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Deacons and Clerks

View the Deacons and Clerks from 1900 to present day below.

 

Deacons and Ex Deacons, November 2017 The Deacon with 23 of his predecessors.

Deacons from 1900 - present

1900

William Robertson

1901

William A Kinghorn

1902

Robert Stevenson

1903

James Broadfoot

1904

James McEwan

1905

Donald Stewart

1906

William Sorely

1907

Robert Howie

1908

Hugh Reid

1909

William F Russell

1910

William Lorimer

1911

Walter MacFarlane

1912

J R Richmond

1913

Alexander Gracie MVO

1914

William Jackson

1915

James Watson Stewart

1916

Henry Mechan

1917

Thomas Holt Hutchison

1918

William Brown CBE

1919

James Harper Mathieson

1920

Walter Thomas MacLellan

1921

A Scott Younger

1922

George A Mitchell

1923

Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw

1924

J Howden Hume

1925

David Meiklereid

1926

Sir William Rowan Thomson

1927

W C Easton

1928

G W Service

1929

Col. David Laidlaw VD, TD

1930

Archibald Gilchrist

1931

Alexander B Allan

1932

John Dundas

1933

Robert Robertson

1934

John Dundas

1935

Ralph A Whitson

1936

Alex S MacLellan

1937

Lt. Col. A D McInnes Shaw

1938

T L McLintock

1939

William H Howden

1940

D C Stewart Blacklock

1941

Col. Walter Macfarlane

1942

Sir Harold E Yarrow Bt.

1943

A Murray Stephen

1944

A Murray Stephen

1945

R Graham Napier

1946

James Gilchrist

1947

W Adair MacLellan

1948

J W W Drysdale

1949

T R Craig

1950

J B MacGeorge

1951

Charles Connell

1952

J Howden Hume

1953

R M Easdale

1954

A B Stewart Young

1955

T R Craig

1956

Robert W Begg

1957

James S Hardie

1958

Hugh W Fulton

1959

Lord Clydesmuir

1960

John S Craig

1961

Eric G Yarrow

1962

Alan D Cuthbert

1963

J Russell Lang

1964

D Maitland Gardner

1965

Kenneth B Miller

1966

Patrick M Thomas

1967

Harold A Whitson

1968

Francis J B Henderson

1969

John T Lang

1970

J C Robertson

1971

James F Stephen

1972

R P Towndrow

1973

H A Mavor

1974

J F Denholm

1975

A A Hunter

1976

S P Newall

1977

A M M Stephen

1978

Maurice Chrichton

1979

Hamish G Hardie

1980

W K Begg

1981

John G Craig

1982

Colin G Carnie

1983

Dr M C G Rennie

1984

Sir Peter C Hutchison Bt.

1985

Andrew H Primrose

1986

D M Richmond

1987

J M Craig

1988

Alistair K Denholm

1989

O C W Thomson

1990

James B Marshall

1991

R C P Whitson

1992

John A M Cuthbert

1993

Anthony J W Broadway

1994

A Patrick Newall

1995

Richard J A Hunter

1996

Robin M Brown

1997

Gordon Maclennan

1998

Henry T Mitchell

1999

David K Stirrat

2000

Archie S Hunter

2001

John S Denholm

2002

David MacLellan

2003

James W Morris

2004

Peter J Shand

2005

David H Manson MBE

2006

Norman Hamilton IF

2007

Gavin MacLellan

2008

Ian R Young OBE

2009

Russel Crichton

2010

Henry Perfect

2011

Allistair Burrow

2012

David Denholm

2013

Norman Hamilton IF

2014

David K Harrison

2015

Peter McCarthy

2016

John McKnight

2017

Colin Botfield

2018

Gordon Masterton OBE

2019

Professor Bruce M Wood

2020

Andrew Young

2021

David Westmore

2022

Dr Nina Baker, DL

2023

Professor Bruce Wood

2024

Raymond Lyon

Clerks from 1900

1900 – 1919

Hugh Moncrieff BL

1919 – 1942

Arthur Muir JP

1942 – 1951

D Bruce Warren OBE

1951 – 1983

J A Rutherford BL, TD

1983 – 1988

Ian P Bankier LLB

1988 – 2011

Alistair S Burrow MA, LLB

2011 – 2015

Stephen Humphreys

2015 – present

W Grant Johnston LLB