List of Scottish Rugby Union presidents explained

List of Scottish Rugby Union presidents is a list of people who have held the position of president of the Scottish Rugby Union and its predecessor the Scottish Football Union.^[1]

There is a discrepancy on the current official list over SRU presidents over the World War periods.

Tom Scott was president before and after the First World War. The official list states he was president for the 1914-15 season and 1919-20 season. Other sources have Scott as the president throughout the First World War.^[2]

In an omission, Patrick Munro is currently excluded from the official list of presidents altogether. Newspaper reports of the time state he was president.^[3] In addition, the Forsyth's Rugby Record state that Munro was president from 1939-1942; and that Harry Smith took over as acting president from 1942.^[2]

In this list we have taken Scott to be president throughout the First World War, added Patrick Munro and given Harry Smith the position from 1942, following the clarity of Forsyth's Rugby Record of the time.

data-sort-type="number"	Term no.	Name	Date
1	ChieneJohn Chiene	1873-74
2	HarveyAlbert Harvey	1874-75
3	BlythBenjamin Blyth II	1875-76
4	KidstonWilliam Hamilton Kidston	1876-77
5	ChieneJohn Chiene	1877-78
6	FlemingGeorge Raphael Fleming	1878-79
7	BuchananAngus Buchanan	1879-80
8	WatsonDavid Watson	1880-81
9	PetrieAlexander Petrie	1881-82
10	CrossWilliam Cross	1882-83
11	GrahamGussie Graham	1883-84
12	CrossMalcolm Cross	1884-85
13	BrewisNat Brewis	1885-86
14	CarrickJames Stewart Carrick	1886-87
15	BrownWilliam Sorley Brown	1887-88
16	YoungRobert Bruce Young	1888-89
17	Don-WauchopeAndrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope	1889-90
18	MitchellGordon Mitchell	1890-91
19	AinslieThomas Ainslie	1891-92
20	MortonDavid Morton	1892-93
21	Balfour-MelvilleLeslie Balfour-Melville	1893-94
22	MaclaganBill Maclagan	1894-96
23	FindlayGraham Findlay	1896-97
24	RainieRobert Rainie	1897-98
25	BoswellJohn Boswell	1898-99
26	McIntyreIan MacIntyre	1899-1900
27	MacMillanRobert MacMillan	1900-01
28	NeilsonGeorge Neilson	1901-02
29	DavidsonRoger Davidson	1902-03
30	GreigRobert Greig	1903-04
31	SimpsonJohn Simpson	1904-05
32	NeilsonWillie Neilson	1905-06
33	TullochJohn Tulloch	1906-07
34	FlettAndrew Flett	1907-08
35	CasselsDavid Cassels	1908-09
36	BlairAlexander Blair	1909-10
37	FlemingCharles Fleming	1910-11
38	WallsWilliam Andrew Walls	1911-12
39	DallasJohn Dallas	1912-13
40	GreenleesJames Greenlees	1913-14
41	ScottTom Scott	1914–20
42	DykesJohn Dykes	1920-22
43	DixonHerbert Dixon	1922-23
44	NeilsonRobert Neilson	1923-24
45	MackenzieRobert Campbell MacKenzie	1924-25
46	WelshRobin Welsh	1925-26
47	SmithJames Aikman Smith	1926-27
48	DuncanMacbeth Duncan	1927-28
49	McCowanDavid McCowan	1928-29
50	AsherAugustus Grant-Asher	1929-30
51	BalfourAndrew Balfour	1930-31
52	SturrockJohn Sturrock	1931-32
53	FindlayCrawford Findlay	1932-33
54	MacGillJohn MacGill	1933-34
55	MorrisonMark Coxon Morrison	1934-35
56	ScottWilliam Patrick Scott	1935-36
57	LawrieAlfred Lawrie	1936-38
58	WelshWilliam Halliday Welsh	1938-39
59	MunroPatrick Munro	1939-42
60	SmithHarry Smith	1942-47
61	ScottRobert Scott	1947-48
62	MackenzieJames Moir Mackenzie	1948-49
63	ShawHamish Shaw	1949-50
64	IrelandJimmie Ireland	1950-51
65	DrysdaleDan Drysdale	1951-52
66	MoffatFrank Moffat	1952-53
67	AllanMalcolm Allan	1953-54
68	BannermanJohn Bannerman	1954-55
69	MeldrumRobert Meldrum	1955-56
70	SimmersMax Simmers	1956-57
71	HoggBob Hogg	1957-58
72	MacMynDavid MacMyn	1958-59
73	CuthbertsonRanald Cuthbertson	1959-60
74	KerrDavid Kerr	1960-61
75	LedinghamRobert Ledingham	1961-62
76	StewartAndrew Stewart	1962-63
77	WaddellHerbert Waddell	1963-64
78	LoganRoss Logan	1964-65
79	ThomDavid Thom	1965-66
80	StewartMark Stewart	1966-67
81	TodRae Tod	1967-68
82	NicholsonBill Nicholson	1968-69
83	CrerarGeorge Crerar	1969-70
84	ShawRobert Wilson Shaw	1970-71
85	BrownAlex Brown	1971-72
86	WilsonAlfred Wilson	1972-73
87	InnesDonny Innes	1973-74
88	DrummondCharlie Drummond	1974-75
89	OrrJohn Henry Orr	1975-76
90	MonroHector Monro	1976-77
91	CouttsFrank Coutts	1977-78
92	GovanLex Govan	1978-79
93	RossJimmy Ross	1979-80
94	WiltonCliff Wilton	1980-81
95	MacAllisterFraser MacAllister	1981-82
96	ThomsonGeorge Thomson	1982-83
97	RobsonAdam Robson	1983-84
98	KempHamish Kemp	1984-85
99	BurrellGeorge Burrell	1985-86
100	SmithDoug Smith	1986-87
101	ConnonBill Connon	1987-88
102	PearsonTom Pearson	1988-89
103	McNeilJimmy McNeil	1989-90
104	StewartCharlie Stewart	1990-91
105	MassonGordon Masson	1991-92
106	ChartersRobin Charters	1992-93
107	StevenJock Steven	1993-94
108	SmithKen Smith	1994-95
109	ToddIain Todd	1995-96
110	McLeodFred McLeod	1996-97
111	RitchieCharlie Ritchie	1997-98
112	BrownDerek Brown	1998-99
113	WrightHarvey Wright	1999-2000
114	LaughlandIan Laughland	2000-01
115	YoungRobert Young	2001-02
116	HosieAlan Hosie	2002-03
117	DuffyBert Duffy	2003-04
118	DixonGordon Dixon	2004-05
119	IrvineAndy Irvine	2005-07
120	JackGeorge Jack	2007-08
121	StevensonJim Stevenson	2008-10
122	McLauchlanIan McLauchlan	2010-12
123	LawsomAlan Lawson	2012-13
124	MacleodDonald Macleod	2013-14
125	RankinIan Rankin	2014-15
126	CrozierEd Crozier	2015-16
127	FlockhartRob Flockhart	2016-18
128	BradburyDee Bradbury	2018-20
129	BradburyIan Barr	2020–22
130	BradburyColin Rigby	2022–present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . Scottish Rugby.
2. Forsyth's Rugby Record Season 1948-49. R. W. Forsyth Ltd. Edinburgh and Glasgow
3. Web site: Register . March 17, 2023 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.