List of Provosts (1540-1975), Irvine, Ayrshire. HOW TO SEARCH HAPPYHAGGIS QUICKLY Feel free to explore the pages of HappyHaggis. If you are having trouble finding something specific, or looking for a specific name, please use the search box at the top of the left-hand index column. This search engine will check www.happyhaggis.co.uk only. Please note, if you are searching two or more words eg. Bill Smith, place the words inside quotation marks eg. "bill smith". Note that some war memorial name lists have first and last names listed while some have initial and surname only. First mention of a provost of Irvine was in 1539. Names and dates until the 18th century are based on a list compiled in 1896 by James Dickie, town clerk. JOHN MURE 1540-42 ROBERT SCOTT 1542-43 STEPHEN TRAN 1551, 1557 ROBERT BARCLAY 1559 JAMES SCOTT 1561 JOHN PEEBLES OF BROOMLANDS 1570, 1596 HUGH SCOTT 1571 HUGH CAMPBELL OF LOUDOUN 1572-73, 1574, 1579, 1582, 1587 WILLIAM SCOTT 1583-84 JAMES MCGOUN 1585 PATRICK TRAN 1591-93, 1600-01 HUGH NEVING 1594-95 ARCHIBALD GEORGE 1601-1603, 1608, 1611-12, 1613-14 NINIAN BARCLAY OF WARRIX 1602, 1616-17 WILLIAM SCOTT 1606 THOMAS BOYD 1608-10 HUGH SCOTT 1615 ANDREW TRAN 1617 ALLAN DUNLOP 1619-21, 1623-28, 1630-31, 1632-34, 1635-36, 1641-42 JAMES SCOTT OF CLONBEITH 1628-30, 1631-32, 1634-35 MR. ROBERT BARCLAY 1639-41, 1642-44, 1648-49, 1655-59 ALLAN DUNLOP OF CRAIG 1645, 1647, 1655, 1659-62 JAMES BLAIR 1646 JOHN REID 1648 JAMES BOYLE 1653-54 JOHN GUTHRIE 1663 ROBERT CUNNINGHAM 1664-68 JAMES BLAIR 1670-71, 1676-77, 1682 ALLAN CUMMING 1672-73, 1674-75, 1679 JAMES BOYLE 1680-82, 1683-85 JOHN MONTGOMERIE OF BEOCH 1685-86 WILLIAM WALLACE OF SHEWALTON 1687-88 ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM OF COLLELLAN 1689-94, 1696-97, 1701-03 THOMAS MCGOUN OF SMITHSTON 1695 WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM 1698-1700, 1710-11, 1712-13, 1715-17, 1719-21 ALEXANDER, 9TH EARL OF EGLINGTON 1702, 1709 WILLIAM MARSHALL 1711-12 WILLIAM MCTAGGART 1713-15, 1717-19, 1721-23, 1726-27, 1730-31, 1733-38 JAMES MARSHALL 1723-26, 1727-29, 1731-33 WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM OF COLLELLAN 1738-40 JAMES BOYLE OF MONTGOMERIESTON 1740-42, 1744-46, 1748-50, 1752-54 JOHN GLASGOW 1742-44, 1746-48, 1750-52 JAMES CAMPBELL 1755-56 JOHN CUMMING OF MILGARHOLM 1756-58 CHARLES HAMILTON OF CRAIGHLAW 1758-60, 1762-4, 1768-70, 1772-4, 1776-78, 1780-82 ALEXANDER, 10TH EARL OF EGLINGTON 1760-62, 1764-66 WILLIAM EWING 1766-68 ARCHIBALD, 11TH EARL OF EGLINGTON 1770-2, 1778-80. 1782-4, 1786-8, 1790-2, 1794-6 ALECANDER MONTGOMERIE OF COILSFIELD 1774-76 JOHN FERGUSSON OF GREENVALE 1784-86 HUGH MONTGOMERIE OF COILSFIELD 1788-90, 1792-94, 1796-97 continuing as HUGH, 12TH EARL OF EGLINGTON 1797-98, 1800-02, 1804-06, 1808-10, 1812-14, 1816-18 ARCHIBALD, LORD MONTGOMERIE 1798-1800, 1802-04, 1806-08, 1810-12 GENERAL JAMES MONTGOMERIE 1814-16, 1818-21, 1823-24, 1826-29 ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERIE OF STAIR 1821-23, 1824-26, 1829-31 WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE OF ANNICK LODGE 1831-33 WILLIAM GRAY OF BLACKLAW 1833-37 WILLIAM THOMSON 1837-39 WILLIAM GILLES 1839-41 WILLIAM B SALMON 1841-45 ALEXANDER ROBERTSON OF WHITEHIRST 1845-50, 1864-66 THOMAS CAMPBELL OF ANNFIELD 1851-64 GEORGE BROWN 1867-72, 1880-81 JOHN PATERSON 1873-78 J GILMOUR 1879 JOHN WRIGHT 1881-88 ANDREW WATT 1888-91 JAMES ARMOUR 1891-94 WILLIAM BRECKENRIDGE 1894-98 CHARLES MURCHLAND 1898-1904 JAMES BORLAND 1904-07, 1910-16 ARCHIBALD KIRKLAND 1907-10 WALTER MUIR 1916-23 ROBERT M HOGG 1923-28 PETER S CLARK 1928-34 WOLLIAM R MCKINLAY 1934-40 MATTHEW LAMONT 1940-46 ARCHIBALD GREEN 1946-50 THOMAS BIMSON 1950-52 JAMES MCDONALD 1952 JAMILTON STEWART 1952-55 GEORGE M DONALDSON 1955-60 JOHN KERR 1960-63 JOHN R ANDERSON 1963-66 WILLIAM WILSON MUIR 1966-69 JOSEPH HUNTER 1969-72 ALEXANDER M RUBIE 1972-75 HappyHaggis.co.uk ©