Past Postholders of the General Council Business Committee. Conveners of the Business Committee of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh Professor John Hutton Balfour MD 25 Oct 1859 to 31 Sept 1860 Dr Christison 1 Oct 1860 to 31 Sept 1863 Rev Kenneth MacLeay Phin, DD 1 Oct 1863 to 31 Sept 1864 Dr Andrew Wood 1 Oct 1864 to 31 Sept 1874 James Stormonth Darling 1 Oct 1874 to 31 Sept 1881 Alexander Gibson , MA, Advocate 1 Oct 1881 to 31 Sept 1883 Dr Aeneas J G Mackay LLD 1 Oct 1883? to 31 Sept 1886 John Rankine, Advocate 1 Oct 1886 to 17 April 1888 Dr John Duncan 18 April 1888 to 31 Sept 1888 Mr J Campbell Lorimer 1 Oct 1888 to 31 Sept 1902 Mr John A Trail, MA, LLB, LLD 1 Oct 1902? to 31 Sept 1905 Mr David D Buchan MA, LLB 1 Oct 1905 to 31 Sept 1909 Mr John Brown Clark, MA 1 Oct 1909 to 31 Sept 1913 Principal Alexander Morgan 1 Oct 1917 to 31 Sept 1932 Mr Neil MacLean 1 Oct 1932 to 31 Sept 1938 Alexander McCallum 1 Oct 1938 to 31 Sept 1946 Rev D W P Strang 1 Oct 1946 to 31 Sept 1949 Mr George Robertson 1 Oct 1949 to 31 Sept 1954 Dr H J L Robbie 1 Oct 1954 to 31 Sept 1961 Ralph B Kerr 1 Oct 1961 to 31 Sept 1968 J Boyd Smith MA 1 Oct 1968 to 31 Sept 1975 I G S MacGregor 1 Oct 1975 to 31 Sept 1980 F W F O'Brien 1 Oct 1980 to 31 Sept 1984 J G Gray MA, LLB, SSC 1 Oct 1984 to 31 Sept 1988 David A Eunson, MA, BA, Med 1 Oct 1988 to 31 Sept 1992 J H McKay, CBE, BA, PhD, Drhc 1 Oct 1992 to 31 Sept 1996 Mrs Margaret Tait, BSc 1 Oct 1996 to 31 Sept 2000 Mr Peter Freshwater, MA, ALA, FSA Scot 1 Oct 2000 to 31 July 2004 Mr Alan Johnston, MBA, CChem, FRSC, CBiol, FIBiol 1 Aug 2004 to 31 July 2008 Alan D G Brown, MB ChB, FRCOG, FRCS Ed 1 Aug 2008 to 31 July 2012 Professor Charles Swainson, MBChB, FRCPE, FRCSE, FFPHM 1 Aug 2012 to 31 July 2016 Professor Stuart Macpherson, OBE, MBChB, FRCS, FRCP, FRCGP 1 Aug 2016 to 31 July 2020 Sir Philip Mawer, DLitt, LLD (Hon), MA, DPA, Hon FIA 1 Aug 2020 to 31 July 2024 Vice Conveners of the Business Committee of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh I W Noble MA, LLB, WS 1 Oct 1968 to 31 Sept 1973 I G S MacGregor MA, MEd 1 Oct 1973 to 31 Sept 1975 Miss A M Macleod BSc, PhD, DSc, RSE 1 Oct 1975 to 31 Sept 1978 M E L Weir, MA, LLB, WS 1 Oct 1978 to 31 Sept 1982 J G Gray, MA, LLB, SSC, JP 1 Oct 1982 to 31 Sept 1984 G K W Arkieson, DFC, MA, LLB 1 Oct 1984 to 31 Sept 1987 D A Eunson, MA, BA, MED 1 Oct 1987 to 31 Sept 1989 Mrs M M Turneau, MA, BCom 1 Oct 1989 to 31 Sept 1992 Mrs Margaret Tait, BSc 1 Oct 1992 to 31 Sept 1996 Professor Peter N Wilson, CBE 1 Oct 1996 to 31 Sept 2000 Mr Alan Johnston, MBA, CChem, FRSC, CBiol, FIBiol 1 Oct 2000 to 31 July 2004 Mr Neil Hynd, LVO, Barch 1 Aug 2004 to 31 July 2008 Dr Frances Dow, CBE, MA, DPhil 1 Aug 2008 to 31 July 2016 Mr Gordon Cairns, LLB 1 Aug 2016 to 31 July 2024 Disclaimer Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information on this page is accurate the General Council and the University of Edinburgh do not take responsibility for any inaccuracies. If errors are spotted it would be very much appreciated if they are reported to the General Council. Contact the General Council general.council@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-07-08
