James Longmuir
The Very Rev James Boyd Longmuir CBE, DD, TD [1] was an eminent[2] Church of Scotland minister in the 20th century.[3]
He was born on 26 April 1907 and educated at Dalziel High School and the University of Glasgow.[4] He was ordained to Swinton Parish in 1934 where he served until 1952, including World War II service with the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. After that he was Minister at Chirnside. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal[5] and Chaplain to HM Bodyguard for Scotland (The Royal Company of Archers) from 1969 to 1973.[6] An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen,[7] he died on 22 October 1973[8]
Notes
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, 17 Jul 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57614; col F New Scottish Deans
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ New Chaplain To The Queen In Scotland The Times Thursday, 31 Jan 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53753; col G
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, 24 Oct 1973; pg. 21; Issue 58921; col E Very Rev J B. Longmuir
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| Preceded by William Roy Sanderson |
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1968–1969 |
Succeeded by Thomas Moffat Murchison |
| Preceded by Charles Laing Warr |
Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland 1969 –1973 |
Succeeded by Hugh Osborne Douglas |
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