Her Majesty's Botanist
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His/Her Majesty's Botanist is a member of the Royal household in Scotland.
The office was created in 1699, and from 1768 until 1956 it was combined with the office of Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Since then the office of HM Botanist has been honorary, but conferred on a serving or retired Regius Keeper.
Office Holders
incomplete list
- 1703: James Sutherland
- 1715: Dr William Arthur
- 1716: Charles Alson
- 1761: Dr John Hope
- 1786: David Rutherford MD
- 1820: Robert Graham MD
- 1845: John Hutton Balfour MD
- 1880: Alexander Dickson MD LLD
- 1888: Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour
- 1922: Prof. Sir Wright Smith (d 1956)
- ?
- 1967: Harold Roy Fletcher (d 1978)
- ?
- 1987: Douglas Mackay Henderson
- 1999: Prof Stephen Blackmore
Sources
Holders from 1703-1820 from "Exchequer Establishment List" c.1770 (E/229/10/1) in National Archives of Scotland
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