Solicitor General for Scotland

Solicitor General for Scotland
Solicitor General for Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba
	Incumbent; Ruth Charteris KC; since 22 June 2021
	Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Appointer	Monarch on the advice of the First Minister
Salary	£115,700 per annum (2023)[1]
Website	Scottish Government \| Solicitor General

His Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law. They are also responsible for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service which together constitute the Criminal Prosecution Service in Scotland.

Until 1999, when the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive were created, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland advised Her Majesty's Government. Since their transfer to the Scottish Government, the British Government has been advised on Scots Law by the Advocate General for Scotland.

The current Solicitor General is Ruth Charteris KC, who is the deputy to the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC since June 2021. This is the first time in history both offices have been filled by two women.

List of Solicitors General for Scotland

List from 1696. Until 1764, the office was at times held jointly.

Pre-Union

1696–1700: Sir Patrick Hume
1701–1706: Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes
1701–1709: William Carmichael

Post-Union

1709–1714: Thomas Kennedy* & Sir James Steuart, Bt.
1714–1716: John Carnegie of Boyseck
1714–1717: Sir James Steuart, Bt.
1717–1720: Robert Dundas, the elder*
1720–1721: Walter Stewart
1721–1733: John Sinclair
1721–1725: Charles Binning
1725–1737: Charles Erskine*
1737: William Grant of Prestongrange*
1742: Robert Dundas, the younger*
1746: Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles & Alexander Hume
1755: Andrew Pringle of Alemore
1759: Thomas Miller*
1760: James Montgomery* & Francis Garden
1764: James Montgomery*
1766: Henry Dundas*
1775: Alexander Murray
1783: Ilay Campbell* & Alexander Wight
1784: Robert Dundas*
1789: Robert Blair
1806: John Clerk
1807: David Boyle
1811: David Monypenny
1813: Alexander Maconochie*
1816: James Wedderburn
1822: John Hope
1830: Henry Cockburn
1834: Andrew Skene
1834: Duncan McNeill*
1835: John Cunninghame
1837: Andrew Rutherfurd*
1839: James Ivory
1840: Thomas Maitland
1841: Duncan McNeill*
1842: Adam Anderson*
1846: Thomas Maitland
1850: James Moncreiff*
1851: John Cowan
1851: George Deas
1852: John Inglis*
1852: Charles Neaves
1853: Robert Handyside
1853: James Craufurd
1855: Thomas Mackenzie
1855: Edward Maitland
1858: Charles Baillie*
1858: David Mure*
1859: George Patton*
1859: Edward Maitland
1862: George Young*
1866: Edward Strathearn Gordon*
1867: John Millar
1868: George Young*
1869: Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark
1874: John Millar
1874: William Watson*
1876: John Macdonald*
1880: John Balfour*
1881: Alexander Asher
1885: James Robertson*
1886: Alexander Asher
1886: James Robertson*
1888: Moir Tod Stormonth Darling
1890: Sir Charles Pearson*
1891: Andrew Murray*
1892: Alexander Asher
1894: Thomas Shaw*
1895: Andrew Murray*
1896: Charles Dickson*
1903: David Dundas
1905: Edward Theodore Salvesen
October 1905: James Avon Clyde*[2]
December 1905: Alexander Ure*[3]
February 1909: Arthur Dewar[4]
April 1910: William Hunter[5]
December 1911: Andrew Anderson[6]
October 1913: Thomas Brash Morison*[7]
1920: Charles David Murray*[8]
March 1922 – July 1922: Andrew Constable[9]
July 1922 – November 1922: William Watson*[10]
November 1922: David Fleming[11]
April 1923: Frederick Thomson[12]
February 1924: John Charles Fenton[13]
November 1924: David Fleming[14]
1925: Alexander Munro MacRobert*[15]
1929: Wilfrid Normand*[16]
1929: John Charles Watson[17]
1931: Wilfrid Normand*[18]
1933: Douglas Jamieson*[19]
1935: Thomas Mackay Cooper[20]
1935: Albert Russell[21]
1936: James Reid[22]
1941: Sir David King Murray[23]
1945: Daniel Blades[24]
1947: John Wheatley[25]*
1947: Douglas Johnston[26]
1951: William Rankine Milligan[27]*
1955: William Grant[28]*
1960: David Anderson[29]
1964: Norman Wylie[30]* (April to October)
1964: James Graham Leechman[31]
1965: Henry Wilson*[32]
1967: Ewan George Francis Stewart[33]
1970: David William Robert Brand[34]
1972: William Stewart[35]
1974: Lord McCluskey[36]
1979: Nicholas Fairbairn[37]
1982: Peter Fraser*
1989: Alan Rodger*
1992: Thomas Dawson
1995: Donald Mackay*
1995: Paul Cullen
1997: Colin Boyd*
2000: Neil Davidson
2001: Elish Angiolini*
2006: John Beckett
2007: Frank Mulholland*
2011: Lesley Thomson[38]
2016: Alison Di Rollo[39]
2021: Ruth Charteris

* = served later as Lord Advocate

Sources

Most of the above list is taken from Haydn's Book of Dignities, 12th edition (1894, reprinted 1969) and from Oxford Companion to Law, Clarendon Press, 1980.

References

"MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 5 April 2023.
"No. 11770". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 October 1905. p. 1001.
"No. 11787". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 1313.
"No. 12118". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 173.
"No. 12242". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 April 1910. p. 444.
"No. 12414". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 1293.
"No. 12613". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 November 1913. p. 1143.
"No. 13583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1920. p. 1008.
"No. 13797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 March 1922. p. 511.
"No. 32728". The London Gazette. 11 July 1922. p. 5193.
"No. 13867". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1922. p. 1779.
"No. 13909". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 April 1923. p. 579.
"No. 14000". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 February 1924. pp. 291–292.
"No. 14076". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 November 1924. p. 1439.
"No. 14193". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1926. p. 1.
"No. 33492". The London Gazette. 7 May 1929. p. 3007.
"No. 14558". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 650.
"No. 14809". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1931. p. 1226.
"No. 15005". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 October 1933. p. 809.
"No. 15174". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1935. p. 424.
"No. 15231". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 December 1935. p. 1021.
"No. 34301". The London Gazette. 3 July 1936. p. 4225.
"No. 15820". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 305.
"No. 16266". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 September 1945. p. 323.
"No. 16424". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 March 1947. p. 123.
"No. 16486". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 October 1947. p. 453.
"No. 16906". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 1951. p. 565.
"No. 17251". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1955. p. 19.
"No. 17822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1960. p. 295.
"No. 18240". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 April 1964. p. 271.
"No. 18292". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1964. p. 671.
"No. 18398". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 713.
"No. 18612". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1967. p. 887.
"No. 18892". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 June 1970. p. 567.
"No. 19151". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1972. p. 993.
"No. 46248". The London Gazette. 26 March 1974. p. 3898.
"No. 20497". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 May 1979. p. 559.
"First minister Alex Salmond unveils enlarged cabinet". BBC News. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
"Holyrood approves James Wolffe and Alison Di Rollo as top legal officers". The Scotsman. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

External links

Solicitor General on the Scottish Government website
Law officers on the Scottish Parliament website

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[1] "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 5 April 2023.

[gazette-1905-clyde-sol-gen-2] "No. 11770". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 October 1905. p. 1001.

[gazette-1905-ure-sol-gen-3] "No. 11787". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 1313.

[gazette-1909-dewar-sol-gen-4] "No. 12118". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 173.

[gazette-1910-hunter-solgen-5] "No. 12242". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 April 1910. p. 444.

[gazette-dec-1911-anderson-sol-gen-6] "No. 12414". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 1293.

[gazette-nov-1913-sol-gen-7] "No. 12613". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 November 1913. p. 1143.

[gazette-1920-solgen-8] "No. 13583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1920. p. 1008.

[gazette-mar-1922-sol-gen-9] "No. 13797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 March 1922. p. 511.

[gazette-july-1922-watson-sol-gen-10] "No. 32728". The London Gazette. 11 July 1922. p. 5193.

[gazette-nov-1922-sol-gen-11] "No. 13867". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1922. p. 1779.

[gazette-apr-1923-sol-gen-12] "No. 13909". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 April 1923. p. 579.

[gazette-feb-1924-fenton-sol-gen-13] "No. 14000". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 February 1924. pp. 291–292.

[gazette-nov-1924-sol-gen-14] "No. 14076". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 November 1924. p. 1439.

[gazette-1926-sol-gen-15] "No. 14193". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1926. p. 1.

[gazette-may-1929-sol-gen-16] "No. 33492". The London Gazette. 7 May 1929. p. 3007.

[gazette-jun-1929-sol-gen-17] "No. 14558". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 650.

[gazette-nov-1931-normand-sol-gen-18] "No. 14809". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1931. p. 1226.

[gazette-oct-1933-jamieson-sol-gen-19] "No. 15005". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 October 1933. p. 809.

[gazette-may-1935-solgen-20] "No. 15174". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1935. p. 424.

[gazette-dec-1935-solgen-21] "No. 15231". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 December 1935. p. 1021.

[gazette-1936-solgen-22] "No. 34301". The London Gazette. 3 July 1936. p. 4225.

[gazette-1941-solgen-23] "No. 15820". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 305.

[gazette-sept-1945-solgen-24] "No. 16266". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 September 1945. p. 323.

[gazette-march-1947-solgen-25] "No. 16424". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 March 1947. p. 123.

[gazette-oct-1947-solgen-26] "No. 16486". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 October 1947. p. 453.

[gazette-1951-solgen-27] "No. 16906". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 1951. p. 565.

[gazette-1955-solgen-28] "No. 17251". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1955. p. 19.

[gazette-1960-solgen-29] "No. 17822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1960. p. 295.

[gazette-april-1964-solgen-30] "No. 18240". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 April 1964. p. 271.

[gazette-oct-1964-solgen-31] "No. 18292". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1964. p. 671.

[gazette-1965-solgen-32] "No. 18398". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 713.

[gazette-1967-solgen-33] "No. 18612". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1967. p. 887.

[gazette-1970-sol-gen-34] "No. 18892". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 June 1970. p. 567.

[gazette-1972-solgen-35] "No. 19151". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1972. p. 993.

[gazette-1974-solgen-36] "No. 46248". The London Gazette. 26 March 1974. p. 3898.

[gazette-1979-sol-gen-37] "No. 20497". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 May 1979. p. 559.

[bbc-2011-cabinet-38] "First minister Alex Salmond unveils enlarged cabinet". BBC News. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[scotsman-law-off-2016-06-01-39] "Holyrood approves James Wolffe and Alison Di Rollo as top legal officers". The Scotsman. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.