Wallace Williamson

The grave of Andrew Wallace Williamson, Dean Cemetery

Andrew Wallace Williamson, KCVO, DD[1] (29 December 1856 – 10 July 1926) was a Church of Scotland minister who was Dean of the Thistle.[2]

Born in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire on 29 December 1856, he was educated at Wallace Hall Academy and the University of Edinburgh.[3] He was Assistant Minister at North Leith Parish Church and then Minister at St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. During this time he was also a lecturer in pastoral theology at his old university. He received the honorary degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of St Andrews in 1900.[4] In 1909 he was appointed the incumbent at St Giles' Cathedral and the following year Dean of the Thistle and Dean of the Chapel Royal. In 1913 he was the Church of Scotland’s annual Moderator.

An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he died on 10 July 1926[5] and is buried on the central path of the northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "News in Brief". The Times (44204). 24 February 1926. p. 17; col D.
  2. ↑ "Dean Of The Thistle". The Times (44207). 27 February 1926. p. 12; col G.
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  4. ↑ "University intelligence". The Times (36075). London. 26 February 1900. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Dr. A. Wallace Williamson. A Great Preacher". The Times (44321). 12 July 1926. p. 19; col A.
  6. ↑ Wallace Williamson&grave=75343 Gravestone photos
Religious titles
Preceded by
James Cameron Lees		 Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland
1910–1925 		Succeeded by
Charles Laing Warr
Dean of the Thistle
1910–1925
Preceded by
Samuel Marcus Dill		 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
1913–1914 		Succeeded by
Thomas Nicol


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