – Mungo Nutter Campbell
1826–1828 – William Hamilton
1828–1830 – Alexander Garden
1830–1832 – Robert Dalglish
1832–1833 – James Ewing
1833–1834 – Robert Grahame of Whitehill (Whig)
1834–1837 – William Mills (Whig)
1837–1840 – Henry Dunlop of Craigton FRSE (Whig)
1840–1843 – Sir James Campbell (Conservative)
1843–1846 – James Lumsden (Whig)
1846–1848 – Alexander Hastie (Whig)
1848–1851 – Sir James Anderson
1851–1854 – Robert Stewart
1854–1857 – Sir Andrew Orr (Liberal)
1857–1860 – Andrew Galbraith
1860–1863 – Peter Clouston
1863–1866 – John Blackie (Liberal)
1866–1869 – Sir James Lumsden (Liberal)
1869–1871 – William Rae Arthur
1871–1874 – Sir James Watson
1874–1877 – Sir James Bain
1877–1880 – Sir William Collins (Liberal)
1880–1883 – John Ure
1883–1886 – Sir William McOnie
1886–1889 – Sir James King
1889–1892 – Sir John Muir
1892–1896 – Sir James Bell
1896–1899 – Sir David Richmond

Lord Provosts of Glasgow (20th Century)

1899–1902 – Sir Samuel Chisholm (Liberal)
1902–1905 – Sir John Ure Primrose (Conservative)
1905–1908 – Sir William Bilsland
1908–1911 – Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw (Conservative)
1911–1914 – Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson (Liberal)
1914–1917 – Sir Thomas Dunlop (Unionist)
1917–1920 – Sir James Stewart
1920–1923 – Sir Thomas Paxton (Unionist)
1923–1926 – Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery (Unionist)
1926–1929 – Sir David Mason (Moderates)
1929–1932 – Sir Thomas Kelly (Moderates)
1932–1935 – Sir Alexander B Swan (Moderates)
1935–1938 – Sir John Stewart (Labour)
1938–1941 – Sir Patrick Dollan (Labour)
1941–1943 – John McLaren Biggar (Labour)
1943–1945 – James Welsh (Labour)
1945–1949 – Sir Hector McNeill (Labour)
1949–1952 – Sir Victor Warren (Progressive)
1952–1955 – Thomas Kerr (Labour)
1955–1958 – Andrew Hood (Labour)
1958–1960 – Sir Myer Galpern (Labour)
1960–1963 – Dame Jean Roberts (Labour)
1963–1965 – Sir Peter Meldrum (Labour)
1965–1969 – John Johnston (Labour)
1969–1972 – Sir Donald Liddle (Progressive)
May–July 1972 – John Mains (Labour)
1972–1975 – Sir William Gray (Labour)
1975–1977 – Peter McCann (Labour)
1977–1980 – David Hodge (Labour)
1980–1984 – Michael Kelly (Labour)
1984–1988 – Robert Gray (Labour)
1988–1992 – Susan Baird (Labour)
1992–1994 – Robert Innes (Labour)
1994–1995 – James Shields (Labour)
1995–1996 – Tommy Dingwall (Labour)
1996–1999 – Pat Lally (Labour)
1999–2003 – Alex Mosson (Labour)

Lord Provosts of Glasgow (21st Century)

2003–2007 – Liz Cameron (Labour)
2007–2012 – Bob Winter (Labour)
2012–2017 – Sadie Docherty (Labour)
2017–2019 – Eva Bolander (Scottish National Party)
2019–2022 – Philip Braat (Labour)
2022– Jacqueline McLaren (Scottish National Party)

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