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Office of the Order of the Thistle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dean of the Thistle is an office of the Order of the Thistle, re-established in 1687. The office is normally held by a minister of the Church of Scotland, and forms part of the Royal Household in Scotland.
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In 1886 the office of Dean of the Chapel Royal was revived and united by royal warrant to that of Dean of the Thistle, eventually being separated in 1969.
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Office holders
- 1763: John Jardine (1716–1766)
- 1767: Robert Hamilton
- 1787: George Hill
- 1791: Archibald Davison
- 1803: William Laurence Brown
- 1830: George Cook
- 1845: William Muir (1787–1869)
- 1869: Norman Macleod (1812–1872)
- 1872: John Macleod
- 1882: John Tulloch (1823–1886)
- 1886: James Cameron Lees (1834–1913)
- 1910-1926: Andrew Wallace Williamson (1856–1926)
- 1926-1969: Charles Laing Warr (1892–1969)
- 1969-1974: The Reverend Dr Henry Charles Whitley (1906–1976)
- 1974-1989: The Reverend Professor John McIntyre (1916–2005)
- 1989-2014: The Reverend Gilleasbuig Iain Macmillan
- 2014–2019: The Very Reverend Iain Torrance
- 2019–present: The Reverend Professor David Fergusson
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