Hugh Douglas (minister)
The Very Rev Hugh Osborne Douglas KCVO, CBE,[1] DD, TD, LLD was an eminent Church of Scotland minister in the 20th century.[2]
He was born into an ecclesiastical family [3] in Glasgow on 11 September 1911 and educated at Glasgow Academy[4] and the University of Glasgow. Licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1935 he was Assistant Minister at Govan Old Parish Church until 1939. He was also Minister at St John’s Leven, North Leith Parish Church and Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's) during his long career. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1970 to 1971 and Chapel Royal from 1974 until 1981.[5]
An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he died on 4 January 1986.
Notes
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Oct 15, 1970; pg. 14; Issue 57997; col D Unique gathering for new General Synod
- ↑ His father was Rev. Robert Baillie Douglas, DD, missionary in Western India Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ↑ Douglas Archives
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Jan 23, 1974; pg. 16; Issue 58995; col D Church news
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| Preceded by Thomas Moffat Murchison |
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1970–1971 |
Succeeded by Andrew Herron |
| Preceded by James Boyd Longmuir |
Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland 1974–1981 |
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