The birthplaces of Scotland First Ministers and Secretaries of State
Birthplaces of Scottish First Ministers
| Name | Time in office | Birthplace | Region of Scotland |
| Donald Dewar | 1999 - 2000 | Glasgow | Central Scotland |
| McLeish | 2000 - 2001 | Methil | Fife |
| McConnell | 2001 - 2007 | Irvine | Ayrshire |
| Alex Salmond | 2007 - | Linlithgow, West Lothian | Lothian |
League table of regions and nations producing the First Minister
Deputy First minister of Scotland
| Name | Time in office | Birthplace | Region of Scotland |
| Jim
Wallace | 1999 - 2005 | Annan, Dumfries and Galloway) | Southern Scotland |
| Nicol Stephen | 2005 - 2007 | Aberdeen | North East Scotland |
| Nicola Sturgeon | 2007 | Irvine | North Ayrshire |
Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary for Scotland
From 1885 - 1926 Scotland had a secretary for Scotland appointed by the British PM. From 1926 this job was increased in status to the British cabinet position of "Secretary of State for Scotland" This is still appointed by the British PM. It is important to point out the British PM is voted for accross the whole of the UK including Scotland and is often a Scot.
| Name | Time in office | Birthplace | Region of Scotland or nation outside Scotland |
| Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond | 1885 - 86 | London, | England |
| Otto Trevelyan | 1886 -86, 1892 - 95 | Rothley Temple, Leicestershire | England |
| Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie | 1886 - 1886 | ? | ? |
| Arthur Balfour | 1886 - 87 | Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire, | Lothian |
| Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian | 1887 - 92 | Newbattle Abbey | Lothina |
| Lord Balfour of Burleigh | 1895 - 03 | Clackmannan County | Central Scotland |
| Murray | 1903 - 05 | ||
| Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow | 1905 - 05 | Queensferry, Scotland | |
| Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland | 1905 - 12 | ||
| McKinnon Wood | 1912 - 16 | London | England |
| Tennant | 1916 - 16 | The Glen, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire | Borders |
| Munro, 1st Baron Alness | 1916 - 22 | Alness | North Westerrn Highlands |
| Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar | 1922 - 24 | Kirkcaldy, Fife, | Fife |
| William Adamson | 1924 - 24, 1929 - 31 | Dunfermiline | Fife |
| Gilmour | 1924 - 29 | ? | ? |
| Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso | 1931 - 32 | ? | ? |
| Collins | 1932 - 36 | ? | ? |
| Walter Elliot | 1936 - 38 | ? | ? |
| Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir | 1938 - 40 | ? | ? |
| Ernest Brown | 1940 - 41 | Torquay, Devon | England |
| Johnston | 1941 - 45 | Kirkintilloch | Centreal Scotland |
| Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery | 1945 - 45 | ? | ? |
| Joseph Westwood | 1945 - 47 | ? | ? |
| Arthur Woodburn | 1947 - 50 | Edinburgh | Lothian |
| Hector McNeil | 1950 - 51 | ? | ? |
| Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn | 1951 - 57 | Edinburgh | Lothian |
| Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel | 1957 - 62 | ? | ? |
| Michael
Noble, Baron Glenkinglas | 1962 - 64 | ? | ? |
| William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock | 1964 - 70, 1974 - 76 | Ayr | Ayrshire |
| Campbell | 1970 - 74 | ? | ? |
| Bruce Millan | 1976 - 79 | Dundee | North East Scotland |
| Younger | 1979 - 86 | ? | ? |
| Rifkind | 1986 - 90 | Edinburgh | Lothian |
| Lang | 1990 - 95 | Glasgow | Central Scotland |
| Forsyth, | 1995 - 97 | Montrose | North East Scotland |
| Donald Dewar | 1997 -99 | Glasgow | Central Scotland |
| Reid | 1999 - 2001 | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire |
| Helen Liddell | 2001 - 2003 | Coatbridge | Central Scotland |
| Alistair Darling | 2003 - 2006 | London | England |
| Douglas Alexander | 2006 - 2007 | Glasgow | Central Scotland |
| Des Browne | 2007 - | Kilwinning, North Ayrshire | Ayrshire |
Birthplaces of Scottish born British PMs
| 4th Earl of Aberdeen | 1852 - 1855 | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| Arthur Balfour | 1902 - 05 | Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire | Scotland |
| Campbell-Bannerman | 1905 - 08 | Glasgow | Scotland |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 1924 –
1924 1929 – 1935 | Lossiemouth, Morray | Scotland |
| Blair | 1997 - 2007 | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| Gordon Brown | 2007 - | Glasgow | Scotland |
Birthplace of only Scottish born Deputy PM of Britain
| William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw | 1979 -88 DPM | Nairn, in northeast Scotland. | Scotland |
Birthplaces of Scottish born Canadian PMs
| John
A. Macdonald | 1867
– 1873 1878 – 1891 | Glasgow | Scotland |
| Alexander Mackenzie | 1873 - 78 | Logierait, | Scotland |
Birthplaces of Scottish born Australian PMs
| Reid | 1904 - 05 | Renfrewshire | Scotland |
| Fisher | 1908–1909 1910– 1913 1914– 1915 | Crosshouse, | Scotland |
Birthplaces of Scottish born New Zealand PMs
| Edward Stafford | 1856 - 61, 1865 69, 1872 -72 | Edinburgh | Scotland |
| Stout | 1884 - 1884, 1884 - 87 | Shetland island | Scotland |
| Mackenzie | 1912 - 1912 | Midlothian | Scotland |
| Fraser | 1940 - 49 | Tain, Scotland, Easter Ross, | Scotland |
Birthplace of the only Scottish born Speaker of the USA House of Representatives
| Henderson | 1899 - 1903 | Old Deer, Aberdeenshire | Scotland |
Birthplace of Scottish born Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland
| William Whitelaw | 1972 - 73 | Nairn, in northeast Scotland. | Scotland |
| Reid | 2001 -02 | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | Scotland |
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