Henry Whitley

Henry Charles Whitley CVO (1906–1976) was a Church of Scotland minister^[1] and an author.^[2]

He was born on 20 March 1906 and educated at George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh,^[3] where he gained a Ph.D. in 1953.^[4] He was Minister of Newark Parish Church (in Port Glasgow), Old Partick Parish Church^{[citation needed]} and the High Kirk of Edinburgh; and a World War II chaplain with the Seaforth Highlanders. He was Dean of the Thistle^[5] from 1969^[6] to 1974. In 1970 he was appointed Honorary Chaplain (Pontifex Maximus) of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.^[7] Whitley died on 8 May 1976.^[8] He is buried in Southwick Kirkyard in Dumfriesshire.^[9]

Religious titles
Preceded by Charles Laing Warr	Dean of the Thistle 1969 –1974	Succeeded by John McIntyre