Secretaries of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh

Mr Alexander Smith (Secretary and Registrar to the University) - Interim Secretary / 1 Oct 1860 / to / 31 Sept 1868
Thomas Gilbert / 21 Apr 1868 / to / ?
Mr Thomas F Harley – Interim Secretary / 1 Oct 1906 / to / 31 Sept 1907
Mr John Stirton / 1 Oct 1907 / to / 1 May 1912
Mr Thomas F Harley – Interim Secretary / 12 May 1912 / to / 31 Sept 1940
D B Horn / 1 Oct 1947 / to / 31 Sept 1950
Dr Gordon Donaldson / 1 Oct 1950 / to / 31 Sept 1953
Innes Smith / 1 Oct 1954 / to / 31 Sept 1959
A Nisbet MA / 1 Oct 1960 / to / 31 Sept 1962
T J Cadoux MA, PHil / 1 Oct 1963 / to / 31 Sept 1965
Rev Duncan Shaw PhD / 1 Oct 1965 / to / 31 Sep 1993
Mr Iain F MacLaren MBChB, FRCESEd, FRCSEng / 1 Oct 1993 / to / 31 Sept 1997
Mr Alastair Weatherston, CB, MA / 1 Oct 1997 / to / 31 Sept 2001
Dr Ann Matheson, OBE, MA, Dip. Scottish Studies, Mlitt, PhD, Hon Dlitt / 1 Oct 2001 / to / 31 July 2009
Dr Simon Cunningham, MA, PhD / 1 Aug 2009 / to / 13 Feb 2010
Dr Ann Matheson, OBE, MA, Dip. Scottish Studies, Mlitt, PhD, Hon Dlitt - Acting Secretary / 13 Feb 2010 / to / 12 Feb 2011
Dr Mike Mitchell, BSc, PhD / 12 Feb 2011 / to / Feb 2019

Conveners of the Business Committee of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh

Professor John Hutton Balfour MD / 25 Oct 1859 / to / 31 Sept 1860
Dr Christison / 1 Oct 1860 / to / 31 Sept 1863
Rev Kenneth MacLeay Phin, DD / 1 Oct 1863 / to / 31 Sept 1864
Dr Andrew Wood / 1 Oct 1864 / to / 31 Sept 1874
James Stormonth Darling / 1 Oct 1874 / to / 31 Sept 1881
Alexander Gibson , MA, Advocate / 1 Oct 1881 / to / 31 Sept 1883
Dr Aeneas J G Mackay LLD / 1 Oct 1883? / to / 31 Sept 1886
John Rankine, Advocate / 1 Oct 1886 / to / 17 April 1888
Dr John Duncan / 18 April 1888 / to / 31 Sept 1888
Mr J Campbell Lorimer / 1 Oct 1888 / to / 31 Sept 1902
Mr John A Trail, MA, LLB, LLD / 1 Oct 1902? / to / 31 Sept 1905
Mr David D Buchan MA, LLB / 1 Oct 1905 / to / 31 Sept 1909
Mr John Brown Clark, MA / 1 Oct 1909 / to / 31 Sept 1913
Principal Alexander Morgan / 1 Oct 1917 / to / 31 Sept 1932
Mr Neil MacLean / 1 Oct 1932 / to / 31 Sept 1938
Alexander McCallum / 1 Oct 1938 / to / 31 Sept 1946
Rev D W P Strang / 1 Oct1946 / to / 31 Sept 1949
Mr George Robertson / 1 Oct 1949 / to / 31 Sept 1954
Dr H J L Robbie / 1 Oct 1954 / to / 31 Sept 1961
Ralph B Kerr / 1 Oct 1961 / to / 31 Sept 1968
J Boyd Smith MA / 1 Oct 1968 / to / 31 Sept 1975
I G S MacGregor / 1 Oct 1975 / to / 31 Sept 1980
F W F O'Brien / 1 Oct 1980 / to / 31 Sept 1984
J G Gray MA, LLB, SSC / 1 Oct 1984 / to / 31 Sept 1988
David A Eunson, MA, BA, Med / 1 Oct 1988 / to / 31 Sept 1992
J H McKay, CBE, BA, PhD, Drhc / 1 Oct 1922 / to / 31 Sept 1996
Mrs Margaret Tait, BSc / 1 Oct 1996 / to / 31 Sept 2000
Mr Peter Freshwater, MA, ALA, FSA Scot / 1 Oct 2000 / to / 31 July 2004
Mr Alan Johnston, MBA, CChem, FRSC, CBiol, FIBiol / 1 Aug 2004 / to / 31 July 2008
Alan D G Brown, MB ChB, FRCOG, FRCS Ed / 1 Aug 2008 / to / 31 July 2012
Charles Swainson, MBChB, FRCPE, FRCSE, FFPHM / 1 Aug 2012 / to / 31 July 2016

Vice Conveners of the Business Committee of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh

I W Noble MA, LLB, WS / 1 Oct 1968 / to / 31 Sept 1973
I G S MacGregor MA, MEd / 1 Oct 1973 / to / 31 Sept 1975
Miss A M Macleod BSc, PhD, DSc, RSE / 1 Oct 1975 / to / 31 Sept 1978
M E L Weir, MA, LLB, WS / 1 Oct 1978 / to / 31 Sept 1982
J G Gray, MA, LLB, SSC, JP / 1 Oct 1982 / to / 31 Sept 1984
G K W Arkieson, DFC, MA, LLB / 1 Oct 1984 / to / 31 Sept 1987
D A Eunson, MA, BA, MED / 1 Oct 1987 / to / 31 Sept 1989
Mrs M M Turneau, MA, BCom / 1 Oct 1989 / to / 31 Sept 1992
Mrs Margaret Tait, BSc / 1 Oct 1992 / to / 31 Sept 1996
Professor Peter N Wilson, CBE / 1 Oct 1996 / to / 31 Sept 2000
Mr Alan Johnston, MBA, CChem, FRSC, CBiol, FIBiol / 1 Oct 2000 / to / 31 July 2004
Mr Neil Hynd, LVO, Barch / 1 Aug 2004 / to / 31 July 2008
Dr Frances Dow, CBE, MA, DPhil / 1 Aug 2008 / to / 31 July 2012
Dr Frances Dow, CBE, MA, DPhil / 1 Aug 2012 / to / 31 July 2016

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