Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, CB, FRSE, 1886–1900 Arthur Pillans Laurie, FRSE, 1900–1928 James Cameron Smail, OBE, FRSE, 1928–1950 Hugh Bryan Nisbet, CBE, FRSE, 1950–1967 Robert Allan Smith, CBE, FRS, PRSE, 1968–1974 George Murray Burnett, FRSE, 1974–1980 Thomas Lothian Johnston, PRSE, 1981–1988 Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane, CBE, FRS, FRSE, 1989–1996 John Stuart Archer, CBE, FRSE, 1997–2006 Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli, CBE, FRSE, 2007–2009 Steven Kenneth Chapman, CBE, FRSE, 2009–2015 Richard Andrew Williams, OBE, FRSE, 2015–present