A Lord Provost is the Scottish equivalent of a Lord Mayor. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ...
Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost (mayor). City of Aberdeen is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... City of Dundee (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... City of Edinburgh (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Èideann in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... The City of Glasgow (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities and came into being in 1995. ... Provost (through O. Fr. ...
A privilege beyond that given to Lord Mayors is that the Lord Provost is ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant for that city - allowing them to choose their own representative from the Queen. This page includes English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations such as . ... The title Lord-Lieutenant is given to the British monarchs personal representatives around the United Kingdom. ...
Thus in the rule of St Benedict the provost (praepositus) is the superior of the monastery immediately subordinate to the abbot, the dean (decanus) being associated with him.
The provosts replaced the viscounts wherever the viscounty had not become a fief, and ' Where, however, the head-master, though technically subordinate to the provost, is the effective head of the school.
The provost thus received the speculative right to collect the revenues of the royal domain in the district under his jurisdiction; this was his principal concern, and his judicial functions were merely accessory.
In 1753, on the 17th February, died Patrick Lindsay, Esq., late LordProvost of Edinburgh, and Governor of the Isle of Man. In 1768 the LordProvost was James Stuart.
As LordProvost he was indefatigable in the activity of his public spirit, and set afoot the great operations for the improvement of Edinburgh, and one object he had specially in view when founding the South Bridge was the rebuilding of the University.
Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., LordProvost in 1813, was the son of Marjoribanks of Lees, an eminent wine merchant in Bordeaux, and his mother was the daughter of Archibald Stewart, LordProvost of the city in the memorable 45.
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