Scott James Brown, (born 16 May 1968), is a Church of Scotland minister and former Royal Navy chaplain.‘BROWN, Rev. Scott James’, ''Who's Who 2013'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edn, November 201
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in the Royal Navy.

Early life

Scott was born in

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, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 16 May 1968, the son of Margaret and Jim Brown of

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. Educated at

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and Bell College of Technology. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a

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(BD) degree in 1992. While studying at university, he was also a member of the

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Career

Following graduation, Brown underwent an assistantship at

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, from 1992 to 1993. He was ordained by the Church of Scotland in 1993 by the Presbytery of

Military career

Brown joined the Royal Navy in April 1993 and served in the ships of the Commodore Minewarfare, Fishery Protection and Diving, , HMS ''Neptune'', and . He then served on exchange with the Royal Australian Navy and then in , , and . He then served with the Command Training Group, and was Staff Chaplain to the Chaplain of the Fleet. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Chaplain to the Very Reverend Dr John Cairns during his term as

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. He was promoted Principal Chaplain in 2007. He was appointed at the same time to be an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC). On 1 November 2010, he was appointed Chaplain of the Fleet, and accorded the equivalent rank of a

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. He retired in January 2015.

Later life

Having retired from the Naval service in 2014, Brown lives near Port of Menteith, Stirling. He is currently the Minister of Buchlyvie with Gartmore in the Presbytery of Stirling.

Personal life

Brown married Colin Fleming in 2006.

Honours and decorations

Brown was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the

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. He is a recipient of the

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and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

References

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