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.[1]
majesty, botanist, member, royal, household, scotland, office, created, 1699, from, 1768, until, 1956, combined, with, office, regius, keeper, royal, botanic, garden, edinburgh, also, held, post, regius, professor, botany, university, edinburgh, since, then, o. His 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 1 Contents 1 Office holders 2 See also 3 References 4 Sources 5 Further readingOffice holders editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items July 2012 1699 James Sutherland 1715 Dr William Arthur 1716 Charles Alston 1761 Dr John Hope 2 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 3 1966 Harold Roy Fletcher d 1978 4 1987 Prof Douglas Mackay Henderson 5 2010 Prof Stephen Blackmore 6 See also editRegius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghReferences edit The Laws of Scotland Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Vol 7 The Crown para 846 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh the John Hope Gateway Archived from the original on 30 June 2018 Retrieved 18 May 2016 Edinburgh Gazette 28 April 1922 Edinburgh Gazette 6 Jan 1967 Edinburgh Gazette 5 June 1987 London Gazette 10 Sep 2010 Sources editHolders from 1703 to 1820 from Exchequer Establishment List c 1770 E 229 10 1 in National Archives of Scotland Royal Botanic Garden A Brief HistoryFurther reading editCharles Alston Isaac Bayley Balfour nbsp This Scotland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This botany article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title His Majesty 27s Botanist amp oldid 1109868990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
