Alexander McDonald (Moderator)
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Alexander McDonald is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland.
He was born in Bishopbriggs, Scotland in 1937. He worked in the timber industry in the 1950s, prior to National Service in the Royal Air Force. Following theological studies in the 1960s, he served as minister at St David's Parish Church, Bathgate (1968-1974), then at St Mark's Parish Church, Ralston (1974-1988) and then as General Secretary of the Church of Scotland's Board of Ministry until he retired in 2002. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1997-1998.
[edit] Personal life
He survives his wife Helen,[1] who died on July 15, 2007.[1] He has a daughter and two sons, one of whom is the actor David Tennant.
In May 2008 he made a silent cameo appearance in the Doctor Who episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp," playing the part of a footman alongside his son, David.
