Previous Secretaries of the General Council

A list of past postholders

Mr Alexander Smith (Secretary and Registrar to the University) Interim Secretary 1 Oct 1860 to 31 Sept 1868 
Thomas Gilbert  21 Apr 1868 to ? 
Mr Thomas F Harley  Interim Secretary 1 Oct 1906 to 31 Sept 1907 
Mr John Stirton  1 Oct 1907 to 1 May 1912 
Mr Thomas F Harley  Interim Secretary 12 May 1912 to 31 Sept 1940 
D B Horn  1 Oct 1947 to 31 Sept 1950 
Dr Gordon Donaldson  1 Oct 1950 to 31 Sept 1953 
Innes Smith  1 Oct 1954 to 31 Sept 1959 
A Nisbet MA 1 Oct 1960 to 31 Sept 1962 
T J Cadoux MA, PHil  1 Oct 1963 to 31 Sept 1965 
Rev Duncan Shaw PhD  1 Oct 1965 to 31 Sep 1993 
Mr Iain F MacLaren MBChB, FRCESEd, FRCSEng  1 Oct 1993 to 31 Sept 1997 
Mr Alastair Weatherston, CB, MA  1 Oct 1997 to 31 Sept 2001 
Dr Ann Matheson, OBE, MA, Dip. Scottish Studies, Mlitt, PhD, Hon Dlitt  1 Oct 2001 to 31 July 2009 
Dr Simon Cunningham, MA, PhD  1 Aug 2009 to 13 Feb 2010 
Dr Ann Matheson, OBE, MA, Dip. Scottish Studies, Mlitt, PhD, Hon Dlitt  Acting Secretary 13 Feb 2010 to 12 Feb 2011 
Dr Mike Mitchell, BSc, PhD  12 Feb 2011 to 24 Feb 2018
Professor Ann Smyth, BSc, MPhil (Clin Psychol), PhD 24 Feb 2018 to 31 July 2022