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Dean Of The Thistle
The Dean of the Thistle is an office of the Order of the Thistle, re-established in 1687. The office is normally held by a minister of the Church of Scotland, and forms part 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: Dr Henry Charles Whitley (1906-1976) *1974-1989: Prof John McIntyre (1916-2005) *1989-2014: Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan *2014–2019: The Very Rev Iain Torrance Iain Richard Torrance, (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order. The Order consists of the Sovereign and sixteen Knights and Ladies, as well as certain " extra" knights (members of the British Royal Family and foreign monarchs). The Sovereign alone grants membership of the Order; they are not advised by the Government, as occurs with most other Orders. The Order's primary emblem is the thistle, the national flower of Scotland. The motto is ''Nemo me impune lacessit'' (Latin for "No one provokes me with impunity"). The same motto appears on the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland and pound coins minted in 1984, 1989, 1994, and 1999 (since withdrawn), and is also the motto of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Scots Guards, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and The Black Watch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cameron Lees
James Cameron Lees KCVO (1835–1913) was a Church of Scotland minister and author at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Life Lees was born in London on 24 July 1834 the son of James Lees a Perth gun-maker who had relocated to London and his wife Mary Isabella Cameron. His father was then manager of the Royal Caledonian Asylum there, but later relocated to Stornoway as a minister.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott He was educated in London them studied divinity at first Glasgow University then Aberdeen University. Joining his family in Stornoway he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of the Isle of Lewis as a minister in the Church of Scotland in November 1855. In November 1856 he was ordained as minister of Carnach in Rossshire. In 1859 he was translated to "second charge" of Paisley Abbey and was promoted to "first charge" in 1865 and in 1877 he replaced David Arnot as minister of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, one of Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deans Of The Thistle
Deans may refer to: People * Austen Deans (1915–2011), New Zealand painter and war artist * Colin Deans (born 1955), Scottish rugby union player * Craig Deans (born 1974), Australian football (soccer) player * Diane Deans (born 1958), Canadian politician * Dixie Deans (born 1946), Scottish football player (Celtic) * Ian Deans (1937–2016), Canadian politician * Kathryn Deans, Australian author * Mickey Deans (1934–2003), fifth and last husband of Judy Garland * Ray Deans (born 1966), Scottish football player * Robbie Deans (born 1959), New Zealand rugby coach and former player * Steven Deans (born 1982), ice hockey player * Tommy Deans (1922–2000), Scottish football (soccer) player * More than one Dean Places * Deans, New Jersey Deans is an Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities, unincorporated community located within South Brunswick, New Jersey, South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fergusson (theologian)
David Alexander Syme Fergusson (born 3 August 1956) is a Scottish theologian and Presbyterian minister. Since 2021, he has been Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Early life and education Fergusson was born on 3 August 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied philosophy at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree in 1977. He then studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1980. He then undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in Christian philosophy at the University of Oxford; his DPhil was awarded in 1984 for a doctoral thesis titled ''Realism and Idealism in Christian Interpretation with Special Reference to Bultmann''. Career Fergusson was Assistant Minister at St Nicholas Parish Church, Lanark, from 1983 to 1984 and Associate Minister at St Mungo's Parish Church, Cumbernauld, from 1984 to 1986. In 1985, he was appointed a lecturer at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Torrance
Iain Richard Torrance, (born 13 January 1949) is a retired Church of Scotland minister, theologian and academic. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, Honorary Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, President and Professor of Patristics Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary, and an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland. He was formerly Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland, and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. He is married to Morag Ann (née MacHugh), whom he met while they were students at the University of St Andrews, and they have two children. Biography Torrance was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is the younger son of Thomas Forsyth Torrance, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1976. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at Monkton Combe School in Bath, then graduated MA (University of Edinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan
Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan (b.1942) is a former minister of the Church of Scotland. From 1973 until his retirement in September 2013 he served as Minister of St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is sometimes described as the mother church of Presbyterianism. He was Dean of the Thistle and is a Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. As Dean of the Thistle he was styled "The Right Reverend" and from retiral was styled "The Very Reverend". Life He was born in Stirling on 21 December 1942. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh (M.A. and B.D.). He presided at the Kirking of the Parliament in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Before moving to St Giles Cathedral in 1973, he was minister at Portree Parish Church on the Isle of Skye. Macmillan was widely tipped for the selection as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1996 and again in 2002, but failed to win sufficient support. According to ''The Scotsman'' (30 October 2002), "Although he has a high public profile in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McIntyre (theologian)
John McIntyre (20 May 1916 – 15 December 2005) was a Scottish minister and theologian. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1982/83 and Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland from 1990 to 1996. Biography McIntyre was born in Glasgow on 20 May 1916 into a working-class family;Eamonn Mulcahy, ''The Cause of Our Salvation: Soteriological Causality according to some Modern British Theologians, 1988–98'' (Tesi Gregoriana Serie Teologia 140, Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2007), p. 269. he was the son of a carpenter.''New College Bulletin'' He was educated at Bathgate Academy and the University of Edinburgh ( MA in Mental Philosophy First-class honours 1938, BD with Distinction). He was ordained as a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1941 and worked in Glen Orchy and Inishail as ''locum tenens'' (1941–43) and in Fenwick as minister (1943–45). In 1946 he was appointed Hunter Baillie Professor of Theology at St. Andrew's Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Charles Whitley
Henry Charles Whitley CVO (1906–1976) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author. He was born on 20 March 1906 and educated at George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh, where he gained a Ph.D. in 1953. He was Minister of Newark Parish Church (in Port Glasgow), Old Partick Parish Church and the High Kirk of Edinburgh; and a World War II chaplain with the Seaforth Highlanders. He was Dean of the Thistle from 1969 to 1974 and died on 8 May 1976. He is buried in Southwick Kirkyard in Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I .... Notes 1906 births People educated at George Heriot's School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers Dean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Laing Warr
Charles Laing Warr KCVO FRSE (1892–1969) was a Church of Scotland minister and author in the 20th century. Life Warr was born on 20 May 1892, the second son of the Reverend Alfred Warr, sometime minister of Rosneath in Dunbartonshire, and his wife, Christian Grey Laing. He was christened on 24 July 1892. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and then studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned into the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1914 and served during World War I. When peace returned he was an assistant minister at Glasgow Cathedral. Later he was the minister of St Paul's Greenock and then St Giles' Cathedral. He was Dean of the Thistle and the Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland from 1926 to 1969. He was appointed an Extra Chaplain to His Majesty in 1926 and Chaplain-in Ordinary in 1934. He was a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and an Honorary Chaplain to the King (and later an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Wallace Williamson
Andrew Wallace Williamson KCVO, (29 December 1856 – 10 July 1926) was a Church of Scotland minister who was Dean of the Thistle. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1913. Life He was born in Thornhill in Dumfriesshire on 29 December 1856, the youngest son of James Williamson and his wife Margaret Wallace. He was educated at Morton School and Wallace Hall then studied Divinity at the University of Edinburgh graduating MA in 1878. He was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1881. Beginning as an assistant at North Leith Parish Church on Madeira Street in north Edinburgh, he was ordained as full minister there in 1882. He was then translated to St Cuthbert's Church in central Edinburgh in 1883. This was as the collegiate minister alongside Rev James MacGregor in first charge. During this time he was also a lecturer in pastoral theology at his alma mater. He received the honorary degree '' Doctor of Divinity'' (DD) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tulloch
__NOTOC__ John Tulloch (1 June 1823 – 13 February 1886) was a Scottish theologian. Life Tulloch was born at Dron, south of Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and educated at Perth Grammar School.https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaesc00scot/fastiecclesiaesc00scot_djvu.txt He studied Divinity at the University of St Andrews and University of Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Perth in March 1844. In March 1845 (following a period as assistant) he was ordained as minister of St Paul's church in Dundee, and in 1849 was translated to Kettins, in Strathmore, where he remained for six years. In 1854 he was appointed Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. The appointment was immediately followed by the appearance of his Burnet prize essay on ''Theism''. At St Andrews, where Tulloch was also professor of systematic theology and apologetics, his teaching was distinguished by several novel features. He lectured on comparative religion and treated doctr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Religion
In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin ''minister'' ("servant", "attendant"). In some church traditions the term is usually used for people who have ordained, but in other traditions it can also be used for non-ordained people who have a pastoral or liturgical ministry. In Catholic, Orthodox ( Eastern and Oriental), Anglican and Lutheran churches, the concept of a priesthood is emphasized. In other denominations such as Baptist, Methodist and Calvinist churches ( Congregationalist and Presbyterian), the term "minister" usually refers to a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such a person may serve as an elder ( presbyter), pastor, preacher, bishop, or chaplai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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