Her Majesty's Botanist

Updated on Dec 24, 2023

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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, who also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. Since then the office of HM Botanist has been honorary, but conferred on a serving or retired Regius Keeper.

Office holders

1699: James Sutherland

1715: Dr William Arthur

1716: Charles Alston

1761: Dr John Hope

1786: Daniel Rutherford MD

1820: Robert Graham MD

1845: John Hutton Balfour MD

1880: Alexander Dickson MD LLD

1888: Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour

1922: Prof. Sir William Wright Smith (d 1956)

1966: Harold Roy Fletcher (d 1978)

1987: Prof. Douglas Mackay Henderson

2010: Prof Stephen Blackmore

References

Her Majesty's Botanist Wikipedia

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