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