苏格兰检察总长
国王陛下的讼辩人（英语：His Majesty's Advocate），又称检察总长[1][2][3]（英语：Lord Advocate，苏格兰盖尔语：Morair Tagraidh，低地苏格兰语：Laird Advocat），是苏格兰政府及苏格兰官方的律政专员，负责处理属于下放至苏格兰议会的权力范围内的民事及刑事事宜。其为苏格兰的首席检控官。所有对可公诉罪行的检控都由皇家检控处及地方检控官服务处（Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service）以苏格兰检察总长的名义作出。[4][5]
| 苏格兰检察总长 | |
|---|---|
| Her Majesty's Lord Advocate Morair Tagraidh | |
 | |
| 皇家检控处及地方检控官服务处 | |
| 任命者 | 英国君主（在谘询苏格兰首席大臣后） |
| 副职 | 苏格兰法律政策专员 |
| 网站 | Scottish Government | Lord Advocate |
担任苏格兰检察总长的官员属于国务重臣。现任为Dorothy Bain，她于2021年6月由苏格兰首席大臣施雅晴提名。[6]
历任苏格兰检察总长列表
英国联合之前
- 1478 or earlier–1494:[7] John Ross of Montgrenan
- 1494–1503: James Henryson of Fordell
- 1503–1521?:[8] Richard Lawson of Heirigs
- 1521–1525: James Wishart of Pittarrow
- 1525–1527: Adam Otterburn of Reidhall
- 1527–1533: John Foulis and Adam Otterburn of Reidhall
- 1533–1538: Adam Otterburn and Henry Lauder
- 1538–1561: Henry Lauder
- Henry Balnaves, to Mary, Queen of Scots
- Thomas Cumin, Lord of Session
- 1561: John Spens of Condie, Lord Condie
- Robert Crichton
- 1573–1582: David Borthwick of Lochhill
- 1582–1589: David Macgill of Cranston-Riddell, and Nisbet
- 1589–1594: John Skene
- 1594: William Hart of Livelands
- 1594–1595: Andrew Logie
- 1595: Sir Thomas Hamilton and David Macgill
- 1596–1612: Sir Thomas Hamilton
- 1612–1626: Sir William Oliphant
- 1626–1645: Sir Thomas Hope, Bt
- 1646–?: Sir Archibald Johnston
- Sir Thomas Nicholson
- 1659–1661: Sir Archibald Primrose
- 1661–1664: Sir John Fletcher
- 1664–1677: Sir John Nisbet
- 1677–1687: Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
- 1687–1688: John Dalrymple
- 1688–1689: Sir George Mackenzie
- 1689–1692: John Dalrymple
- 1692–1707: Sir James Stewart
英国联合之后
- 1707–1709: Sir James Stewart
- 1709–1711: Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- 1711–1713: Sir James Stewart (second time)
- 1714: Thomas Kennedy of Dunure
- 1714–1720: Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- 1720–1725: Robert Dundas the elder
- 1725–1737: Duncan Forbes
- 1737–1742: Charles Erskine
- 1742–1746: Robert Craigie
- 1746–1754: William Grant
- 1754–1760: Robert Dundas the younger
- 1760–1766: Thomas Miller
- 1766–1775: James Montgomery
- 1775–1783: Henry Dundas
- 1783: Hon. Henry Erskine
- 1783–1789: Ilay Campbell
- 1789–1801: Robert Dundas
- 1801–1804: Charles Hope
- 1804–1806: Sir James Montgomery, Bt
- 1806–1807: Hon. Henry Erskine
- 1807–1816: Archibald Colquhoun
- 1816–1819: Alexander Maconochie
- 1819–1830: Sir William Rae
- December 1830 – May 1834: Francis Jeffrey
- May – November 1834: John Murray
- December 1834 – April 1835: Sir William Rae
- April 1835 – April 1839: John Murray
- April 1839 – September 1841: Andrew Rutherfurd
- September 1841 – October 1842: Sir William Rae
- October 1842 – July 1846: Duncan McNeill
- July 1846 – April 1851: Andrew Rutherfurd
- April 1851 – February 1852: James Moncreiff
- February – May 1852: Adam Anderson
- May – December 1852: John Inglis
- December 1852 – March 1858: James Moncreiff
- March – July 1858: John Inglis
- July 1858 – April 1859: Charles Baillie
- April – June 1859: David Mure
- June 1859 – July 1866: James Moncreiff
- July 1866 – February 1867: George Patton
- February 1867 – December 1868: Edward Strathearn Gordon
- December 1868 – October 1869: James Moncreiff
- October 1869 – February 1874: George Young
- 1874–1876: Edward Strathearn Gordon
- July 1876 – April 1880: William Watson
- May 1880 – August 1881: John McLaren
- August 1881 – July 1885: John Blair Balfour
- July 1885 – February 1886: John Macdonald
- February – August 1886: John Blair Balfour
- August 1886 – October 1888: John Macdonald
- October 1888 – August 1891: James Patrick Bannerman Robertson
- October 1891 – August 1892: Sir Charles John Pearson
- August 1892 – July 1895: John Blair Balfour
- July 1895 – May 1896: Sir Charles John Pearson
- May 1896 – October 1903: Andrew Graham Murray
- October 1903 – December 1905: Charles Scott Dickson
- December 1905 – February 1909: Thomas Shaw[9]
- February 1909 – October 1913: Alexander Ure[10]
- October 1913 – December 1916: Robert Munro[11]
- December 1916 – 1920: James Avon Clyde[12]
- 1920–1922: Thomas Brash Morison[13]
- March 1922 – November 1922: Charles David Murray[14]
- November 1922 – February 1924: William Watson[15]
- February 1924 – November 1924: Hugh Pattison MacMillan[16]
- November 1924 – May 1929: William Watson[17]
- May 1929 – June 1929: Alexander Munro MacRobert[18]
- June 1929 – 1933: Craigie Mason Aitchison[19]
- 1933–1935: Wilfrid Guild Normand[20]
- April 1935 – October 1935: Douglas Jamieson[21]
- 1935–1941: Thomas Mackay Cooper[22]
- 1941–1945: James Scott Cumberland Reid[23]
- 1945–1947: George Reid Thomson[24]
- 1947–1951: John Thomas Wheatley[25]
- 1951–1955: James Latham McDiarmid Clyde[26]
- 1955–1960: William Rankine Milligan[27]
- 1960–1962: William Grant[28]
- 1962–1964: Ian Hamilton Shearer[29]
- 1964–1967: George Gordon Stott
- 1967–1970: Henry Stephen Wilson
- 1970–1974: Norman Russell Wylie
- 1974–1979: Ronald King Murray
- 1979–1984: Lord Mackay of Clashfern
- 1984–1989: Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
- 1989–1992: Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
- 1992–1995: Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
- 1995–1997: Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
权力下放之后
- 1997–2000: Lord Hardie
- 2000–2006: Lord Boyd of Duncansby
- 2006–2011: Elish Angiolini
- 2011–2016: Frank Mulholland[30]
- 2016–2021: James Wolffe[31]
- 2021-present: Dorothy Bain
参见
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- ^ Holyrood approves James Wolffe and Alison Di Rollo as top legal officers. The Scotsman. 2016-06-01 [2016-06-05]. （原始内容存档于2016-06-05）.