Dean of the Thistle
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The Dean of the Thistle is an office of the
Royal Household in Scotland
.
In 1886 the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal was revived and united by royal warrant to that of Dean of the Thistle, eventually being separated in 1969.
Office holders
- 1763: John Jardine (1716-1766)
- 1767: Robert Hamilton
- 1787: George Hill
- 1791: Archibald Davison
- 1803: William Laurence Brown
- 1830: George Cook
- 1845: William Muir (1787-1869)
- 1869: Norman Macleod(1812-1872)
- 1872: John Macleod
- 1882: John Tulloch (1823-1886)
- 1886: James Cameron Lees(1834-1913)
- 1910-1926: Andrew Wallace Williamson(1856-1926)
- 1926-1969: Charles Laing Warr(1892-1969)
- 1969-1974: The Reverend Dr Henry Charles Whitley(1906-1976)
- 1974-1989: The Reverend Professor John McIntyre (1916-2005)
- 1989-2014: The Reverend Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan
- 2014–2019: The Very Reverend Iain Torrance
- 2019-present: The Reverend Professor David Fergusson