Gilleasbuig Macmillan

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Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan, CVO, FRSE, has served since 1973 as Minister of St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is sometimes described as the mother church of Presbyterianism.^{[citation needed]} He is Dean of the Thistle and a Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth.

[edit] Biography

He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh (M.A. and B.D.).

He presided at the Kirking of the Parliament in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

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 the capital, and inside the Kirk, insiders felt he was not universally popular."

[edit] Bibliography

• A Workable Belief: Thoughts on the Apostles' Creed (St Andrew Press, 1993)
• Understanding Christianity (Dunedin Academic Press, 2004)

[edit] Honours

• Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2005.
• Honorary Doctorate (DD), University of St Andrews, 2003.
• Appointed CVO by the Queen, 1999.
• Honorary Doctorate (Dr.h.c.), University of Edinburgh, 1998.