Provost (civil)

Summary

• A provost (introduced into Scots from French) was the leader of a Scottish burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English-speaking world. After the re-organisation of local government in Scotland in 1975, the title of Provost became much more rarely used, the only exceptions being the Lords Provost of the four major cities and the leader of Angus district council.

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