Peter Scott & The Common
Riding Connection
The actual Common Riding Festival is a two day holiday but the build up
begins a month earlier with the picking of the Cornet, a young townsman who will
be the principal focus of the Festival. The Cornet leads the Ride Outs - a series of processions to outlying villages
on horseback - and is the principal guest at numerous events during the
festivities.
The Cornet for 2003 was Greg McLeod.
The Peter Scott Factory decorated to celebrate the Common Riding.
Peter Scott's Cornet List
George Scott, 1904
cornet
Stuart Irvine, 1997
Cornet
The list begins in Peter Scott Knitwear's 9th year of existence when, in
1887, Thomas Scott was Cornet while employed there.
George Scott was Cornet in 1904. George was the eldest son of our founder, Peter
Scott, and in 1904 he was still a young man, learning the trade and working in
the early stages of production, including our yarn store.
In 1925 G.D. Scott, Peter Scott's nephew, was Cornet. In 1925 he was
responsible for the knitting process and the yarn store.
Another employee, Joe Nuttal, was Cornet in 1958. Joe also worked in the
yarn store.
In 1987 it was the turn of Elliot Turnbull to be Cornet. In 1987 Elliot
was assistant to the Yarn Control Manager and is now Manager of the yarn store.
In 1997 Stuart Irvine took on the mantle of Cornet. Stuart broke the
pattern as in 1997 he was an assistant in the Design Office.
Hawick Cornets
1703 James Scott 1704 James Scott 1706 Baillie Hardie 1707 George Deans 1709 George Wright 1710 Wm. Gardner 1711 John Robson 1712 George Renwick 1713 James Purcell 1714 Wm. Gladstanes 1715 John Stevensonne 1717 George Olifer 1718 Thomas Trumble 1719 Andrew Turnbull 1720 George Scott 1721 Robert Howieson 1722 Robert Scott 1723 Name unknown
1724 Andrew Scott 1725 William Renwick 1726 James Dickson 1727 James Oliver 1728 Thomas Elliot 1729 Robert Boyd 1730 Gideon Ruecastle 1731 Wm. Richardson 1732 Name unknown 1734 Robert Deans 1735 William Turnbull 1736 John Currie 1737 John Keddie 1738 Andrew Turnbull, jr 1739 James Wintrup 1740 George Gardener 1741 Chas Tudhope
1742 Walter Purdom 1743 John Aitchison 1744 Francis Gladstone 1745 Robert Oliver 1746 A. Richardson 1747 John Wilkie 1748 Wm. Nichol 1749 W Nichol 1750 Charles Stitt 1751 William Kerr 1752 William Oliver 1753 T. Turnbull, Esq. 1754 Francis Aitken 1755 John Elliot 1756 William Scott 1757 John Robson 1758 William Oliver
1759 John Simpson 1760 G. Halliburton 1761 Walter Purdom 1762 J. Turnbull 1763 William Scott 1764 James Oliver 1765 Walter Scott 1766 Thomas Keddie 1767 John Wilson 1768 William Oliver 1769 William Scott 1770 G. Turnbull 1771 Archd. Paterson 1772 James Dryden 1773 Walter Irvine 1774 William Rodger 1775 Robert Oliver
1776 Jas. Turnbull 1777 J. Richardson 1778 W. Robertson 1779 James Ekron 1780 W. Burnet 1781 James Wilson 1782 Douglas Rodger 1783 W. Turnbull Esq. 1784 James Oliver 1785 John Wilson 1786 William Wilson 1787 James Oliver 1788 William Scott 1789 Francis Scott 1790 Phillip Elliot 1790 George Wilson
1791 James Simpson 1792 Walter Ingles 1793 William Renwick 1794 Archd. Dickson 1795 George Turnbull 1796 John Turnbull 1797 Alex Purdom 1798 John Tudhope 1799 Robert Wilson 1800 Andrew Wilson 1801 Wm. Geddes 1802 George Wilson 1803 Robert Purdom 1804 Walter Hope 1805 David Laing 1806 John Scott
1807 Henry Halliburton 1808 William Beck 1809 John Kyle 1809 John Tullie 1810 James Scott 1811 George Brown 1812 John Wilson 1813 William Nixon 1814 Walter Wilson 1815 James Henderson 1816 Robert Renwick 1817 And. Dickson 1818 Andrew Millar 1819 John Waldie 1820 Wr. Wilson 1821 Frs, Paisley
1822 John Goodfellow 1823 Robert Patterson 1824 George Oliver 1825 John E Park 1826 William Scott 1827 William Inglis 1828 Douglas Stewart 1829 William Turnbull 1830 Oliver Hardy 1831 W. Thomson 1832 William Scott 1833 James Millar 1834 Robert Beck 1835 William Turnbull 1836 Thomas Keddie
1837 Robert Blaikie 1838 William Laidlaw 1839 Robert Andison 1840 Charles Smith 1841 George Turnbull 1842 John Fraser 1843 George Hobkirk 1844 James Stewart 1845 Francis Kyle 1846 James Smith 1847 Thomas Hay 1848 John Thorburn 1849 Andrew Best 1850 John Turnbull 1851 John S. Elliot
1852 Robert Laidlaw 1853 John Scott 1854 George Brown 1855 John Elliot 1856 Adam Knox 1857 Andrew Leyden 1858 John Inglis 1859 Walter Scott 1860 John Scott 1861 J. Ferguson 1862 James Richardson 1863 Adam Hart 1864 Thomas Hislop 1865 David Scott 1866 George Oliver
1867 Alexander Paisley 1868 Wm. Inglis 1869 Andrew Burns 1870 David L. Shiel 1871 William Guild 1872 Alexander Kyle 1873 William Stoddart 1874 G. Barclay 1875 John Thomson 1876 Robert Emond 1877 John Campbell 1878 Jas. A. Henderson 1879 George Cavers 1880 Robert Amos
1881 John Smith 1882 H Learmonth 1883 James Oliver 1884 James Stewart 1885 John Kyle 1886 Wr. Scott. Irvine 1887 Thomas Scott 1888 A. H. Drummond 1889 W. M. Taylor 1890 J. E. D. Murray 1891 Andrew Haddon 1892 William Innes 1893 W. P. Scott 1894 W. R. Wilson
1895 W. Thomas Grieve 1896 Robert Mair 1897 Francis Park 1898 Robert Anderson 1899 Peter H. Robertson 1900 Thos D. Darling 1901 Jas. Sutherland 1902 William N. Graham 1903 Walter E. Scott 1904 George Scott 1905 William E. Kyle 1906 J. W. S. Robertson
1907 Thos. Jardine 1908 James Glendinning 1909 Thos. Scott jr 1910 A. Douglas Haddon 1911 W. L. Thorburn 1912 John D. Bonsor 1913 Robert Elder 1914 George Wilson 1919 Tom. G. Winning 1920 Robert E. Tait 1921 J. C. G. Landles 1922 Francis A. Henderson 1923 John Rae 1924 Jas. Renwick jr
1925 G. D. Scott 1926 Thomas P. Alison 1927 Jas. E. Glenny 1928 Ian C. McTaggart 1929 R. A. V. Grieve 1930 W. A. McTaggart 1931 A. R. Innes 1932 Geo. Wilson jr. 1933 James E. Graham 1934 George B. Hall 1935 William Brydon, 1936 James. Haig 1937 W. Lockie Thorburn 1938 John. P. Martin
1939 Daniel Nuttal 1946 Charles Bell 1947 Robert V. Scott 1948 Charles N. Whillans 1949 William B. Cavers 1950 Thos E. Crosby 1951 George S. Aitken 1952 John Wright 1953 James Turnbull 1954 Bruce McTaggart 1955 Thomas Tompson 1956 Robert B. Fraser 1957 McDonald H. Lunn
1958 Joseph T. Nuttal 1959 Norman N. Murray 1960 Jared Huggan 1961 Norman Dickey 1962 Brian Patterson 1963 John A. Hope 1964 Robert B. Brydon 1965 Robert Pringle 1966 Carswell A. S. Imrie 1967 G. M. Peden 1968 John Elliot Hutton 1969 B. G. Wilson 1970 Ronald K. Gibson
1971 Andrew W. Martin 1972 A. Phillip Murray 1973 George Turnbull 1974 Raymond Knox 1975 Charles W. McCrerie 1976 H. Hinton 1977 Jim Robertson 1978 Derek J. Inglis 1979 David Brown, 1980 Bruce T. Campbell 1981 David Blacklock 1982 Tommy Smith 1983 John Hogg
1984 Ian Nichol 1985 Ian D. Whillans 1986 David Nuttal 1987 J. Elliot Turnbull 1988 Stuart W. Farrish 1989 John Henry Douglas 1990 Colin Murray 1991 Gary Scott 1992 Craig Niblo 1993 Rory O. Culton 1994 Robert Pringle 1995 Lee James Matthews 1996 Alan Wear
1997 Stuart Irvine 1998 Richard Walker 1999 George Young 2000 Bruce Richardson 2002 Steven Anderson 2003 Greg McLeod
The Hawick Common Riding
commemorates events in 1514 when the young men of Hawick defeated an English
raiding party at Hornshole, outside Hawick, after nearly every fighting man had
been killed in the Battle of Flodden the preceding year.
