Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of theRoyal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995.[1] It has since been an honorary title.[2]
| No. | Image | Name | Start year | End year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Thomas Henderson | 1834 | 1844 |
| 2 |  | Charles Piazzi Smyth | 1846 | 1888 |
| 3 |  | Ralph Copeland | 1889 | 1905 |
| 4 |  | Sir Frank Watson Dyson | 1905 | 1910 |
| 5 |  | Ralph Allen Sampson | 1910 | 1937 |
| 6 | | William Michael Herbert Greaves | 1938 | 1955 |
| 7 |  | Hermann Brück | 1957 | 1975 |
| 8 | | Vincent Cartledge Reddish | 1975 | 1980 |
| 9 | .jpg) | Malcolm Longair | 1980 | 1990 |
| – | In abeyance | 1991 | 1995 | |
| 10 |  | John Campbell Brown | 1995 | 2019[3] |
| – | None | 2019 | 2021 | |
| 11 | .png) | Catherine Heymans | May 2021[4] | Incumbent |
