This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, which was granted its Royal Charter by Charles II in 1681.
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Image | President | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
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Professor Andrew Elder | 2021 | |||
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Professor Angela Thomas | 2020 | 2021 | Acting President | |
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Professor Andrew Elder | 2020 | 2020 | ||
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Professor Derek Bell | 2014 | 2020 | ||
Dr Neil Dewhurst | 2010 | 2014 | |||
Professor Sir Neil Douglas | 2004 | 2010 | |||
Dr Niall Finlayson | 2001 | 2004 | |||
Professor James Petrie | 1997 | 2001 | |||
Dr John D Cash | 1994 | 1997 | |||
Dr Anthony Toft | 1991 | 1994 | |||
Professor John Richmond | 1988 | 1991 | |||
Professor Michael Oliver | 1985 | 1988 | |||
Professor Ronald Girdwood | 1982 | 1985 | |||
Professor John Strong | 1979 | 1982 | |||
Dr Ronald Robertson [1] | 1976 | 1979 | |||
Professor Sir John Wenman Crofton [2] | 1973 | 1976 | |||
Sir John Halliday Croom | 1970 | 1973 | |||
Dr Christopher William Clayson | 1966 | 1969 | |||
Sir Ian George Wilson Hill [3] | 1963 | 1966 | |||
Sir James Davidson Stuart Cameron | 1960 | 1963 | |||
Dr Andrew Rae Gilchrist | 1957 | 1960 | |||
Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson [4] | 1953 | 1957 | |||
William Alister Alexander [5] | 1951 | 1953 | |||
Sir David Kennedy Henderson | 1949 | 1951 | |||
William Douglas Denton Small | 1947 | 1949 | |||
David Murray Lyon [6] | 1945 | 1947 | |||
Andrew Fergus Hewat | 1943 | 1945 | |||
Charles McNeil | 1940 | 1943 | |||
Alexander Goodall [7] | 1937 | 1940 | |||
Professor William Thomas Ritchie [7] | 1935 | 1937 | |||
Edwin Bramwell | 1933 | 1935 | Son of Byrom Bramwell (see below) | ||
Robert Thin | 1931 | 1933 | |||
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Norman Purvis Walker [7] | 1929 | 1931 | ||
Robert Alexander Fleming | 1927 | 1929 | |||
George Matthew Robertson [7] | 1925 | 1927 | |||
George Lovell Gulland [7] | 1923 | 1925 | |||
Sir Robert William Philip [8] | 1918 | 1923 | |||
Professor William Russell [6] | 1916 | 1918 | |||
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Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour | 1914 | 1916 | ||
John James Graham Brown | 1912 | 1914 | Son of Thomas Brown Free Church moderator. Lecturer in Neurology in University of Edinburgh, born 6 September 1853; died 1925 | ||
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Sir Byrom Bramwell | 1910 | 1912 | ||
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Sir William Allan Jamieson [7] | 1908 | 1910 | ||
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John Playfair | 1908 | 1908 | ||
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Charles Edward Underhill | 1906 | 1908 | Died in office | |
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John Playfair | 1904 | 1906 | ||
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Sir Thomas Smith Clouston | 1902 | 1904 | ||
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Sir Thomas Richard Fraser | 1900 | 1902 | ||
James Andrew [7] | 1898 | 1900 | |||
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Sir John Batty Tuke | 1895 | 1898 | ||
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Sir William Tennant Gairdner [9] | 1893 | 1895 | ||
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Sir Alexander Russell Simpson | 1891 | 1893 | ||
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Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart | 1889 | 1891 | ||
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Robert Peel Ritchie | 1887 | 1889 | ||
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Andrew Douglas Maclagan | 1884 | 1887 | ||
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George William Balfour | 1882 | 1884 | ||
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Daniel Rutherford Haldane | 1879 | 1882 | ||
Alexander Peddie [7] | 1877 | 1879 | |||
Alexander Keiller [7] | 1875 | 1877 | |||
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William Henry Lowe | 1873 | 1875 | ||
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Robert Paterson [7] | 1871 | 1873 | ||
Andrew Halliday Douglas [7] | 1869 | 1871 | |||
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Dr John Moir | 1867 | 1869 | ||
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Dr John Smith | 1865 | 1867 | ||
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John Graham MacDonald Burt | 1863 | 1865 | ||
Dr David Craigie | 1861 | 1863 | |||
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Alexander Wood | 1858 | 1861 | ||
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David Maclagan | 1856 | 1857 | ||
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James Begbie | 1854 | 1856 | ||
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Thomas Stewart Traill | 1852 | 1854 | ||
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Sir James Young Simpson | 1850 | 1852 | ||
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Dr William Seller | 1848 | 1850 | ||
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Sir Robert Christison | 1846 | 1848 | 2nd term | |
William Beilby | 1844 | 1846 | |||
Robert Renton | 1842 | 1844 | |||
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Robert Graham | 1840 | 1842 | ||
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Sir Robert Christison | 1838 | 1840 | 1st term | |
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William Alison | 1836 | 1838 | ||
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John Thomson | 1834 | 1836 | ||
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson | 1833 | 1834 | 2nd term | ||
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Dr John MacWhirter | 1831 | 1833 | ||
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson | 1829 | 1831 | 1st term | ||
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Dr Alexander Morison | 1827 | 1829 | ||
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Dr Alexander Monro | 1825 | 1827 | ||
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Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr | 1824 | 1825 | ||
Andrew Duncan, Jnr | 1822 | 1824 | |||
Dr James Buchan | 1819 | 1822 | |||
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Dr Thomas Charles Hope | 1815 | 1819 | ||
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Dr James Hamilton (the Younger) | 1812 | 1815 | ||
Dr James Home | 1809 | 1812 | |||
Dr Charles Stuart | 1806 | 1809 | |||
Dr Thomas Spens | 1803 | 1806 | son of Nathaniel Spens (see below) | ||
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Dr William Wright | 1801 | 1803 | ||
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Dr James Gregory | 1798 | 1801 | ||
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Dr Daniel Rutherford | 1796 | 1798 | ||
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Dr Nathaniel Spens | 1794 | 1796 | ||
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Dr James Hamilton the Elder | 1792 | 1794 | ||
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Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr | 1790 | 1792 | ||
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Dr Joseph Black | 1788 | 1790 | ||
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Dr James Hay | 1786 | 1788 | ||
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Dr John Hope | 1784 | 1786 | ||
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Dr John Gardiner | 1782 | 1784 | ||
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Dr Alexander Monro | 1779 | 1782 | ||
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Dr Gregory Grant | 1777 | 1779 | ||
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Dr Francis Home | 1775 | 1777 | ||
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Dr William Cullen | 1773 | 1775 | ||
Dr Colin Drummond | 1772 | 1773 | |||
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Dr John Boswell | 1770 | 1772 | ||
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Sir Stuart Threipland | 1766 | 1770 | ||
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Dr Robert Whytt | 1763 | 1766 | ||
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Sir Alexander Dick, Bt | 1756 | 1763 | ||
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Dr John Rutherford | 1752 | 1756 | ||
Dr William Porterfield | 1748 | 1752 | |||
Dr William Cochran | 1744 | 1748 | |||
Dr John Clerk | 1740 | 1744 | |||
Dr Robert Lowis | 1735 | 1740 | |||
Dr John Riddell | 1731 | 1735 | |||
Dr Francis Pringle | 1727 | 1731 | |||
Dr John Drummond | 1722 | 1727 | |||
Dr James Forrest | 1719 | 1722 | |||
Dr William Stewart | 1716 | 1719 | |||
Dr Matthew Sinclare | 1708 | 1716 | |||
Dr William Eccles | 1706 | 1708 | |||
Dr James Halket | 1704 | 1706 | |||
Dr Alexander Dundas | 1702 | 1704 | |||
Dr Robert Trotter | 1700 | 1702 | |||
Dr Matthew Sinclare | 1698 | 1700 | |||
Sir Thomas Burnet [7] | 1696 | 1698 | |||
Dr Robert Trotter [7] | 1694 | 1698 | |||
Sir Archibald Stevenson [7] | 1694 [10] | 1694 | 2nd term | ||
Sir Andrew Balfour [7] | 1685 | ? | |||
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Sir Robert Sibbald [7] | 1684 | 1685 | ||
Sir Archibald Stevenson [7] | 1681 | 1684 | 1st term, elected ‘at the inaugural meeting of the College on 18 January 1682’ [11] |
This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, which was granted its Royal Charter by Charles II in 1681.
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Image | President | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
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Professor Andrew Elder | 2021 | |||
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Professor Angela Thomas | 2020 | 2021 | Acting President | |
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Professor Andrew Elder | 2020 | 2020 | ||
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Professor Derek Bell | 2014 | 2020 | ||
Dr Neil Dewhurst | 2010 | 2014 | |||
Professor Sir Neil Douglas | 2004 | 2010 | |||
Dr Niall Finlayson | 2001 | 2004 | |||
Professor James Petrie | 1997 | 2001 | |||
Dr John D Cash | 1994 | 1997 | |||
Dr Anthony Toft | 1991 | 1994 | |||
Professor John Richmond | 1988 | 1991 | |||
Professor Michael Oliver | 1985 | 1988 | |||
Professor Ronald Girdwood | 1982 | 1985 | |||
Professor John Strong | 1979 | 1982 | |||
Dr Ronald Robertson [1] | 1976 | 1979 | |||
Professor Sir John Wenman Crofton [2] | 1973 | 1976 | |||
Sir John Halliday Croom | 1970 | 1973 | |||
Dr Christopher William Clayson | 1966 | 1969 | |||
Sir Ian George Wilson Hill [3] | 1963 | 1966 | |||
Sir James Davidson Stuart Cameron | 1960 | 1963 | |||
Dr Andrew Rae Gilchrist | 1957 | 1960 | |||
Sir Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson [4] | 1953 | 1957 | |||
William Alister Alexander [5] | 1951 | 1953 | |||
Sir David Kennedy Henderson | 1949 | 1951 | |||
William Douglas Denton Small | 1947 | 1949 | |||
David Murray Lyon [6] | 1945 | 1947 | |||
Andrew Fergus Hewat | 1943 | 1945 | |||
Charles McNeil | 1940 | 1943 | |||
Alexander Goodall [7] | 1937 | 1940 | |||
Professor William Thomas Ritchie [7] | 1935 | 1937 | |||
Edwin Bramwell | 1933 | 1935 | Son of Byrom Bramwell (see below) | ||
Robert Thin | 1931 | 1933 | |||
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Norman Purvis Walker [7] | 1929 | 1931 | ||
Robert Alexander Fleming | 1927 | 1929 | |||
George Matthew Robertson [7] | 1925 | 1927 | |||
George Lovell Gulland [7] | 1923 | 1925 | |||
Sir Robert William Philip [8] | 1918 | 1923 | |||
Professor William Russell [6] | 1916 | 1918 | |||
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Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour | 1914 | 1916 | ||
John James Graham Brown | 1912 | 1914 | Son of Thomas Brown Free Church moderator. Lecturer in Neurology in University of Edinburgh, born 6 September 1853; died 1925 | ||
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Sir Byrom Bramwell | 1910 | 1912 | ||
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Sir William Allan Jamieson [7] | 1908 | 1910 | ||
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John Playfair | 1908 | 1908 | ||
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Charles Edward Underhill | 1906 | 1908 | Died in office | |
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John Playfair | 1904 | 1906 | ||
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Sir Thomas Smith Clouston | 1902 | 1904 | ||
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Sir Thomas Richard Fraser | 1900 | 1902 | ||
James Andrew [7] | 1898 | 1900 | |||
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Sir John Batty Tuke | 1895 | 1898 | ||
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Sir William Tennant Gairdner [9] | 1893 | 1895 | ||
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Sir Alexander Russell Simpson | 1891 | 1893 | ||
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Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart | 1889 | 1891 | ||
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Robert Peel Ritchie | 1887 | 1889 | ||
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Andrew Douglas Maclagan | 1884 | 1887 | ||
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George William Balfour | 1882 | 1884 | ||
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Daniel Rutherford Haldane | 1879 | 1882 | ||
Alexander Peddie [7] | 1877 | 1879 | |||
Alexander Keiller [7] | 1875 | 1877 | |||
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William Henry Lowe | 1873 | 1875 | ||
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Robert Paterson [7] | 1871 | 1873 | ||
Andrew Halliday Douglas [7] | 1869 | 1871 | |||
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Dr John Moir | 1867 | 1869 | ||
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Dr John Smith | 1865 | 1867 | ||
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John Graham MacDonald Burt | 1863 | 1865 | ||
Dr David Craigie | 1861 | 1863 | |||
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Alexander Wood | 1858 | 1861 | ||
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David Maclagan | 1856 | 1857 | ||
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James Begbie | 1854 | 1856 | ||
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Thomas Stewart Traill | 1852 | 1854 | ||
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Sir James Young Simpson | 1850 | 1852 | ||
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Dr William Seller | 1848 | 1850 | ||
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Sir Robert Christison | 1846 | 1848 | 2nd term | |
William Beilby | 1844 | 1846 | |||
Robert Renton | 1842 | 1844 | |||
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Robert Graham | 1840 | 1842 | ||
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Sir Robert Christison | 1838 | 1840 | 1st term | |
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William Alison | 1836 | 1838 | ||
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John Thomson | 1834 | 1836 | ||
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson | 1833 | 1834 | 2nd term | ||
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Dr John MacWhirter | 1831 | 1833 | ||
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson | 1829 | 1831 | 1st term | ||
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Dr Alexander Morison | 1827 | 1829 | ||
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Dr Alexander Monro | 1825 | 1827 | ||
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Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr | 1824 | 1825 | ||
Andrew Duncan, Jnr | 1822 | 1824 | |||
Dr James Buchan | 1819 | 1822 | |||
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Dr Thomas Charles Hope | 1815 | 1819 | ||
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Dr James Hamilton (the Younger) | 1812 | 1815 | ||
Dr James Home | 1809 | 1812 | |||
Dr Charles Stuart | 1806 | 1809 | |||
Dr Thomas Spens | 1803 | 1806 | son of Nathaniel Spens (see below) | ||
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Dr William Wright | 1801 | 1803 | ||
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Dr James Gregory | 1798 | 1801 | ||
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Dr Daniel Rutherford | 1796 | 1798 | ||
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Dr Nathaniel Spens | 1794 | 1796 | ||
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Dr James Hamilton the Elder | 1792 | 1794 | ||
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Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr | 1790 | 1792 | ||
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Dr Joseph Black | 1788 | 1790 | ||
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Dr James Hay | 1786 | 1788 | ||
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Dr John Hope | 1784 | 1786 | ||
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Dr John Gardiner | 1782 | 1784 | ||
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Dr Alexander Monro | 1779 | 1782 | ||
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Dr Gregory Grant | 1777 | 1779 | ||
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Dr Francis Home | 1775 | 1777 | ||
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Dr William Cullen | 1773 | 1775 | ||
Dr Colin Drummond | 1772 | 1773 | |||
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Dr John Boswell | 1770 | 1772 | ||
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Sir Stuart Threipland | 1766 | 1770 | ||
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Dr Robert Whytt | 1763 | 1766 | ||
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Sir Alexander Dick, Bt | 1756 | 1763 | ||
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Dr John Rutherford | 1752 | 1756 | ||
Dr William Porterfield | 1748 | 1752 | |||
Dr William Cochran | 1744 | 1748 | |||
Dr John Clerk | 1740 | 1744 | |||
Dr Robert Lowis | 1735 | 1740 | |||
Dr John Riddell | 1731 | 1735 | |||
Dr Francis Pringle | 1727 | 1731 | |||
Dr John Drummond | 1722 | 1727 | |||
Dr James Forrest | 1719 | 1722 | |||
Dr William Stewart | 1716 | 1719 | |||
Dr Matthew Sinclare | 1708 | 1716 | |||
Dr William Eccles | 1706 | 1708 | |||
Dr James Halket | 1704 | 1706 | |||
Dr Alexander Dundas | 1702 | 1704 | |||
Dr Robert Trotter | 1700 | 1702 | |||
Dr Matthew Sinclare | 1698 | 1700 | |||
Sir Thomas Burnet [7] | 1696 | 1698 | |||
Dr Robert Trotter [7] | 1694 | 1698 | |||
Sir Archibald Stevenson [7] | 1694 [10] | 1694 | 2nd term | ||
Sir Andrew Balfour [7] | 1685 | ? | |||
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Sir Robert Sibbald [7] | 1684 | 1685 | ||
Sir Archibald Stevenson [7] | 1681 | 1684 | 1st term, elected ‘at the inaugural meeting of the College on 18 January 1682’ [11] |