Her Majesty's Botanist

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. Since then the office of HM Botanist has been honorary, but conferred on a serving or retired Regius Keeper.

Office Holders

incomplete list

1786: David Rutherford MD
1820: Robert Graham MD
1845: John Hutton Balfour MD
1880: Alexander Dickson MD LLD
: Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour (1852 – 1922)