History of the Auditors of the Court of Session

This office was established by Act of Sederunt, in February 1806.  The Auditor was made a permanent official and a Member of the College of Justice in 1821.  The Auditor is now appointed under Section 14 of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018.

2020 – Present  Robin I Macpherson W.S.

2008 – 2020  Kenneth M Cumming W.S.

1998 – 2008  Neil J Crichton W.S.

1991 – 1998  J Haldane Tait SSC

1982 – 1991  Evan Hugh Weir, W.S.

1967 – 1982  William Rufus Smith, W.S.

1951 – 1967  Alexander Archibald Innes Wedderburn, W.S.

1946 – 1951  W. Melvin Ross, SSC

1921 – 1946  Alexander Thomson Clay, W.S.

1910 – 1921  James Smith Clark, SSC

1894 – 1910  James McIntosh, SSC

1866 – 1894  Edmund Baxter, W.S.

1849 – 1866  John Hunter, W.S.

1806 – 1849  Thomas Guthrie Wright, W.S.