1702 - June 1704: Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh 1704-1705: James Johnston April 1705 - July 1708: James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh 1708-14: David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow 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 1761 Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet 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 2007: James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern References See also Registrar General for Scotland Lord Justice Clerk Great Officers of State of Scotland Positions within the British Royal Household Scots law formal titles Political office-holders in Scotland Lists of office-holders in Scotland Scots law