ST JOHN SCOTLAND

YEAR BOOK 2010 The Priory of Scotland of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

Pro Fide – Pro Utilitate Hominum

The arms of the Priory with the mottoes of the Order

St John Scotland aims to improve the safety, health and quality of life of people in need.

CONTENTS

The Prior’s Message 3

St John in Scotland 4

General Information 5

St John Scotland Projects 8 Eye Hospital Report 27 Financial Report 28 Financial Information 31 Activities Report 34 The Great Officers, Grand Council and St John Associations 52

Priory Officers and Chapter 53

Area Committees in St John Scotland 54

Roll of Order Members in the Priory of Scotland 58

In Grateful Memory 80

THE CHANCERY OF THE PRIORY OF SCOTLAND ST JOHN’S HOUSE, 21 ST JOHN STREET EDINBURGH EH8 8DG

Scottish Charity SC000262

Telephone: 0131 556 8711 Fax: 0131 558 3250 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stjohnscotland.org.uk Order Website: www.orderofstjohn.org Her Majesty The Queen Sovereign Head of The Order of St John

| 2 THE PRIOR’S MESSAGE I am delighted to be writing in our year book for the first time.

I was thrilled and honoured to take up the appointment of Prior of Scotland and have found my first year both stimulating and fun. It has been good to become involved in some activities and I look forward to visiting more areas in Scotland. Having been to the annual festivals in Inverness and Perth, I have been particularly struck by the obvious enthusiasm and enjoyment of St John Scotland members attending from all over the country, stemming both from the event itself and from the help they give in their areas. Sir Malcolm

It is good to see the work of St John Scotland continuing apace, covering, as it does, quite a broad spectrum. The help we give beyond Scotland, to St John in Malawi and other developing countries, and to the eye hospital, brings much benefit. Our projects at home continue to prosper. The latest mountain rescue base – for the Ochils team – was opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester in July. In August, a new ‘St John’ boat, for which we were the major donor, was launched for the Nith Inshore Rescue Team. Both facilities will significantly enhance the operational effectiveness of these teams. Other activities, on whatever scale and whether for St John projects or in support of other charities, are equally valued. Progress continues to be made with the national project review and it should soon be possible to give you a further up-date, following that in the Spring. I look forward to meeting more of you who support St John Scotland and meanwhile thank you all for your work and wish you every success with it.

Sir Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE Prior from 30 October 2009

HRH The Duke of Gloucester welcomes Sir Malcolm at the celebration of the work of St John (see page 48). Photo: Antonia Reeve

3| THE ORDER OF ST JOHN - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The origins of the Order of St John can be traced to an 11th century hospital - the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem. In 1113 the people who administered this hospital were formed into a religious Order. Soon after, they took on military duties and became known as Knights Hospitallers.

That Order, which exists today, is now commonly called the Order of Malta. It recruited members and owned property throughout Western Europe. The Order’s principal property in Scotland was at Torphichen, in West Lothian. Being Roman Catholic, the Order ceased to function in the British Isles at the time of the Reformation.

In the first half of the 19th century a group of people set out to revive the Order of Malta in the United Kingdom but ultimately formed themselves into a separate organisation which they called the Order of St John. In 1877 they founded the St John Ambulance Association, whose role was to provide training in first aid and similar activities. Ten years later the St John Ambulance Brigade was created, as a uniformed body of trained volunteers to provide first aid cover for the public. In 1968 it was decided to merge the Ambulance Association and Brigade into “St John Ambulance”, to allow closer co-ordination of the two roles of training and public duty.

In 1882, as a further means of providing to those in need and recognising its origins, the Order opened a hospital in Jerusalem. This was to treat eye disease, prevalent in the Middle East. (At that time, Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.)

In 1888, Queen Victoria made the Order a Royal Order of Chivalry with the monarch as its Sovereign Head. Since then the Grand Prior has always been a member of the Royal Family. Today the Order of St John functions throughout the United Kingdom, in many other Commonwealth countries, in the United States of America and at the hospital in Jerusalem.

THE ORDER IN SCOTLAND In its early years, the Order provided training in first aid and related subjects in Scotland, as in other parts of the United Kingdom. However, the Scottish-based St Andrew’s Ambulance Association was formed later and began similar activities, both in Scotland and England. In 1908 it was agreed that the association would cease first aid training south of the border and the Order north of it.

In the 1940s, some of its members felt there was scope for the Order to undertake a variety of public services in Scotland. In 1947,the Scottish Priory of the Order was formed and since then, from a standing start, it has achieved remarkable success in meeting a wide diversity of need.

| 4 Over the years the Priory has responded to changes to some of these needs brought about by developments such as the creation and evolution of the National Health Service. In recent times, the Priory has extended its support to mountain rescue teams in Scotland through the provision of vehicles and bases, and has funded minibuses for other needy organisations. Facilities provided include a palliative care unit, patient transport, sheltered residential accommodation and a holiday home for disabled people and their carers. Also, help is given to many local initiatives which provide services and supplies for people of all ages who are ill, disabled,infirm or in danger. The Priory has always supported the Order’s hospital in Jerusalem and currently sponsors its Medical Director. Additionally, help is given to St John Associations in developing countries, especially Malawi.

OBJECTS The objects of the Order in Scotland include: • the encouragement of all that makes for the spiritual and moral strengthening of mankind; • the encouragement and promotion of all work of humanity and charity for the relief of people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger; • the provision of assistance to the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and its clinics and research projects; • the provision and maintenance of nursing homes, sheltered housing, hospices and rest and residential homes in Scotland; • the provision of a library.

GOVERNANCE OF THE PRIORY The Priory of Scotland is governed under the Royal Charters, Statutes and Regulations of the Order, and the Rules of the Priory of Scotland. Copies of these are available from the Chancery.

Those in management or control of the Priory are the Prior and members of the Priory Chapter. The Priory is administered from the Chancery, St John’s House, at 21 St John Street, Edinburgh. The work of the Order throughout Scotland is assisted by 12 area committees.

MEMBERSHIP The Priory of Scotland Anyone giving significant support to the Priory of Scotland may become a member of it. Area committees maintain rolls of Priory Members within their area.

Readers new to St John who are interested in becoming members of the Priory of Scotland should approach their area contact (see page 54).

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The Order of St John Membership of the Order (as an Order of Chivalry) is conferred in recognition of work done in furthering its objects. Recommendations for admission to, or promotion in, the Order may be made by the chairmen of the area committees and by Grade I or II members. Recommendations which survive intensive scrutiny are eventually submitted to Her Majesty The Queen for approval. New and promoted members are invested with their insignia at the Festival of St John held annually in Scotland on or about 24th June (St John Baptist Day). The Roll of Members of the Order in the Priory of Scotland is maintained in the Chancery. Members’ particulars are held on a computer database which is registered under the Data Protection Act. A member may ask for a copy of his or her record at any time. Limited information is supplied to office bearers in connection with Order business,but not to any other person or body.

Grades of the Order Under its Sovereign Head, Her Majesty The Queen, the Order has six grades: I Dames & Bailiffs Grand Cross GCStJ II Dames & Knights (of Grace or of Justice) DStJ & KStJ III Commanders, *Chaplains CStJ, ChStJ IV Officers, *Sub-Chaplains OStJ, SubChStJ V Members, *Assistant Chaplains MStJ, AsstChStJ VI Esquires EsqStJ * Clerical grades are being phased out from 1 January 2004. Those holding them before then may continue to use them until promoted.

Foundation Dues and Oblations To carry out its charitable works, the Order depends to a great extent on contributions from its members, and funds raised from the public. Order members are relied upon for two set contributions: Foundation Dues, payable on admission to, and promotion within, the Order; and Annual Oblations, payable yearly on a scale related to grade within the Order. The current rates are: Grade Foundation Annual Dues (£) Oblations (£)

I GCStJ 480 90 II DStJ & KStJ 190 75 III CStJ, ChStJ 110 50 IV OStJ, SubChStJ 70 40 V MStJ, AsstChStJ 60 30 VI EsqStJ Nil 25

| 6 Initials and Insignia The preceding abbreviations may be used in connection with the work of the Order and in biographical references.The abbreviations,when used as post-nominal letters,come after those of the other British Orders and crosses for bravery, e.g. Donald MacDonald Esq MBE MC KStJ. Order insignia take the same precedence. Notes on the wearing of insignia are available on request from the Chancery. Members might also wish to note that any insignia no longer required, e.g. through promotion, may be sent to the Chancery where it can be used to the benefit of the Priory.

THE CHANCERY AND ITS STAFF The Chancery, or headquarters, of the Priory of Scotland is at St John’s House, Edinburgh. The Chief Executive Officer is Richard Waller, the Administrator, Audrey Leighton, and the Accountant, Janet Knox. The headquarters are usually manned during normal office hours, but Audrey is generally not present on a Friday nor Janet after 3pm daily. The Priory Communications Officer is Carolyne Nurse who mainly works from home and can be contacted on 07981 072760.

LIBRARY The library of the Priory of Scotland is contained within St John’s House. It is a fascinating collection of books, documents, photographs and objects concerned with the Order from its origins to the present day. Together these form a rich source of information for research or general interest. Visitors to the library are welcome and are requested to make arrangements with Audrey Leighton, the Administrator, on 0131 556 8711.

TORPHICHEN PRECEPTORY The first property in Scotland of the pre-Reformation Order was established at Torphichen in West Lothian. Acquired during the reign of David I, King of Scots (1124 – 1153), it became, and remained until the 16th century, the Order’s administrative centre in Scotland. The tower and transepts of the Preceptory building remain. With the help of volunteers organised by St John West Lothian members, they are open to the public over weekends and bank holidays from 1st April to 30th September between 1pm and 5pm. New volunteers would be welcome and should ring secretary Jim Wilson on 01506 656250. The pretty village of Torphichen lies in attractive countryside 20 miles due west of Edinburgh, one mile on the B792 from the A706.

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Dr Amer Muhsen (see below) ST JOHN EYE HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM The St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem is supported by many elements of the Order worldwide. It is open to all races and religions but principally serves the Palestinian population. The hospital has widened into a group of facilities taking treatment out to areas of need, partly because of the severe restrictions on employment and general movement of staff and patients, now including the Separation Wall, imposed by the Israeli government. Situated in East Jerusalem, the main hospital has a very modern operating theatre and a large outpatient department as well as 49 beds. The Hebron hospital, opened in 2005, serves the densely populated areas around Hebron and Bethlehem. The Gaza clinic has been operating since 1992 and is a mini hospital with the same standards of care as the main hospital. Mobile Outreach Clinics were introduced in 1982 and there are currently two of these. With the opening of the Anabta Centre in 2007, the group became able to reach almost all of the West Bank towns, villages and refugee camps. In 2009, the group treated 92,384 people, of whom over 31,000 were under the age of 18, and performed 4,469 operations. The hospital is renowned for its teaching and a key priority is to train the next generation of local doctors and nurses. Valuable research and development is also conducted. The hospital is supporting Vision 2020, aiming to eliminate avoidable blindness and introduce further affordable eye care programmes. St John Scotland has always helped the eye hospital. Most recently it has each year sponsored the Medical Director, helped fund the library and contributed to the Patient Relief and Gaza Appeal funds. Additionally, the overseas specialist glaucoma training of one of the staff’s Palestinian doctors, Dr Amer Muhsen (above), was recently funded. This brought the total contribution in 2009 to around £125,000. Further details are on www.stjohneyehospital.org

| 8 Rod Bull, the CEO

Dr Jeanne Garth, the Medical Director

Khaled Daoud, the Librarian

John Talbot, the Order Hospitaller

Nicky Wynne, Head of Fundraising and Marketing (Nicky has run the London Marathon for the hospital) 9| S OJECT VERSEAS PR O

Project work with mothers and babies near Blantyre ST JOHN MALAWI PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROJECT As well as the eight Priories, there are 33 national St John Associations, many of them in developing countries. As stronger members of the St John family, the Priories support the work of the more needy St John Associations, through sending money, supplies, trainers or advisers. St John Scotland has developed links with St John Malawi in this regard.

Malawi is near the bottom of the UN Human Development Index, which reflects factors such as life expectancy and infant mortality, and it ranks lower than any other country bar one in which St John operates. In addition to first aid training and support, St John Malawi runs a Primary Health Care Project.

Begun in 1988, the project helps prevent illness through education and immunisation, with particular emphasis on the health of young children. The volunteer Community Health Workers also provide other medicines and training in the home-based care of seriously ill people. They work in the most densely populated townships of Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, where living conditions are very poor. In 2009, volunteers conducted 4,677 health education sessions for 10,237 people from 4,897 households. They helped monitor the growth of 25,351 babies and children and immunised 16,427.

St John Scotland has provided £10,000 a year since 2004, £11,000 from 2008, to help meet the running costs of the project, allowing the number of workers to be more than doubled to over 60.

In 2007 a grant of £27,500 was made for the purchase of a new vehicle. This is being used to transport medicine, supplies and volunteers. In 2009 it was agreed to provide up to £10,000 to help St John Malawi expand their first aid training in the capital, Lilongwe.

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The pogramme in operation in Uganda THE ST JOHN HOME-BASED CARE PROGRAMME The Home-Based Care programme has been benefiting communities in southern Africa since 2004, under the leadership of St John South Africa, whose initiative it was. The programme provides health education, especially related to childhood illnesses, and trains people in how to look after a seriously ill person in their own home.

Sadly, the ravages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic means that many of those needing care are terminally ill,and that all too often the caring within a community falls to children or the elderly. One young carer said “If I had had the course earlier,I could have helped my parents so much better when they were dying.”

The programme was designed to benefit South Africa and all the other 10 southern African countries with a St John establishment. It has been successfully implemented in Malawi, complementing the Primary Health Care Project which is supported by St John Scotland.

The programme was launched with the help of an appeal by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, when St John Scotland members generously contributed over £23,000. Since then, a further £12,500 has been given from central funds, with a further £6,250 committed.

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A St John Zimbabwe volunteer providing re-hydration by mouth and a drip during the cholera epidemic

THE ST JOHN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND This fund arose from a St John Scotland suggestion made in 2006, following the tsunami disaster, to provide rapid, co-ordinated, financial help from the broader St John family to a St John establishment involved with an emergency. The suggestion was agreed by the Grand Council in 2009. £100,000 was earmarked, with all Priories donating in relation to their Order membership, as for contributions to the budget of St John International in London. The criteria for drawing on the fund are intentionally broad so as to allow its rapid and flexible use. An ‘emergency’ could include a natural disaster (e.g. fire, flood, earthquake, drought, famine), human conflict, terrorism or civil unrest, or outbreak of disease. Funds would be drawn on by decision of a small committee and be replenished as necessary. In 2009, £20,000 was designated for St John Zimbabwe as further help with their work during the cholera epidemic that year (above).

Before this fund was set up, St John Scotland had given directly to St John Sri Lanka following the tsunami, to St John Kenya at a time of political unrest and to St John Zimbabwe soon after the outbreak of the cholera epidemic.

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Emefa Toppar,Tahnee Wade, Gemma Mullick, Andy Gough, Pippa Hayland and Esther Bloom

ST JOHN INTERNATIONAL OFFICE AND ST JOHN ASSOCIATIONS The eight Priories (Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, USA and Wales) contribute to the budget of the St John International Office (until May, the Order Secretariat). The size of each Priory’s contribution reflects the number of its Order members and Scotland’s is currently c£31,000. The small staff (above) carry out the essential central tasks of St John. Also they help to provide or co-ordinate assistance to the more needy of the 33 St John Associations throughout the world through, for example, the Capacity Building Programme. This programme seeks to help Associations to strengthen themselves organisationally, financially and in other ways with a view to increasing their charitable output. Amongst other things, advice is given on applying for grants from funding bodies outside St John. An assistance fund allows small but sometimes critical grants to be made to Associations for help with items such as office or training equipment. Around 50% of the St John International Office budget and, correspondingly, St John Scotland’s share of it, goes towards helping Associations.

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The opening of the base for the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team by HRH The Duke of Gloucester in July 2010. Photo by Tina Norris. MOUNTAIN RESCUE BASES The sale of the Priory’s hospital in Aberdeen in 1995 allowed the re-deployment of resources to new national projects. One of these is the wider support of mountain rescue throughout Scotland and a major element is the provision of bases to several teams.

Bases have been built for the Aberdeen, Arran, Arrochar, Dundonnell, Lomond, Moffat, Ochils and Skye teams.Existing buildings were bought for the Oban and Galloway teams. An interest- free loan has been made to the Lochaber team for their new premises. Requests for help with bases have also been received from the Assynt, Border, Kintail, Tayside, Torridon & Kinlochewe and Tweed Valley teams.

The teams’ range of activities is wider than one might think. They are increasingly called upon to help find missing people in all parts of the countryside, not just mountainous or hilly areas, and also in urban areas.They bring their valuable local knowledge and experience of search and rescue techniques to many operations. The object of a search can vary from lost walkers to injured climbers, crashed aircraft or vehicles and to people missing from home who may be suicidal or at risk from mental illness. A team might help rescue people from sea cliffs, working closely with HM Coastguard and the RNLI. Recently help was given with an incident on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. With their skills,equipment and adaptability,the teams give often life-saving help to people stranded by flooding or heavy snow or, for example, by rail incidents in remote areas. This includes delivering food and also medical treatment either in situ or by evacuation to a hospital.

In 2009, mountain rescue team members gave 41,801 hours for search and rescue incidents, a very big increase over the 28,000 hours in 2008. Additionally, they give very many more hours when not actually involved in incidents, for example for training, maintaining equipment and fundraising. | 14 RESCUE SUPPOR T

The Dundonnell team’s Land Rover at Inverness Cathedral with Dael Wilson, 2nd left, during his 2010 cycle around Scotland to generate funds and publicity for the Rescue Support Project. MOUNTAIN RESCUE VEHICLES As part of its national project to extend support to mountain rescue teams in Scotland, the Priory is funding vehicles for them. Initial provision was arranged in conjunction with the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland, to which all teams belong, and who offered to advise on the priority of need between teams.The vehicles carry the St John logo as well as the name of the team and, in most cases, ambulance markings.

Most teams prefer for their operations Land Rover’s long wheelbase Defender 110. The four- wheel drive Land Rovers can carry 12 passengers, with equipment on a roof rack; they can also carry a stretcher and be fitted with special items such as a radio, searchlights and a winch. Land Rover generously give the same discount as for larger customers such as the Forestry Commission and the Police.

The final vehicle of the initial provision was handed over in 2009, increasing the total number of teams supplied to 25. These are Aberdeen, Arran, Arrochar, Assynt, Border, Braemar, Cairngorm, Dundonnell, Galloway, Glencoe, Glenelg, Glenmore Lodge, Grampian Police, Killin, Kintail, Lochaber, Lomond, Moffat, Oban, Ochils, Skye, Torridon & Kinlochewe, Tayside, Tayside Police Search and Rescue and Tweed Valley. Funding will be provided to help replace the vehicles when required.

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St John Rescue Boat Photo: Donald Fullarton LOCH LOMOND RESCUE BOAT In 2006,St John’s commitment to rescue services in Scotland was further extended to lochs with a major donation to a new rescue boat for Loch Lomond. The Arctic 22 is a Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat which cost £108,000 and St John's donation of £32,000 made it the main contributor. As a result, the boat carries the St John name and logo. With two 115 horsepower engines and a top speed of 45 miles an hour, the St John was designed specifically for the Loch Lomond Rescue Boat Committee and includes a large deck area for stretchers and fire-fighting equipment. The crew is drawn from 23 volunteers who undergo training twice a week. They are called out to help people on the loch around 60 times each year and work closely with the Lomond Mountain Rescue Team,quickly moving team members or casualties to or from parts of the loch side which are inaccessible by road or air. The Priory funded an £18,000 extension to the boathouse at Luss which was opened in 2001. It provides much-improved training, changing and drying facilities for the crew.

THE SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG ASSOCIATION The Search and Rescue Dog Association arranges the training and provision of dogs for search and rescue operations. It works very closely with mountain rescue teams and other emergency organisations, and is affiliated to the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland. The Priory supports the association by meeting the modest running costs of its call out system, and provided £5,000 for an equipment trailer, commissioned in 2005.

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The Land Rover with the back-up boat at the launch of ‘St John’ in August 2010 NITH INSHORE RESCUE In 2004, St John funded a Land Rover for Nith Inshore Rescue. This search and rescue unit is based at Glencaple, on the River Nith just south of Dumfries. It was formed in 1982 following several fatal incidents in the area which highlighted the need for rapid response. The Land Rover can simultaneously transport the main boat and an 8 foot inflatable dinghy with an outboard engine. Also, it has radio and first aid equipment. In 2009 a grant of £25,000 was made towards a new boat which was launched in August 2010 as ‘St John’. This is a 6.8 metre rigid inflatable boat with twin 90 horsepower outboard engines. It has long endurance, high speed and the ability to operate in very shallow water. The main areas of operation are the hazardous tidal stretches of the River Nith and the Solway Firth but the boat is deployed to other rivers and to inland lochs. The all-volunteer crew have saved adults and children who were missing or cut off by the tide or floods or otherwise at risk; animals have also been saved. The unit operates closely with the police,HM Coastguard,RN and RAF helicopter crews, the RNLI and also with mountain rescue teams.

MOUNTAIN RESCUE CONFERENCES As well as its help with vehicles and bases, the Priory also supports mountain rescue conferences and training seminars. The Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland holds a conference and training weekend every year and, in rotation, hosts the periodic United Kingdom Mountain Rescue Conference. This was held for the first time in Scotland in 2002, and most recently in 2008 when it was opened by the Prior. In 2003, the International Committee for Alpine Rescue was hosted in Coylumbridge - the first time it had met in the UK. This, and an earlier meeting of its medical seminar were sponsored by the Priory. Such events are valuable opportunities for all those concerned to exchange information and ideas and keep abreast of developments in techniques and equipment. They also provide opportunities for different units to exercise together and they generally strengthen links within the rescue community.

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The Angus and Dundee vehicle ST JOHN PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE Angus and Dundee After much preparatory work and commendable effort to recruit volunteer drivers, the area's new patient transport service got underway in 2008.

It began by transporting chemotherapy patients to and from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee and has successfully expanded to include patients for dialysis treatment in Arbroath. A dedicated vehicle became necessary and was bought in 2009. Additionally, drivers use their own cars and are reimbursed for their expenses. Requests for the service are made through the hospital. Anyone wishing to help with this service would be most welcome and should contact the area chairman, Bill Spence on 01382 350553.

Dumfries and Galloway Priory Members continue to operate their much appreciated transport service for cancer patients. A standing commitment is to take people between the west of the region and Dumfries to link up with transport to Edinburgh on Mondays and back on Fridays for weekly chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Many other patients are transported for local appointments on these and other days, as required.

Transport is provided with two people carriers owned by St John Scotland and driven by volunteers from both the Dumfries and Stranraer branches. In addition, volunteers use their own cars when necessary.The service is co-ordinated by Annie Twiname for Dumfries (01387 263241) and Bryce Kelly for Stranraer (07702 584089). They would gladly provide any further information and are always pleased to hear from any potential new volunteer drivers.

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Community Macmillan nurse, Sister Jane Wason, Dr Jane Gall, Link Nurse Elaine Rankin and Area Committee Chairman Kenneth Paterson.With thanks to Ken Pearson Photography PALLIATIVE CARE PROJECT, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY The enhanced pallia tive care facility at the Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer opened in 2007. Funded by St John Scotland, Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Dumfries and Galloway, the £600,000 project is a major development for the area. Impressively, St John's £225k share was raised through the efforts of Dumfries and Galloway Priory Members. The St John Unit comprises two bright and spacious en-suite bedrooms with a communal sitting room and kitchen area. Nearby there is a 'drop-in' centre for patients and their families, providing information, advice and refreshments.

The well-established Hospice at Home service continues to offer nursing support for seriously ill patients in their own homes. It is joint funded by St John Scotland and the local NHS Primary Care Trust and operates throughout Wigtownshire.

A St John Link Nurse (above) is being funded in Stranraer to liaise on behalf of palliative care patients and to promote further developments in palliative care locally.

Further details may be obtained from Pat Calvert on 01776 870219.

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CHARITY VEHICLE SUPPORT As one of its national projects, the Priory has helped other charities buy much-needed vehicles they could not otherwise have obtained so quickly or at all.The vehicles are mainly minibuses, in many cases specially adapted to meet the particular requirements of those who use them. Since 1997, funding has been provided for vehicles for the following:

• Acredale House, Bathgate A community and day care centre for older people. • The Arbroath Town Mission A day care centre for elderly people. • The Bannockburn Branch of Riding for the Disabled Enables people with disabilities to benefit from the enjoyment and therapy of horse-riding. • The Berwickshire Association of Voluntary Services (‘Berwickshire Wheels’) Provides self-drive wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the eastern Borders area. • Borders Disability Forum (‘Gala Wheels’) Provides self-drive wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the central Borders area. • Braendam Family House Situated near Stirling,this holiday and respite centre caters for families in need who come mainly from Glasgow, Dunbartonshire and west central Scotland. • Braid House, Livingston A day centre for elderly people. • Carberry A centre near Edinburgh providing facilities for a wide range of disadvantaged people. • Disability Sport Fife This association, which helps disabled people from Fife take part in sport, has been supported for several years through the local area committee.

| 20 • The Dumfries Community Day Centre for Older People • Edinburgh Zoo A Land Rover and custom-built trailer have been provided especially for disabled visitors and those who accompany them. TR • The Eric Liddell Centre, Edinburgh

A centre providing for people in need including those with dementia and other mental ANSPOR health difficulties. • Erskine Hospital A major facility at Bishopton caring for ex-Service men and women in Scotland.

• Fairbridge T Supports young people from deprived inner city environments. • Handicabs A transport charity based in Edinburgh. • Hazelwood School, Glasgow (pictured) For children and young people with sensory impairment. • Macmillan House Perth A day care centre for people with progressive illnesses such as cancer. • The Marie Curie Cancer Care Hunters Hill Centre The centre, in the north of Glasgow, includes a 35 bed hospice as well as a large outpatient facility and provides community nursing. • Mental Health Aberdeen Pro vides a range of help to people with mental health problems. • OASIS Care An umbrella organisation for Perth charities supporting children with special needs and their families. • The Ogilvie Centre Dundee Formerly the Dundee and District Spastics Association. • Penumbra Supports those affected by mental illness. • The Portlethen and District Community Ambulance Association P rovides patient and general community transport. • The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow A hospice providing day care and in-patient facilities. • PUSH An amputee support group for Edinburgh and the Lothians. • Sense Scotland A charity supporting deafblind people. • Strathcarron Hospice A residential and day care hospice at Denny near Falkirk.Two vehicles have been provided. • Sue Ryder Home Provides a permanent home for people suffering from chronic disabilities. 21 | OMMODATION ACC

ST JOHN RETIREMENT COMPLEX - ARCHIBALD RUSSELL COURT, POLMONT This thirteen flat complex in Polmont, an attractive village centrally located between Edinburgh and Glasgow, was opened in 1993. Each flat has two bedrooms, a lounge, kitchen and a bathroom. The complex is set in its own spacious, landscaped, grounds and has an open outlook. There is ample parking space and a large, attractive and secluded garden at the back of the property. A separate lounge and conservatory provide congenial meeting places for residents and friends. The complex is very close to Polmont railway station, with frequent fast trains to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also to bus services and to local shops and a bank.

Archibald Russell Court, Meadowbank, Polmont, FK2 0EW

Retired people interested in living in this very desirable environment should contact Loretta Waddell on 01324 624735.

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Photos by Tina Norris ST JOHN HOLIDAY HOUSE, STRATHYRE Sir Andrew Murray House is perfect for groups of people of all ages needing to have a break in the countryside.The house is on one level and suitable for people with limited mobility and for wheelchair users. It is ideal for an affordable short or long stay, a change of scene or respite for carers and families.

Situated in Strathyre, a charming village in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the house sleeps up to 12 people. It includes a large communal sitting and dining room, conservatory, games room and a secluded patio and garden. A few steps away are well-paved footpaths, woodlands, a river and a mountain bike trail for the more adventurous.

We welcome enquiries from charities and individuals with particular needs who would benefit from a holiday in some of Scotland’s most attractive countryside.

Sir Andrew Murray House, Strathyre, Stirlingshire FK18 8NQ

For further information or to make a booking, please phone Joanne Leask on 07855 356006 or via 01786 826999, or email [email protected]

23 | ORS AT DEFIBRILL

DEFIBRILLATOR PROJECT A new national project for St John Scotland is the provision of defibrillators for use in the community. A defibrillator can save the life of someone whose heart has stopped beating (‘cardiac arrest’) by re-starting it with a controlled electric shock. Some defibrillators are also known as automated external defibrillators (AEDs). These machines are now portable and easy to use. Some can be used by a person with no previous training; they give visible and audible instructions and will only administer an electric shock after all the symptoms necessary to show that this would be appropriate have been detected. That said, the general preference is for defibrillators to be used by people who have received training. The cost of defibrillators has been reducing so as to now be well within the reach of any area’s fundraising capacity (£1k - £2.5k). Even if they don’t actually save lives through being used in earnest, the fact of their availability should there be an emergency gives a welcome degree of reassurance. A controlled shock applied within five minutes’ of collapse provides the best possible chances of survival. Defibrillators are best deployed in places where there might be a high likelihood of cardiac arrest or which are difficult for an ambulance to reach quickly. Rural communities, areas with poor road networks or traffic congestion or where large crowds gather provide typical examples of greater needed. Two areas have participated in this new project so far. Area Committees can help by raising funds for defibrillators and encouraging their provision in the community. They can identify and select suitable recipients in places where the need is likely to be greater. They can see that arrangements are in place for training to be given and for a defibrillator to be maintained in a fully operational condition,and they can arrange badging to show St John’s support,and media coverage when a defibrillator is presented and if it saves a life.

| 24 SUPPORT T O THER CHARITIES

THE ST JOHN CRUSADER II CANAL BOAT The St John Crusader II is specially designed for disabled people, with a hydraulic lift to assist wheelchair users and anyone who has difficulty ascending and descending steps. The boat was donated in 1996 to The Seagull Trust (renamed Seagull Trust Cruises in 2007) and operates from the trust’s centre at Ratho, on the Union Canal just west of Edinburgh, every day of the week from the beginning of April until the end of October. Special “Santa” cruises are also arranged in the fortnight before Christmas for disabled children.

In the year up to 31st October 2009, 8676 people enjoyed trips on Crusader II and the Mackay Seagull, a second boat at Ratho, named after the late Reverend Hugh Mackay who was a founder member and also a member of St John.

The Edinburgh and South-East Area Committee generously support running costs and some St John Scotland members act as skippers or crew. New volunteers who would like to be trained as crew or skippers will always be welcome.

Volunteers should contact Barrie Pendlebury on 0131 663 4428

Anyone wishing to arrange a canal cruise for groups of disabled, disadvantaged or special needs people should phone Carole McLellan at the Ratho Branch Booking Office of Seagull Trust Cruises on 0131 335 3318. Anyone wanting to contact the centre at Ratho, which is usually manned only around the time of each cruise, should ring 0131 333 0322.

25 | BOOKSHOP

ST JOHN CHARITY SHOP The St John charity shop at 20 Deanhaugh Street, Edinburgh EH4 1LY reopened in August 2008 as ‘Charity Books Plus’ following refurbishment.

Avid book collector and specialist in Ladybird books, Robert Mullin, is managing the shop with a small team of volunteers. As well as a wide selection of books, the shop stocks maps, prints, sheet music, postcards and unusual items of bric a crac and ephemera. Donations are always welcome and all profits go to St John Scotland.

Charity Plus Books is open every day - Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 12 noon to 4pm.

For further details, including a virual tour of the shop and to see and buy items, please visit Robert’s brilliant website at www.stjohnbookshop.co.uk or ring 0131 332 4911 or email [email protected] .

| 26 EYE HOSPITAL REPORT

It was with great sorrow that we learned of the death of John Calvert who had so energetically and effectively filled the role of Hospitaller for the Priory of Scotland since 2001. I consider it a privilege to be asked to follow him in that function and hope, with support of fellow members of St John in Scotland, to continue the work which John carried out on behalf of the Hospital. In particular I shall depend on the network of Area ‘Hospitallers’ which he set up.

In the present economic and political climate the financial pressure on the Hospital is greater than ever and for it simply to continue its present level of activity is a real challenge.The Priory of Scotland is and has been a major contributor to the Hospital, paying the salary of the Medical Director and helping to meet training costs. It has been well said that we ‘punch well above our weight’ in our support.

In his annual report, the Order Hospitaller John Talbot states:“There has been a remarkable surge in patients attending for treatment throughout the Group, except in Hebron. There has been a consequent increase in income from patients, although not in proportion to the numbers seen. This is because many of the patients claim refugee status and are subject to exemptions. When funded by UNRWA*, we get only a very small proportion of the true cost of patient treatment. Nevertheless, this is a very encouraging trend. We are exploring ways in which we can offer more treatment to patients through the Patient Relief Scheme, although this would imply yet another demand on the already overstretched voluntary donations”. He also said “There is a disturbing reduction in voluntary donations so far in 2010. Last year was exceptional but in 2010 it seems that the voluntary income deficit may be around £600,000”.

I am well aware that many members feel that money raised locally should go to support local causes and that ‘charity begins at home’; but we need to remember that the Hospital is one of the founding elements of the Order both in ancient and recent history and that the very existence of the Order springs from the desire to care for the sick in the Holy Land which, from its foundation, it did without reference to race or religion. I would urge all Scottish Areas to put the needs of the Hospital high on their list of priorities in the coming year.

I an Wallace ve ee ntonia R ntonia y A

* The United Nations Relief and Works Agency o b Phot for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Ian with his wife, Diana, at the St John Celebration (see page 48) 27 | FINANCIAL REPORT for the year ended 31st October 2009

The Priory had another successful year financially with total funds rising by over £1.5 million due to an increase in the value of our investment portfolio and an exceptional gain. The Priory’s income rose to £1,472,066 with an increase in legacy income and a realised gain from the disposal of the property at Cramond which was no longer needed for our charitable activities. Expenditure also rose to £898,694 due to an increase in our charitable activities. 75% of our expenditure relates directly to our charitable output. The small surplus of £9,300, after property and investment gains, resulted from the Priory’s day to day activities and met the strategy to expend the annual income on charitable activities. A further £300,000 from designated funds were used to provide facilities for mountain rescue teams thus enabling them to organise their main purpose of rescuing lost and injured climbers and walkers.

St John Homes St John Central launched a marketing campaign to attract potential new clients to the holiday home at Strathyre. At Archibald Russell Court, the retirement complex in Polmont, the former restaurant was converted into another flat bringing the total number of flats to thirteen and to create a new communal lounge and meeting room.

Patient Transport In Dumfries and Galloway, members run a useful transport service for patients to attend hospitals in Stranraer and Dumfries and also to link up with the NHS service to hospitals in Glasgow and Edinburgh. This year, 598 people (2008: 490) were transported a total of 50,373 miles (2008: 50,716). In St John Angus and Dundee the transport service for patients attending clinics at Ninewells Hospital,Dundee,which began in May 2008,has continued to gain strength. A people carrier was purchased and a service for people attending the Dialysis Unit in Arbroath was added. A total of 2,100 (2008: 132) patient trips covering 55,100 miles (2008: 8,623 miles) were undertaken. In Edinburgh, a further donation of £10,000 to help with running costs was made to Handicabs (Lothian) Ltd, which runs a ‘dial a bus’ service for the elderly and disabled.

| 28 Palliative Care In Dumfries and Galloway at the St John Unit at the Galloway Community Hospital,the palliative care service continues to provide a valuable service to the community and the appointment of a ‘link nurse’ to co-ordinate the services between the unit, the main hospital, the Hospice at Home service and local GPs has proved very successful. St John Perth & Kinross made a donation of £75,000 to MacMillan Cancer Support and the St John day room was opened at the palliative care facilities at the Perth Royal Infirmary. In other areas, St John has supported local charities running palliative care services with hospices in Fife and Clydebank benefiting.

Rescue Support The Priory has so far provided eleven bases for mountain rescue teams. This rent-free accommodation has, in the main, been built to the teams’ own specifications with a view to providing the best possible facilities for each team’s individual needs. A new base in Arran built at a total cost of £212,000 was officially opened by Sir James Stirling, the Prior, on 1st August 2009. We are grateful for the generosity of Dumfries & Galloway Council who sold to us a redundant ambulance station in Newton Stewart for £1. This property became the base of the Galloway Mountain Rescue Team in August 2009. Building of a new base for the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team began in September 2009 and construction was completed in February 2010.

St John Overseas The Priory continued to help St John Associations overseas as well as increasing its support to the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. In Malawi, the primary health care project continued to provide a valuable service. We also funded some set-up costs to develop first aid training in Blantyre to support preliminary moves to financial self sufficiency for St John Malawi. We provided financial support to St John Zimbabwe which was involved in combating the effects of a cholera epidemic and set up several rehydration centres. Supporting the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem has always been a very important part of the work of the members in Scotland. Our sponsorship of the salary of the Medical Director continued and our commitment to the hospital library pays for a part-time librarian and for subscriptions to medical journals and on-line support. The Priory also provided funding for one of the hospital’s junior doctors to undertake specialist training overseas.

29 | Local Projects for the Elderly and Disadvantaged A variety of charities are helped every year by the St John area committees. This year,more than £41,000 was given in smaller donations to twenty charities around the country, some being long-standing recipients of support and others being helped for the first time.

The graphic presentation of financial information begun last year was well received and will continue. However if you do wish to receive more detailed information, the full audited accounts for the year ended 31st October 2009 are available from the Chancery. They are free to Priory Members with a charge of £20 being made otherwise.

And finally, the area treasurers new and old are deserving of a mention each year as they continue to take a vital role in the financial affairs of the Priory. The Priory Accountant joins me in thanking them for their on-going commitment.

N eil Sharp MBE TD

One of the year’s fundraising events – St John West Lothian’s garden fête. Please also see page 43

| 30 Disbursements 2009

Patient Transport £ £ Handicabs (Lothian) Ltd - running costs 10,000 Others - running costs 500 10,500 Rescue Support Nith Inshore Rescue - towards new boat 25,445 Others 2,190 27,635 St John Overseas St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem Medical Director Sponsorship 87,632 Library Sponsorship 6,000 Glaucoma training 25,000 St John Malawi Primary Health Care Project 11,000 First Aid Project 5,000 St John Zimbabwe Rehydration Units 7,500 Humanitarian Relief 1,227 St John establishments in Grand Prior’s Appeal for southern Africa Home-Based Care 6,250 149,609 Palliative Care Palliative care unit in Perth Royal Infirmary - dayroom 75,000 Glenrothes Hospital – garden 1,961 St Andrews Hospital - equipment 1,599 Randolph Wemyss Hospital - equipment 1,060 Others under £1000 800 80,420 Local Projects for the elderly and disadvantaged Hazelwood School - towards minibus 16,000 BOBATH 6,000 Sudden Trauma Information Service Helpline (STISH) 5,000 Defibrillators 2,052 Riding for the Disabled 2,000 Seagull Trust - canal trips 2,000 Disability Sport Fife 1,500 Madeleine Steele Trust 1,000 Girvan Youth Project 1,000 Others under £2,000 4,769 41,321

Total 309,485

31 | Incoming Resources for 2009 £1,472,066

| 32 Resources Expended in 2009 £898,694

33 | ACTIVITIES REPORT 2009 Area Reports The 12 Area Committees organise a range of events throughout every year to raise both funds and awareness of the work of the Order of St John. Their efforts benefit many local causes as well as some further afield, including the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. In addition, some committees provide services within their areas. These reports provide a summary of some of these activities.

New volunteers are always welcome to help organise or host fundraising events or provide services. The contact details of Area Secretaries are on pages 54 - 57.

Aberdeen and the North-East Prominent amongst the events of another busy year for the area was the presentation of a Land Rover to the Grampian Police Mountain Rescue Team as part of St John Scotland’s national project of rescue support. The vehicle was handed over by the Chairman, David Paton, to the Assistant Chief Constable of Grampian, Colin Menzies (below).

Recently retired from the Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team and featured in the March 2009 ‘In Focus’, Alan Crichton OStJ, spoke at the Aberdeen Civic Society annual dinner. He praised St John’s support to mountain rescue both local and national.

STISH – the Sudden Trauma Information Service Helpline – was supported with a donation of £5000, half of this amount coming from the area and half from centrally-held funds. STISH provides information and advice in the wake of an unexpected and one-off event such as a road or industrial accident or an assault.

Fundraising events included a screening at the Belmont Picturehouse in Aberdeen of ‘The Last King of Scotland’,about Idi Amin. Afterwards, a talk about Malawi was given by the Reverend Iain Barclay. Iain conducted a service of nine lessons and carols in his church, St Fittick’s, Aberdeen, when a collection raised £289 for the eye hospital.

The Area Treasurer, Joe Mackie, had been involved with the Coach and Bus First Aid Association and a most welcome donation of £3,500 was received when this was wound up after 76 years.

| 34 Angus and Dundee The area’s main activity during the year was to develop the Patient Transport Service which initially served cancer patients receiving treatment at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Recruiting volunteer drivers and managing the service requires many hours of hard work. In June 2009, a Ford Galaxy people carrier was bought to supplement the transport available through volunteers using their own cars. Volunteer driver Tom Scott The aim is to give patients as short and as comfortable a journey as possible. The service was then extended to renal patients, mainly those attending a new dialysis unit in Arbroath. The monthly mileage averaged about 15,000 and over 2,100 patients were transported during the year. The service has helped treatment be given to people who would otherwise have had severe difficulty in getting to and from hospital.

The success of the annual Fiddlers’ Rally in Caird Hall continued thanks to the musicians performing free of charge and this resulted in an impressive donation to St John of over £3,500. The area took part in a Charity Gala Day in Dundee City Square. This gives St John a wide exposure to the general public as well as raising funds. A great deal of time and effort was given by area members in support of both these events. £800 was given to help provide facilities for bereaved relatives at Ninewells Hospital and £2,000 for the St John Eye Hospital.

Ayrshire and Arran The area added to the organisations they support which address the impact of drug misuse on young people, with a donation to the Girvan Youth Trust. Amongst other things, this charity gives local young people opportunities for outdoor activities such as canoeing.

Members also supported Gardening Leave, a charity to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of ex-Service personnel using horticultural therapy in walled gardens. It is linked to Hollybush House, near Ayr, a facility of the charity ‘Combat Stress’.

Some successful fundraising activities were enjoyed during the year. These included a Snowdrop Day at Caprington House in February, can collections outside Tesco on two days and a fully-attended Christmas concert in the large Holy Trinity Church in Ayr. The concert was in aid of the eye hospital.

35 | Central A successful and colourful art exhibition and sale of paintings (right) was held in the former MacRobert restaurant at the Polmont retirement complex in February. The quality of work by local artists was of a high standard and there was also an equally impressive display of paintings by pupils from Balfron High School.

The opportunity to mount the exhibition was taken after the restaurant had been cleared in preparation for its conversion into a further flat and also a meeting room for the residents. The conversion was completed in November 2009 and the flat was occupied from January 2010.

Careful thought went into exploring options to obtain professional assistance with running the retirement complex. The principal need for this had been growing with the ever-changing and Polmont Retirement Complex increasingly onerous requirements to be complied with, especially those relating to health and safety and employment. A successful conclusion was reached in 2010, with day-to-day management being contracted out to a housing association.

Considerable effort was put into promoting the Sir Andrew Murray House holiday home in Strathyre. A new leaflet was produced and contact was made with many organisations likely to be interested in using the facility.

Funding continued of the ‘Get You Home’ service offered by the Accident and Emergency Department at Stirling hospital. This support is much appreciated by staff as well as the patients who would otherwise be stranded.

Discussions took place with NHS Forth Valley Managed Clinical Network for Palliative Care regarding the development of a moving and handling DVD for relatives and carers of palliative care patients who wish to remain at home.

A most enjoyable wine and savouries afternoon was held in June at Drumbowie, home of the previous chairman, Archie Russell.

| 36 Dumfries and Galloway Events in 2009 were overshadowed by the tragic and untimely death in October of the Area Chairman, Dr John Calvert. John gave so much to the Order, not just locally but throughout Scotland and beyond. Many glowing tributes flowed in and area members felt that the greatest tribute they could make is to ensure that his good work is carried on and where possible enhanced. The treatment part of the St John Palliative Care Unit in Stranraer Hospital has been named The Calvert Suite to mark the contribution by both John and his wife Pat.

The employment of the palliative care St John Link Nurse, Elaine Rankin, has been inspirational and highly beneficial, and the committee has allocated additional funding to allow her hours Pat Calvert (right) with some members of her family to be increased.The much-appreciated Hospice at and Ken Paterson at the official opening of Home service continued, co-ordinated by Ethel The Calvert Suite Vance, despite Ethel having broken her leg.

The transport service goes from strength to strength and one people carrier was replaced. One of the co-ordinators, Adam Calderwood, stepped down in April after many years’ service and was replaced by Bryce Kelly.

There was a stall at a vintage car rally with friends from the palliative care unit Drop-In Centre and the annual art exhibition in the autumn was again very successful, raising approximately £1,900. Additionally, most generous donations and bequests continued to be received, including a legacy for £12,000. Substantial sums were also received from retiral collections at funerals.

Dunbartonshire Successful fundraising enabled the area to increase its donations to the five local charities supported every year to £800 each. The cheques were presented at the annual open meeting and this generated considerable publicity in four local newspapers. A further £600 was donated to the St John Eye Hospital.

Fundraising events included the ever popular Wines of the World evening at Boturich Castle by courtesy of Donald and Sheena Hardie, and this produced over £700. New committee member, Katharine Liston, gave two performances as singer and raconteur in ‘An Evening with Katharine Liston’, raising over £1,000.

37 | Treasurer, John brown kept the flag flying in Helensburgh by selling calendars and organising the spring raffle. He also introduced the first area Christmas card which featured a splendid colour image of Ben Lomond from Luss, by kind permission of photographer, Graham Kinder. Some 5,680 cards were sold raising over £1000 and awareness of St John locally and nationally. John was presented with the St John Service Medal at the festival in Inverness,a richly deserved award.

Cheque presentations to the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice, the Acorn Trust for Children at the Vale of Leven Hospital and Mugdock Country Park Trust Access for the Disabled

Edinburgh and the South-East It was another busy year fundraising for the St John Eye Hospital, the Seagull Trust and St John Crusader boat trips and the Border Search and Rescue Unit.

The St John Crusader II canal boat enabled more than 5,000 people with a range of disabilities to enjoy an outing on the Union Canal. It operated from spring to autumn and provided Christmas cruises for young people. St John members had a familiarisation cruise from Ratho in July.

Most income came from the Spring and Autumn Fairs held in April and November. In addition, members from South-East Scotland held musical evenings in Paxton House and,by the kindness again of Aline and Alix Hay of Duns, in Duns Castle, their home. After the latter concert, Stuart Fuller-Shapcott gave a fascinating talk about the work of the Border Search and Rescue Unit, including rescues of people stranded by floods. Fundraising and social events in Edinburgh included a St John Service Medal presentations reception at the Trout Anglers Club, a dinner at the Ellersly House Hotel and a most enjoyable pre-Christmas visit to the Trades Maiden Hospital in Melville Street, home of Ian and Vivienne Robertson.

| 38 In the autumn, the house ‘Lindores’ in Cramond, Edinburgh, was sold. As reported in the previous year book, it had given valuable charitable service over many years but, with the latest need for it lapsing and after consideration of possible alternative uses, the area committee recommended it be sold for the proceeds to be available for new causes.

St John Service Medals were presented at the annual open meeting to Christina McGregor and Elizabeth Gow, following on the many presentations made to area members the previous year.

Fife The annual open meeting and dinner was held at Elmwood Golf Club, Cupar, and the speaker, Dr Heather Duncan, a GP from St Andrews, gave a very interesting talk about her trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

Amongst the year’s ten fundraising events, two new ones were tried – a barbecue at Montrave and a musical evening at Balgonie Castle. Both were successful and will be repeated. The golf match in Cupar attracted more teams than the previous year and the proceeds doubled. Two supermarket collections were held and there was a stall at Crossford Gala.

Work on the raised garden at Glenrothes Hospital was finished in July and plants were donated by two local garden centres. The project has been much appreciated by patients, relatives and staff. Beds were funded for the hospitals in Buckhaven and St Andrews.

The ever-popular carol service was again held in Upper Largo and kindly conducted by the Reverend John Murdoch. At the tea afterwards, the Lord Lieutenant of Fife, Mrs Margaret Deans, presented cheques to The Madeleine Steel Charitable Trust, Disability Sport Fife, Riding for the Disabled and Gibson House, a care home in St Andrews. Reclining bed for the Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Buckhaven

Glasgow The area’s regular fundraising events attracted a good attendance and valuable income, rewarding the hard work of the many organisers and helpers. Events included a theatre

39 | evening,with a production of ‘Crazy for You’by The Eastwood Entertainers,a coffee morning,the art sale and the October Function. It was learned with much gratitude that a generous bequest had been made to St John by the late Doreen and Walter Crichton.

Renewed efforts were made during the latter part of the year to find an alternative charitable use for St John Thornhill, Quarriers having had to abandon their planned use because of unforeseen circumstances. These continued into 2010 when thought was again given to selling the property. Sale had been recommended by the area committee previously but was not possible at that time because of conditions under which the property was originally made available to St John by the Barcapel Foundation. During 2010, the Foundation kindly waived those conditions, including any entitlement to proceeds of a sale. After further careful consideration, it was decided to put the property on the market and that is the position at the time of going to print.

Hazelwood School The minibus presentation

A highlight at the end of the year was the presentation of a wheelchair-accessible minibus to Hazelwood School in south Glasgow. This was bought with the help of a £16,000 contribution by St John, combined with funds already raised by parents and staff. Hazelwood School had been completed two years before to an award-winning design especially for children with severe visual, hearing and mobility impairment. For example, it has a ‘sensory wall’, a tactile device that allows blind pupils to locate rooms by feeling folds in the walls. Also, its shape is predominantly curved, with minimal corners and hard edges. In 2009, it was listed amongst world’s twenty best learning environments.

The minibus is used for extra-curricular outings and allows the children to travel together – previously children in wheelchairs were taken separately by taxi or had to be excluded from out of town trips because of the high cost of hire. The presentation was a very happy and uplifting occasion attended by most of the children, parents and staff. The children’s delight was heightened by the presence of leading characters, in costume, from a Glasgow pantomime production of ‘Pinocchio’.

| 40 Highland It was an especially busy year for Highland because the area hosted the annual festival in Inverness. A great deal of careful planning and hard work went into making the occasion a resounding success and this was to the particular credit of Highland members, given their relatively small numbers. It was fitting that the chairman of the Highland Committee, Bob Fullerton, was invested on this occasion (right) on his Photo: Anderson Photographs promotion to Officer in recognition of his contribution over previous years.

Despite the heavy extra workload of hosting the festival, a programme of other events was maintained. The Crown Church Band, a group of amateur musicians centred on the Crown Church in Inverness, played at the area’s first barbecue, in the summer. They also played at a carol service, held for the second year running and attended by many visitors new to the work of St John. It was in aid of the eye hospital and helped towards the area’s total contribution to it for the year of £1,650.

Perth and Kinross The high point of the year was the opening in October of the St John Day Room at the new palliative care unit, the Cornhill Centre at Perth Royal Infirmary. This was the culmination of outstanding fundraising efforts over three years which saw the ambitious and, for the area, highest ever target of £75,000 not only reached but surpassed, and this several months ahead

The Cornhill Centre The St John Day Room

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of schedule. This magnificent effort reflects much credit on all those involved and on the leadership of the area committee and chairman.

The £3.75m centre is a joint project between Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Tayside. Located within the grounds of Perth Royal Infirmary, on the site of Cornhill House, the centre provides for day and residential patients, who can receive treatment while remaining closer to their homes, and for their families and friends. It replaced an older and more limited facility in Perth and was opened fully in November 2009. The St John Day Room provides valuable benefit to patients, visitors and staff.

In addition to the £75,000 donated to the centre, £2,000 was given to the eye hospital and £1,000 to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). Fundraising events included a tea party in Auchterarder, garden events in Coupar Angus and Kinfauns, a coffee morning in Methven Castle and the annual lunch. Garden fête at Gartlochbank, Coupar Angus, the home of Charmian and Sandy Paterson (standing 2nd and 3rd from left)

The art group initiative, ‘Arty@RT’, continued to prosper and produced another colourful Christmas card, with the support of Sheila Ferguson-Smith. This stemmed from St John members visiting care home residents, including at the Ruthven Towers home (‘RT’) in Auchterarder. The production of the fundraising cards has given all concerned an added sense of purpose and achievement. The area’s pipers continued to play during summer weekends and have raised over £21,500 since they started in 1995. Joint projects with the Black Watch unit of the Army Cadet Force have continued, to mutual benefit and enjoyment.

West Lothian Much organisation and many hours of other related voluntary service went into manning the Torphichen Preceptory during its opening at weekends from April to September inclusive. As the Preceptory Liaison Officer, Archie Brown was kept busy helping to co-ordinate arrangements for its opening and with its welcome increasing popularity as a wedding venue.

| 42 Visits present valuable opportunities to provide members of the public with information about St John in Scotland in the present-day. They also provide income for St John from Historic Scotland in return for the services they are given voluntarily. The preceptory was the venue for the annual St John service, held in August and hosted by the area members. As usual, the occasion was much enhanced by the presence of a smart contingent of Cadets from the 1271 Bathgate Squadron of the Air Training Corps, the choir organised by Mary Scott, and the Bathgate Band. The Squadron’s Officer Commanding, Flying Officer Stuart Egan, RAFVR (T), is pictured below left at Torphichen and also some of the Cadets at the welcome tea after the service.

On a gloriously sunny Sunday in high summer,a garden fête was held in the large and attractive garden of Keith and Anne Stirling in the countryside near Torphichen. Amongst those who enjoyed the afternoon were a group from St Michael’s Day Care Centre. This and a residential care centre,Brae Court,both in Linlithgow,received donations from St John West Lothian during the year. Photographs of the fête are on page 30. A defibrillator was presented for the Almondvale Shopping Centre in Livingston (left). This provision forms part of the relatively new national defibrillator project, described on page 24. The defibrillator cost just over £2,000 and even if never needed in earnest, provides considerable reassurance in a place where there is a significant likelihood of someone amongst the large number of visitors of all ages and states of health suffering a heart attack.

43 | NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

2009 was another eventful year for St John Scotland. The annual meetings of the Grand Council and the Priory Executives’ Group were held during May in Malta. This was the first time that these meetings had been hosted by a St John Association, (as distinct from a Priory), and St John Malta could not have done more to make the occasion both successful and enjoyable.

The Association was formed in 1882 but 2009 was the 100th anniversary of establishment of a St John Ambulance Brigade in Malta. As well as providing first aid training and support, St John Malta has a Rescue Corps to help people in a fire or earthquake or other emergency.

Rescue Corps members gave an impressive demonstration during the meetings

Amongst the matters addressed at the meetings were communications, governance, measurement and statistics, and fundraising. Representatives attended from four other Associations – Dominica, Kenya, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe. Dr Bill Moore, the Chairman of St John Zimbabwe, gave a presentation about the help his Association had been giving during the country’s cholera outbreak (left) and he again expressed thanks for the support given by other members of the St John family, including £7,500 from St John Scotland. (Bill handed out some very high denomination Zimbabwe dollar notes in return, and to illustrate the difficulties caused by the country’s hyper-inflation, but unfortunately ran out just before he got to the Scottish delegation at the end of the table.)

A major outcome of the meetings was agreement to a St John Emergency Relief Fund. This arose from a St John Scotland suggestion made in 2006, following the tsunami disaster, to provide rapid, co-ordinated, financial help from the broader St John family to a St John establishment involved with an emergency. The Grand Council readily agreed the principle and

| 44 the process was developed and implemented, based on input from St John Scotland. More information is on page 12. St John Scotland was represented by the CEO at a Scotland Malawi Partnership health conference held in the Edinburgh City Chambers on 9th June (left). Titled ‘Health in Malawi – towards a co-ordinated strategy’,the conference provided a useful opportunity to increase awareness of St John Malawi’s health-related activities and St John Scotland’s support of them. The Scotland Malawi Partnership exists to inspire the people and organisations of Scotland to be involved with Malawi in an informed, co-ordinated and effective way so that both nations benefit. Their acting CEO, Maeghan Ray, attended the celebration of the work of St John in October.

In June, the annual festival was held for the second time in Inverness. It had proved a popular venue in 1997 and people were keen to make their way there again. All were richly rewarded with some glorious summer weather. A most enjoyable evening civic reception was held in the Town House, hosted by the Provost on behalf of the Highland Council. The Town House was completed in 1882 and, in 1921, was the venue for the only meeting of Photos: Anderson Photographs the British Cabinet ever held outside London. The following day,the service and investiture was held in Inverness Cathedral in its most picturesque setting by the River Ness. Smart contingents from the Army and Sea Cadets and the Air Training Corps enhanced the occasion.

The sermon was given by the Very Reverend Dr James Simpson, and thirty four people were invested.By happy coincidence, amongst those invested were the chairman of the host area, Bob Fullerton (see also page 41), and husband and wife Hywel and Tricia Davies (see below). Additionally, the Prior presented two people with the Service Medal, recent previous such presentations having had to be made locally because of the large number qualifying

Tricia and Hywel Davies (left) and Lesley MacDonald being invested by the Prior Photos: Anderson Photographs

45 | retrospectively. Then coaches returned people to the Drumossie Hotel, in its parkland setting to the south of the city, for a delicious summer lunch (below).

Thanks to Anderson Photographs

Sir James Stirling addressed everyone for the last time as the Prior and a standing ovation was given to thank both him and Lady Stirling for their contribution during his 14 year tenure. Many stayed on to enjoy more time in Inverness and the area and others returned home at the end of a splendid day and with many happy memories, a testimony to the hard work and dedication of St John Highland members.

The splendid new base for the Arran Mountain Rescue Team was officially opened by the Prior on 1st August. Close by a main road and the car park for a popular walking route up Goat Fell, the purpose-built base is very prominent. It is an attractive building and provides garaging for the team’s vehicles,an operations room,a training room and storage for equipment. A major event for the island, the opening was attended by some 300 guests, including many past members of the team. The Isle of Arran Pipe Band, including the previous team leader, Alistair Hume,played in front of the base before it was opened by Sir James Stirling. Everyone was then treated to a delicious buffet, all prepared and provided by the team members and their families accompanied by, amongst other refreshments, beer specially bottled for the opening by the

| 46 local brewery with a unique Arran mountain rescue label. A highlight was the cake featuring a map of Arran. Photo by Lenny Hartley Happily there was a sunny gap in the weather for the whole event before a return to the curtain rod rain, but that did not matter as the informal evening party for the team and those unable to attend in the afternoon was cosily inside. More photos are on pages 50 and 51.

October brought the tragic news from the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem of the loss of Dr John Calvert during a visit there in his role as St John Scotland’s Hospitaller. He has been much missed in that capacity and as a member of Chapter and the Chairman of St John Dumfries and Galloway. Tributes to him were included in the 2009 year book.

St John Scotland sponsored the annual seminar of the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland held at Aviemore over the weekend of 13 – 15 October. The CEO was invited to attend, with his wife, and was able to see at first hand the valuable opportunities provided by these seminars for training and liaison between teams and associated organisations. The programme included sessions on satellite navigation equipment (when participants successfully navigated their way around the car park), vehicles, hyperthermia, the care of aircrew who have ejected from aircraft, and rescue from water. One fascinating exercise involved the search for and rescue of three missing people. It was designed to prompt many

The photo above left shows Stuart Johnson, the seminar organiser, Alfie Ingram, the Chairman of the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland, and Gilli and Richard Waller. The other shows Dave Whalley, (‘Heavy’), delivering his talk ‘Stats – why bother?’. As the committee’s statistician, he left no doubt over the need for his work, including the first reason he gave - ‘To keep Heavy busy!’ 47 | critical decisions such as over how quickly to initiate a search, the search areas, the equipment to take (weight versus speed) and,once found,which of the three was in greatest need of urgent treatment. The delegates showed much interest in St John Scotland (even including reading year books) and expressed a great deal of gratitude for the support given to mountain rescue.

On Friday 30th October, a celebration of the work of St John was held at the Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile Edinburgh. It was combined with the installation of the new Prior, Sir Malcolm Ross, and the investiture of himself and two others as Knights of the Order, conducted by His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester. Amongst other things, the celebration provided a

At the celebration in the Canongate Kirk,HRH The Duke of Gloucester thanks Sir James Stirling of Garden for his 14 years’ service as the Prior. Photo by Antonia Reeve. valuable opportunity to highlight the charitable activities of St John worldwide to the many prominent guests from other charities and national bodies. There followed a reception in the Palace of Holyroodhouse and a dinner in the New Club. Costs were covered by generous contributions from St John Scotland members. Photographs are above and on pages 84 and the inside back cover, and a fuller account is in the 2009 year book.

The St John Scotland bookshop (page 26) continued to operate most profitably,achieving the substantial net income of nearly £18,000 under the sound management of Robert Mullin, whose initiative it was. By half way through the initial one year trial period, it was already evident that the venture was a success, and so the bookshop was put on a long-term basis at that point. Robert is very well supported by a keen team of volunteers and this has helped the opening hours be extended. An evening party was held at the shop on the very icy Saturday before Christmas to thank Robert and his assistants. It was a nice opportunity to invite the CEO of the Scotland Malawi Partnership (referred to earlier), St John Malawi being one of the causes the shop helps generate funds for. Photos are above right. | 48 At the party (page 48) there seemed to be as much interest in the books as in the steaming mugs of mulled wine and other attractions, including in ‘Rescuing Rose’ by a near namesake (top, 2nd from right).

Snow at St John’s House, Christmas 2009. The handsome 1982 gates were designed by Charles Burnett and donated by Thomas Ross in memory of his wife, Eleanor Ross of Aberdona.

49 | ARRAN MOUNTAIN RESCUE BASE OPENING See pages 46 and 47. With thanks to Lenny Hartley for the photos.

| 50 51 | THE GREAT OFFICERS OF THE ORDER GRAND PRIOR HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO

LORD PRIOR Professor Anthony R Mellows OBE TD

PRELATE The Right Reverend John Nicholls

DEPUTY LORD PRIOR Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO RD JP RNR

SUB PRIOR Professor Villis Marshall AC

THE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE ORDER The Grand Council of the Order comprises the Great Officers of the Order, the Hospitaller of the Order, John F Talbot, and the Prior of each Priory or their appointed representative. The Priors are: Mr Rodney Green - England and the Islands Sir Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE - Scotland Mr D Hugh Thomas CBE DL - Wales Major Ian A Crowther JCD MBE – South Africa HE The Right Hon Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO - New Zealand HE The Right Hon Michaëlle Jean CC CMM COM - Canada HE Ms Quentin Bryce AC - Australia Mr A Marshall Acuff Jr - USA

ST JOHN ASSOCIATIONS As well as the eight Priories, there are thirty three St John Associations. They exist in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cameroon, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Additionally, Northern Ireland is a Commandery and the Republic of Ireland an associated body.

| 52 THE PRIORY OF SCOTLAND

The Prior

Sir Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE KStJ

Priory Officers

Chancellor and Registrar: John N P Ford KStJ FinstD*

Dean: The Very Reverend James Harkness KCVO CB OBE CStJ MA DD FRSA*

Receiver-General: Neil M Sharp MBE KStJ TD CA* until 31st October 2010

Fiona M W Crighton OStJ FCIBS MCMI CMCIPD* from 1st November 2010

Hospitaller: Ian W J Wallace CStJ BSc MB ChB FRCSEd*

Genealogist: Robin O Blair CVO OStJ MA LLB WS

Director of Ceremonies: Douglas C J Dow CStJ LLB NP*

C ross Bearer: Norman G Marr KStJ DipArch FRIAS ARIBA*

Sword Bearer: Gordon Casely CStJ FRSA FSA Scot*

Banner Bearer: Ewan S Murray OBE KStJ

Chief Executive Officer: Richard P Waller*

Assistant Priory Officer

Assistant Director of Ceremonies: John D Gooch KStJ VRD FRICS*

CHAPTER

Consists of those above who are asterisked and:

Iain S Taylor OBE KStJ TD

Charles I Munro OStJ

The Reverend William Paterson OStJ

53 | Area Committees (H) = Area contact for the St John Eye Hospital

ABERDEEN AND THE NORTH- Peter Hay EAST Robert Hill Keith Rennie Chairman: David Paton Lorna Robbie Vice-Chairman: Jennifer Shirreffs Secretary: Stuart MacBride Pegasus, Ardoe, Aberdeen, AB12 5XT Tel: 01224 868691 Fax: 01224 869089 AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN Email: [email protected] Chairman: Hywel Davies (H) Treasurer: Joseph Mackie Secretary: Patricia Davies Press Officer: Gordon Casely Peatland, Gatehead, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, KA2 9AN Iain Barclay Tel: 01563 851020 Lesley Donaldson Email: [email protected] Angus Farquharson Treasurer: Keith Tulloch Peter Galloway President: Lord Lang of Monkton Malcolm Lamont – Mountain Rescue Association Vice President: John Duncan Sheena MacBride Dawn MacKinnon Tacey Cameron Norman Marr Margaret Collins Frank Maughan Roseanne Cuninghame Paul Rorie Elizabeth Dickson Alexander Urquhart Anne Dunlop Mike Will (H) Deborah Findlay Dorothy Hunt Wendy Sandiford Glynis Scott Margaret Toner ANGUS AND DUNDEE Chairman:William Spence Vice-Chairman: The Reverend Canon Joseph Morrow Secretary: Elisabeth Hill, CENTRAL Douglasmuir, Arbroath, DD11 4UN Chairman: David Waddell Tel: 01241 828600 Hon Secretary: Loretta Waddell, Email: [email protected] 6 Farquharson Way, Falkirk, FK1 5UG Treasurer:Thomas Scott Tel: 01324 624735 Press Officer: Robert Hill Email: [email protected] Honorary President:The Rt Hon Earl of Dalhousie Treasurer: Robert Taylor Honorary Vice-Presidents: Iain Taylor, John Gooch Press Officer: Loretta Waddell (acting) Honorary Presidents: Marjory McLachlan, Lord Joseph Coleiro (H) Lieutenant of Stirling & Falkirk Laurie Fraser Archibald Russell Gordon Forbes

| 54 James Anderson Stranraer Committee Hilary Blewitt Chairman: Kenneth Paterson Robert Blewitt Secretary: Patricia Calvert (address above) Sidney Cooper Treasurer: Peter McMahon Daniel Gallacher (H) Press Officer: John Enos Arthur Leask James Malone John Murning Adam Calderwood David Niven John Enos John Paterson Evelyn Fulton Elizabeth Hamilton Aileen Thomson Elizabeth Wilson DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Chairman: Kenneth Paterson Secretary: Patricia Calvert Hillhead of Craichmore, Leswalt, Stranraer,Wigtownshire, DG9 0PN DUNBARTONSHIRE Tel: 01776 870219 Chairman: George Campbell Email: [email protected] Vice-Chairman: Douglas Dow Secretary: Donald Fullarton (H) Adam Calderwood Inistore, 58 James Street, Helensburgh, The Reverand Martin Callaghan Dunbartonshire, G84 9LX John Dewar Tel and fax: 01436 673774 Peter McMahon Email: [email protected] John Taylor Treasurer: John Brown Anne Twiname Press Officer: Donald Fullarton

Thomas Downs Katharine Liston Dumfries Committee Chairman:The Reverend Martin Callaghan Vice Chairman: Anne Twiname Secretary: John Taylor EDINBURGH AND THE SOUTH- Elmar, Greenlea, Collin, Dumfries, DG1 4PS EAST Tel: 01387 750308 Chairman:Wayne Pearson Treasurer: John Dewar Secretary: Vivienne Robertson Press Officer: John Brotherston 61/1 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7HL Tel: 0131 225 2673 Florence Dewar Email: [email protected] Arthur Langcake Treasurer: James Floyd Charles McKerrell of Hillhouse Press Officer: Duncan McAra John McMillan Honorary President: Margaret Balfour Stuart McVittie Honorary Vice-President: J Gregor Sinclair David Thomson John West Susan Balfour Robert Cook Dennis McEwan 55 | William Paterson GLASGOW Barrie Pendlebury Chairman:William Fleming Ian Robertson Vice-Chairmen: Robert Best, Charles Munro Charles Whytock Secretary: William Sommerville 7 Woodburn Place, Houston, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, PA6 7NA South-East Scotland Tel: 01505 325793 Committee Email: [email protected] Treasurer: Allan Stewart Chairman:The Reverend William Paterson Press Officer: Alistair Alexander (not on the Secretary: Isobel Paterson committee) Benachie, Gavinton, Duns, Berwickshire,TD11 3QT Margaret Bartaby Tel: 01361 882727 Helen Burton Treasurer: Lorna Fleming Irene Carmichael William Gilmour Tara Barron Archibald McGown Simon Furness Ewan Murray Aline Hay Peter Neil Bruce MacLachlan Trevor Stewart Alexander Trotter

HIGHLAND FIFE HIGHLAND Chairman: Robert Fullerton Chairman: Lawson Rennie Secretary: Gwen Fullerton Vice-Chairman: George Donaldson 84 Drakies Avenue, Inverness IV2 3SD Secretary: James Delaney (H) Tel: 01463 224973 Leura, 46 Lamond Drive, St Andrews, Email: gwenfuller [email protected] Fife, KY16 8DD Treasurer and Press Officer: Tel: 01334 477085 W Crawford McMaster Email: [email protected] Treasurer: Lesley MacDonald Roderick Balfour Press Officer: Mary Gilmour Canon Leonard Black Honorary President:The Earl of Dundee Duncan Chisholm Honorary Vice-Presidents: Philippa Crawford, Alex Craib Gavin Reekie Mark Sutherland-Fisher William Fraser Lorna Brotherton Kirsty Fullerton Elspeth Gilmour Sylvia Hutchison James Hutchinson Frank Spencer-Nairn (H) Elizabeth Laing Gordon Straube Stuart Morris of Balgonie Samuel Warden The Reverend John Murdoch Maurice Wilson

| 56 PERTH AND KINROSS Chairman: John Ferguson-Smith (H) Secretary: Robin Webster Fernbrae Glenlomond Kinross KY13 9ND Tel: 01592 840118 Email: [email protected] Treasurer: Lisle Pattison Press Officer: Dorothy Sinclair Honorary President: Melville Jameson, Lord Lieutenant of Perth & Kinross

Rona Archibald Andrew Beatson Patricia Beatson John Blair Fiona Crighton Sheila Ferguson-Smith Douglas Pover David Sherman

WEST LOTHIAN Chairman: Ian Wallace Vice-Chairman: Keith Stirling Secretary: Stuart Learmonth 42 Birkdale Park, Armadale, West Lothian EH48 2NE Tel: 01501 749749 (work) Treasurer: Elspeth Smith Preceptory Liaison Officer: Archibald Brown Press Officer: David Simpson Honorary President: Isobel Brydie, Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian

Frances Brown Margaret Brown Dennis Marshall Atholl McInnes James Provan Bertha Robertson James Robertson Nancy Simpson James Wilson (H)

57 | ROLL OF ORDER MEMBERS IN THE PRIORY OF SCOTLAND The roll is a list of those members of the Priory of Scotland who are also members of the Order. It has been up-dated to add those recently admitted to the Order or transferred from elsewhere, and to delete those who have resigned, died or transferred to other Priories or with whom contact has long been lost.The total on the roll is 910 (compared with 915 in the preceding year book). The area in which those listed live is indicated by letters after their names as follows:

AA Ayrshire and Arran F Fife AB Aberdeen and the North-East G Glasgow AD Angus and Dundee H Highland C Central O Outside Scotland DG Dumfries and Galloway PK Perth and Kinross DN Dunbartonshire S (Former) Strathkelvin ED Edinburgh and the South-East WL West Lothian Un denotes a person with whom contact has been relatively recently lost. Anyone who is in touch with a person in this category is requested to ask them to let the Chancery staff know of a current address so that contact can be re-established.

(tr) sho ws that a person has transferred from another Priory.

Admissions and Promotions 2010 Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following admissions to, and promotions in, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Commander Member Melville Stewart Jameson Anthony Mark Duncan Annie Twiname Rose-Ann Fergusson-Cuninghame Neil Norman Gardner Officer Diana Glazebrook Martin Peter Callaghan Alana Gowans Duncan Fraser Chisholm Duncan McSporran James William Delaney Pearl Mathewson Sheila Ann Ferguson-Smith Mary Winifred Matthews Kirsty Elizabeth Fullerton Gordon Price Sylvia Rose Bruce Hutchison Vivienne Jane Margaret Robertson James Cunninghame Rutherford David Sherman Marjorie McRobbie Rutherford Jean Buchanan Sommerville Harold Andrew Maclean Steven Keith Farquhar Tulloch Charles Woolley Transfers Transfers from the Priory of England and the Islands - Richard Gillis OStJ Virginia Hutchison CStJ Glynne Rhys Baylis Jones OBE OStJ QVRM TD

| 58 Bailiffs Grand Cross (GCStJ) ARBUTHNOTT,The Viscount of, KT CBE DSC MA LLD FRSE (O 1971, K 1982) 1994 - AB Esquires: John Keith Oxley Arbuthnott,The Master of Arbuthnott Andrew John Collingwood Bing STIRLING of GARDEN, Sir James, KCVO CBE TD BA FRICS (K 1986) 2004 - C

Knights and Dames (KStJ and DStJ) (*denotes Knights of Justice) AGNEW, Mrs Shiela (M 1974, O 1978, C 1984) 1991 - G * AIRLIE,The Earl of, KT GCVO PC JP (O 1981) 1995 - AD

BALFOUR, Mrs Margaret Euphemia Bremner (M 1970, O 1976, C 1993) 1998 - ED BARR, Mrs Agnes Arthur Paton (M 1986, O 1989, C 1994) 1999 - C BARR, Mrs Dorothy Mary, BEM (M 1965, O 1970, C 1976) 1986 - G BARTABY, Mrs Margaret Jane Coutts, DPE MCSP (M 1983, O 1987, C 1997) 2006 - G * BLAIR, Colonel John Samuel Greene, OBE TD BA ChM FRCP FRCS FICS DLitt FSAScot (M 1979, O 1984, C 1988) 1993 - PK BURNET, Captain George Wardlaw, LVO LLB WS (O 1971, C 1979) 1985 - ED * BURNETT, Charles John, DA AMA MLitt FSAScot (M 1972, O 1974, C 1982) 1990 - AB

CALVERT, Mrs Patricia Anne, RGN (M 1984, O 1988, C 1995) 2005 - DG COOPER, Sidney George Wilson (M 1978, O 1982, C 1991) 1996 - C CRAWFORD, Mrs Philippa Marie (M 1981, O 1984, C 1993) 2003 – F CRICHTON,The Reverend Thomas, JP MA (M 1968, O 1970, Ch 1984) 2006 - WL * CRUICKSHANK of AUCHREOCH, Martin Melvin, FRGS (O 1965, C 1974) 1982 - PK

* DRUMMOND-MURRAY of MASTRICK,William Edward Peter Louis (C 1977) 1988 - ED

FLEMING,William, FIDHE FInstD EIMgt FSAScot (M 1987, O 1989, C 1997) 2009 - G FORD, John Noel Patrick, FInstD (M 1984, O 1986, C 1996) 2003 - G FORREST, Mrs Elisabeth Margaret Ross (M 1964, O 1966, C 1977) 1986 - G FULLARTON, Donald Speirs, MBE FSAScot (M 1983, O 1989, C 1996) 2005 - DN

*GOOCH, John Daniel,VRD FRICS (M 1993, O 1995, C 1999) 2006 - AD *HARDIE, Brigadier Donald Graeme,TD FIM, 1996 - DN Esquire: George Campbell

HARRIS, Raymond McGarva, CA (M 1967, O 1972, C 1982) 1990 - G HUNTER, George Alexander, OBE (M 1985, O 1987, C 1994) 1999 - ED * INNES of EDINGIGHT, Sir Malcolm Rognvald, KCVO MA LLB WS (O 1962) 1982 - ED

JERDAN, Gabriel, FSAScot (M 1981, O 1984, C 1988) 1993 - G

LEITCH, Robert, CA (M 1984, O 1988, C 1997) 2006 - G

MARR, Norman Gray, DipArch FRIAS ARIBA (M 1970, O 1986, C 1993) 2003 - AB McNEE, Sir David Blackstock, QPM (O 1974, C 1978) 1990 - G

59 | McVEAN, Mrs Agnes Muir (M 1974, O 1977, C 1984) 1991 – G MURRAY,Ewan Skinner, OBE FSAScot (M 1984, O 1986, C 1996) 2006 - G

* PATON, David Romer, OBE DL FRICS DBA (SB 1991, O 1997, C 2000) 2005 - AB

* REEKIE, Gavin Ralston, OBE CEng FIEE FIMechE FIAgrE (O 1974, C 1980) 1992 – F ROBINSON, Anne W, 1987 – H (tr) * ROSS, Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm, GCVO OBE (C 2007) 2009 – DG (tr) * RUSSELL, Archibald McIsaac (M 1970, O 1973, C 1976) 1981 - C Esquires: George Lithgow Russell Stuart Alexander Russell

SHARP,Colonel Neil Muir, MBE TD CA (M 1982, O 1984, C 1995) 2003 - AD SHAW, Sir John Calman, CBE BL FRSE CA FCMA JDipMA Drhc LLD HonLLD DLitt (M 1963, O 1966, C 1970) 1993 - PK SINCLAIR, James McGregor, FCII (M 1967, O 1976, C 1982) 1991 - ED SMITH, Mrs Jeanette (M 1984, O 1989, C 1996) 2003 - C SUTHERLAND, Mrs Georgina Scott (M 1954, O 1958, C 1965) 1979 - AB

TAYLOR, Brigadier Iain Scott, OBE TD (M 1993, O 1995, C 1999) 2006 - AD THOMPSON, Mrs Jane Beveridge Wilkie, DipIECDS (M 1977, O 1981, C 1995) 2003 - ED * TILL ING, George Henry Garfield, MA FSAScot (O 1977, C 1985) 1994 – ED

WADDELL, David, DMS MIMgt (M 1989, O 1992, C 2001) 2009 - C WILSON of TILLYORN, Lord , KT GCMG PHD MA 1987 – ED (tr)

CHAPLAINS (ChStJ) BARBOUR,The Very Reverend Professor Robert Alexander Stewart, KCVO MC MA STM DD 1977 - PK

LUSCOMBE,The Right Reverend Lawrence Edward, MA MPhil PhD LLD DLitt CA FSAScot (M 1981, O 1985) 1995 - AD

MORRIS,The Very Reverend William James, KCVO JP BA BD PhD LLD DD (O 1978) 1990 - G

STRONG,The Reverend Clifford, LTh (M 1988, O 1991) 2000 - F

COMMANDERS (CStJ) ANDERSON, James, CBE JP DL, (O 1979) 2009 - C ASHER,William (M 1985, O 1989) 1996 - C

BALFOUR, Iain Robertson (M 1997, O 2003) 2008 - ED BEST, Robert Ross, CEng MIMechE MCIBSE (M 1990, O 1994) 2003 - G BLEWITT, Mrs Hilary Isabel (M 1983, O 1992) 1999 - C BLEWITT, Robert Richard Binnie, FSAScot (M 1983, O 1986) 1993 - C BROTHERTON, Mrs Elizabeth Lorna (M 1989, O 1992) 1997 - F BROWN, Archibald Buchanan, RCM (M 1988, O 1997) 2006 - WL

| 60 BROWN, Charles Stevenson Bradshaw, FRICS ACIArb (M 1989, O 1992) 1998 - C BROWN, John Henderson, AIBScot (M 1992, O 1996) 2000 - WL

CAIRNCROSS, Mrs Mary Margaret, DL (M 1984, O 1988) 1997 - PK CAITHNESS, George Sutherland, MBE MB ChB DObstRCOG MRCGP (M 1992, O 1994) 1999 - F CALDERWOOD, Adam Stevenson, JP,(M 2003) 2009 - DG CALDERWOOD, Miss Annie Hannah, ISO CPM (M 1988, O 1994) 1997 - DG CASELY,Gordon, FRSA FSAScot (M 1974, O 1996) 2003 - AB COLEIRO, Joseph Anthony, MD DO(Lond) FRCSEd FRCOphth(Lond) (M 1994, O 1999) 2006 - AD COLTART, Colonel George John Letham,TD MA MSc CEng MICE (M 1991, O 1992) 1995 - ED

DAVIE, Lieutenant-Colonel John, MBE MC (O 1971) 1981 - O DAVIE, Mrs Sheila Duncan (M 1980, O 1984) 1986 - Un DAVIES, Lieutenant-Colonel Hywel William, MA (M 1995, O 1996) 2009 - AA DONALDSON, George, JP FCFA CG (M 1997, O 2000) 2008 - F DONALDSON, Mrs Marjorie Stuart (M 1988, O 1990) 2003 - AB DOUGLAS, David Ogilvy, CA (M 1973, O 1974) 1992 - ED DOW, Douglas Charles James, LLB NP (M 1985, O 1993) 2003 - DN DUFF,Miss Anne Milne, DCE (M 1982, O 1991) 2003 - C

FARQUHARSON, Angus Durie Miller, OBE JP MA FRICS, ( M 2001) 2009 - AB FLAVELL, Mrs Jane Alexandra, DipHEc (M 1983, O 1988) 1999 - C FLAVELL, R Gordon, BA MIOP (M 1983, O 1986) 1992 - C FORREST-HAMILTON, Mrs Marguerite (M 1946, O 1947) 1951 - Un FRASER, Mrs Margaret Elizabeth, JP (M 1977, O 1978) 1982 - H FRASER,William Alexander Elrick, MBE JP (M 1979, O 1983) 2006 - H

GILLIES, Alasdair Buchanan, BDS FDS RCPS(Glasgow) (M 1978, O 1981) 2001 - C GOW, Mrs Elizabeth (M 1989, O 1993) 2003 - ED GRAHAME, Miss Sheila (M 1974, O 1988) 2003 - ED GRANT, Miss Elizabeth Battison Morgan (M 1978, O 1983) 1987 - DN

HARKNESS,The Very Reverend James, KCVO CB OBE MA DD FRSA (O 1988) 1998 - ED HILL, Sidney Robert, BSc (M 1992, O 1996) 2003 - AD HOEY,Samuel Graham (M 1979, O 1984) 1997 - G HUTCHINSON, James Carl, ISM (M 1992, O 1995) 2000 - F HUTCHISON, Mrs Virginia, (M 1980, O 1992, C 1998) – F (tr)

JAMESON, Brigadier Melville Stewart CBE 2010 - PK JOHNSTON, Mrs Moira (M 1992, O 1995) 2001 - WL

KINNEAR, Mrs Jeanie McGill (M 1980, O 1984) 1997 - S

LEASK, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur James,TD (M 1989, O 1995) 2003 - C LEITCH, Mrs Christina Anne (M 1984, O 1989) 2001 - G LISTON, Mrs Katharine Margaret Ella, MA (M 1984, O 1990) 2008 - G LIVINGSTONE, Ian McLean (M 1990, O 1996) 2000 - WL

61 | MACGREGOR, James Duncan, OBE MD FFPHM DPH DTM&H (M 1992, O 1994) 1997 - PK MACKENZIE, Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Douglas, BSc (M 1988, O 1991) 1996 - PK MACKENZIE, Percy Arthur Paul,TD JP LRCP & S LRFPS (O 1970) 1980 - ED MACKIE, Joseph (M 1987, O 1994) 2008 - AB (tr) MACKIE, Neil, CBE DMus FRSE FRSAMD ARCM DipMusEd DRSAM FRSA (Esq 1972, M 1974, O 1986) 1995 - O MACLEHOSE of BEOCH,The Lady, 1971 - G (tr) MACPHERSON, Ian Alistair, MBE JP FIMBM FCIOB FFB (M 1973, O 1976) 1983 - G McARA, Duncan Charles, DipPub FSAScot (SB 1995, O 1996) 1999 - ED McGOWN, Archibald McAllister (M 1993, O 1996) 2009 - G McIVER, Mrs Eileen Fisher, FSAScot (M 1991, O 1994) 1999 - ED McLACHLAN, Mrs Marjory Jane, 2008 - C McLAREN, Hamish Dickson (M 1983, O 1988) 1991 - PK McMAHON, Peter, CA (M 1981, O 1988) 1996 - DG MEIKLE,Thomas McVey, MCIBS (M 1988, O 1990) 1996 - C MILNE, James Andrew Pyper, MInstR (M 1972, O 1982) 1987 - DN MONCRIEFF,Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham (M 1987, O 1992) 2005 - PK MURDOCH, Kenneth Lyle Stewart, DA ARIBA ARIAS (M 1990, O 1996) 2001 - PK MURPHY,James Barrie, MB ChB DPM FRCPsych (M 1989, O 1994) 2003 - G

NIVEN, David Anderson Christie, FSAScot (M 1997, O 1999) 2005 - C

PATERSON, Kenneth George, LLB NP (M 1997, O 2000) 2005 - DG PATTISON, Lisle, MBE TD BA FCIS FRGS (M 1993, O 1995) 1997 - PK PEARSON, Major-General Ronald Matthew, CB MBE LDS, 1983 - PK (tr) PELHAM BURN, Angus Maitland, JP DL (O 1978) 1995 - AB PETRIE, Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Stewart,TD JP (M 1985, O 1990) 1998 - S PICKARD, Mrs Anna I. (M 1971, O 1976) 1986 - Un

RENNIE, Keith (M 1995, O 1998) 2006 - AD RENNIE, Lawson, MIBMS AIST (M 1977, O 1999) 2003 - F ROBB, Air Commodore Robert Cleghorn, OBE MB ChB DPH MFCM, 1976 - O ROBERTSON, James (SB 1977, O 1998) 2006 - WL ROSS, Alastair Robertson, RSA RGI FRBS DA FSAScot HonFRIAS DArts (M 1979, O 1984) 1997 - F ROSS, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm GCVO OBE, 2007 - DG (tr) RUSACK, Ronald Edward Seton, MBE FBII (M 1982, O 1984) 1997 - ED

SCOTT,Thomas (M 1996, O 2001) 2009 - AD SHAW, Neil, MBA FRICS ACIArb (M 1981, O 1984) 1988 - O SHIRREFFS, Mrs Jennifer Anne, BSc DL (M 1991, O 1995) 2003 - AB SMAIL, Ian Balfour, BSc CEng ARCST FIMarE (M 1989, O 1991) 1997 - G SMITH, Mrs Elspeth Burrell (M 1977, O 1984) 1993 - WL SMITH,The Reverend Richard, JP BD (M 1987, O 1990) 2003 - C SMITH, Sir Robert Courtney, CBE MA(Cantab) CA LLD FRSE (M 1973, O 1976) 2003 - PK SOMMERVILLE,William Sands (M 1986, O 1989) 2008 - G STEYN, John Hofmeyr, MB ChB PhD FRCS FRCSE (M 1983, O 1985) 1990 – AB STIRLING of GARDEN, Lady (M 1992, O 1998) 2006 - C

| 62 TAYLOR, Robert (M 1994, O 1996) 1999 – C TWINAME, Miss Anne, MHCIMA (M 1991 O 1999) 2010 - DG

VALENTINE,Tom (M 1993, O 1997) 2006 - C

WALLACE, Ian William John, BSc MB ChB FRCS (M 1992, O 1995) 2005 - WL WALTON, David, JP HonFRCPSG (M 1977, O 1983) 1984 - G WARDEN, Samuel Connor, FIST MInstAM IFSTA ASTA (M 1983, O 1986) 2009 - H WARDROPE, Gavin Kenneth, FSAScot (M 1991, O 1994) 2003 - G WATSON, David, CA FSAScot (M 1984, O 1988) 1999 - G WEST, John Watt, RGN RMN (M 1992, O 1995) 2000 - DG WHYTOCK, Charles Ian Gibson (M 1987, O 1994) 2003 - ED

OFFICERS (OStJ) ABRAM, Henry Charles,VRD DL, 1977 - G AGNEW, Ian, MA(Cantab), (M 1984) 1987 - PK ALLAN, Malcolm McRae, (M 1980) 1984 - C ALLISON, Mrs Joycelyn Francis , (M 1967) 1970 - ED ANDERSON, Mrs Agnes Scott, (M 1984) 1989 - G ANDERSON, Norman Robert Craig , (M 1982) 1984 - G ARNEIL, Emeritus Professor Gavin Cranston, MD PhD DSc FRCP FRCPG FRCPI FRCPE FAAP FRCPCH DCH (M 1986) 1999 - DN ARNOTT, John Emslie, DA DipTP ARSA ARIBA ARIAS (M 1971) 1974 - ED

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| 64 DUFF,John Edward Murray, BEM (M 1976) 1980 - AB DUNCAN, Mrs Frances Elsbeth, OBE JP,1999 - AD DUNDEE,The Earl of, 1980 - F DUNDEE,The Countess of (M 1999) 2003 - F DUNN, John (M 1987) 1992 - C DUNNETT, Mrs Helene Joyce (M 1985) 1991 - ED

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HALL, James Firth, FRICS FRVA FRSH ComendadorOM(Portugal) (M 1973) 1974 - ED

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| 72 ELLINGTON, Mrs Karen Leigh, 1989 - AB ENOS, John Charles, 2008 - DG

FARQUHARSON, Andrew Robert, 1981 - ED FARQUHARSON, Mrs Angela Pauline, 1978 - ED FENWICK,William Hugh Fenton, CA, 2000 - G FERGUSON, Mrs Ann Maria, 1997 - O FERGUSON, Mrs Catriona Roberta, 1997 - C FERGUSON, John Bell, MB ChB MRCPsych BSc, 1996 - WL FERGUSSON, Mrs Margaret Hamilton, 1984 - PK FERGUSSON-CUNINGHAME, Mrs Rose-Ann, 2010 - AA FINDLAY,Mrs Margaret Elizabeth, 1980 - DG FLAVELL, Miss Amy Jane, 1998 - C FLYNN, Charles Patrick, 1997 - WL FORREST, Miss Margaret Ogg Ferguson, 1955 - ED FORSYTH, Mrs Agnes Cowie, 1998 - WL FRASER, Peter Kerr, MA(Hons) MIMIS, 2000 - AB FRASER, Roland Lovat, OBE FRAeS, 1986 - AD FULLERTON, Mrs Gwen Elizabeth, 2006 - H FULTON, Mrs Evelyn, 2000 - DG FYFE, Mrs Mary Eleanor, MCSP,1983 - G FYFE, Mrs Mary Rhoda, OBE MCSP,2003 - F

GALBRAITH, Alexander, CLJ FSAScot AIMgt, 1982 - G GALLACHER, Daniel Iber, FCCA ATII, 2006 - C GALLOWAY,Mrs Isabelle Winifred, RGN ONC, 1991 - ED GARDINER, Peter, FCCA ATII, 1977 - C GARDNER, Mrs Jean, 2001 - C GARDNER,The Reverend Neil Norman, MA BD, 2010 - ED GAVIN, Hugh Thomas Hodge, LVChC MSChA MInstCH, 1987 - G GILHOOLY, Laurence John, Master Mariner FG, 2001 - ED GILLESPIE, Alastair Alfred Bell, 1978 - O GILMOUR,William, 2008 – G GLAZEBROOK, Mrs Diana, 2010 - PK GOOCH, Mrs Ann Patricia, BSc CCETSW GSCCM, 1995 - AD GORDON, Andrew David, BSc FBOM DMS, Esq 1971 1976 - AB GORDON, David Wilson, BEM, 1983 - Un (tr) GOWANS, Miss Alana, 2010 - AD GORDON, Frederick Charles Andrew, DipRMS, 1981 - AB GOSMAN, Evelyn Anne, RMN RGN, 2006 - C GOURDIE, Mrs May Smith, 1993 - ED GOURLAY,Andrew, 2003 - AD GRAY, Mrs Arline Elizabeth Lyons, 1985 - DN GRAY,Ian Lang Holmes, ACII FCILA, 2001 - G GREEN, Alexander, FIA, 1981 - F GREEN, Mrs Florence Ada, 1984 - F GREEN, Major Michael Alan,TD, 2003 - AB GREEN, Robin Michael, BA PhD FRAS, 1970 - G

73 | GRIEVE, Harald Gilbertson, 1993 - G

HAMILTON, Elizabeth – 2006 - DG HAMILTON, Henry Alan Shanks, DA ARIAS RIBA, 1985 - AB HAMILTON, John Patterson, QPM BA(Hons) MBA BSc, 1999 - O HART, Mrs Jean Elizabeth, 1986 - DN (tr) HAY,Henry, 2005 - DG HAY,Peter Johnston, 2009 - AD HAY of DUNS, Mrs Aline Mary, MA (Hons), 1906 - ED HENERY,Mrs Margaret Agnes Henderson, 1998 - WL HIGGINS, Ian, 1997 - O HILL, Michael Henry James, OBE MA BSc, 2005 - AD HILLS, Mrs Lesley Joan, ACIBS, 1988 - O HOGG, Hope Berthe Turner, MB ChB DPM, 1998 - G HOPKINS, Dennis John, 2000 - H HOPPER, Mrs Lilias Euphemia, 1965 - ED HOWARTH, Mrs Jean Leckie, 1996 - O HOWARTH, John Hutcheson, BSc, 1998 - O HOY,Ronald Pullar, 1995 - F HUNTER, Mrs Jean Ann, SRN SCM QIDN, 1983 - AB HUNTER, Mrs Mary, 1982 - H HUSBAND, Mrs Helen Anderson, 1977 - G

INGRAM, Mrs Helena Adie, 1983 - AB INNES, Mrs Alison Ann, 1997 - ED INNES, Mrs Janette Paterson Hart, 2005 - G

JARVIE, Mrs Anne Marion Russell, 1984 - C JARVIE, James Beaton, 1985 - C JEFFREY, Miss Lily Isobel Hume, FCOT SROT UCCAP,2000 - O JENNINGS, Kevin Patrick, MB ChB FRCP,1989 - AB JERDAN, David, FRICS, 2000 - G JOHNSTON, Robert, 1999 - WL JONES, Ian Stewart, BSc, 1984 - AD JONES, Mrs Isabella Moira, 2003 - DG

KENNEDY,Kenneth Donald, MA FSAScot, 2000 - G KENNON,William Stanley, 1985 - DN KER, Mrs Elizabeth, 1978 - O KINNEAR, Edith Ann Mary Munro, CIWO, 2006 - ED KIRKPATRICK, Mrs Isobel Smith, 1981 - C KIRKWOOD, Mrs Miriam Stewart, 1980 - DG KNIGHT, Mrs Alma Fraser, 1987 - Un KNIGHT, Roland Lewis, 1987 - Un

LAING, Mrs Elizabeth Scott, 2003 - F LANG, Mrs Doreen Marguerite Symington, JP,1978 - G LATIMER, Stanley Byron Logan, 1982 - DN

| 74 LEGGAT, Mrs Christina Crawford, 1973 - G LEYLAND, Mark, BScHons, 2003 - DN LINDESAY-BETHUNE,The Honorable John Martin, DL BA, 1905 - F LORIMER, Mrs Judith Eileen, 1974 - G LOUGHRIDGE, Mrs Jessie Dougall, 1970 - ED LOW, Robert Andrew Lochhead,TD MB ChB FRCSG FRCOG, 1995 - G LOWRIE, Mrs Jane, 1990 - Un LUTTON, Clifford Cuthbert, MB ChB MRCGP,1984 - ED LYE, Mrs Pamela Joyce, 2002 - H (tr)

MACASKILL,The Reverend Marjory, LLB BD, 1995 - G MacAULAY,Brian John Ballantyne, BVMS MRCVS, 1984 - C MacBRIDE, Christopher David, 2008 - AB MacCALLUM, James Stark, 1978 - WL MacFARLANE, John Alan, MB ChB FRCS, 1970 - F MacINNES, Angus Neil, 1986 - DN MacINTYRE, Neil MacVicar, 2000 - DG MACKENZIE, Gordon Andrew, MA FCIS AIIMR MSI FSAScot, 1997 - ED MacKENZIE, Kenneth, MBE, 1982 - H MACKINTOSH, Henry Harrison, FWeldI, 1984 - DN MACLEAN, Neil Mackinnon, MB ChB FRCGP DMJ, 1980 - G MacLEOD, Frederick MacKinlay, CA, 1974 - G MACPHERSON, Mrs Rebecca Amer, 1980 - G MACRAE, G Findlay, MIMM MILOG, 1995 - AB MACRAE, Hugh Charles Edward, MA, 1998 - PK MacRAE, Colonel James Robert, MBE TD, 2003 - PK MacRAE, Malcolm Charles, BSc(Hons) MSc, 1992 - ED MAHAFFY, Ronald Gibson, FRCS FRCR, 1978 - AB MAIN, Joan Cameron, MB ChB MFCM DPH DA, 1977 - Un MAINLAND,William Maxwell, 2003 - ED MAIR, Mrs Margaret Isobel Gowans, 1987 - AB MALCOLM, Edward Anderson, 1999 - WL MALLOCH, James McCaig, 1971 - G MAR and KELLIE,The Countess of, 1979 - Un MARSHALL, Dennis Wiliam, 2006 - WL MARSHALL, Harley Hamilton, OBE, 1974 - G MARSHALL, Mrs Sandra, 1906 - WL MARSHALL, Mrs Winifred Mary, 1967 - Un MARTIN-BATES, Graham Robert, DipEd, 1998 – PK MATHEWSON, Mrs Pearl, 2010 - G MATHEWSON, Stuart James, 2009 – G MATTHEWS, Mrs Mary Winifred, SRN, 2010 - PK MATTHEWS, Mrs Margaret Lamont MacDonald, RGN SCM, 1998 - S MATTHEWS, Mrs Marlene McCulloch, 1998 - F McDONALD, Edward Graham, BSc DipEd, 1979 - AB McDONALD, Miss Moira Catherine, 1994 - AD McEWAN, Joan, 2009 - ED McFARLANE, Kenneth, 2005 - PK

75 | McGILL, Mrs Unity, 1985 - S McGOWN, Hugh Stuart, 2001 - G McGUCKIN, Mrs Janet Hornall, 1973 - Un McHALE, Mrs Margaret, 1993 - ED McHARDY,Mrs Carolyn, 1988 - S McINTYRE, Ranald Ewen, 1998 - PK McKENNA, Alan Lawrence, 1994 - ED McKENZIE, Justice Donald Cameron Moffat, JP FFA FIM, 1978 - PK McKINLEY,James, JP BA MCII, 1983 - DN McLAREN,The Reverend William, MA BD, 1998 - O McLEAN, David Logan, FSAScot, 2003 - WL McMAHON, Anthony, HNC Dental Technology, 2003 - AB McMAHON, Mrs Janette Blair, 1999 - DG McMASTER, Major William Crawford, 2005 - H McMILLAN, Andrew, 1979 - G McMILLAN, Ronald, 1972 - Un McNAY,Mrs Margaret Crawford, 1976 - G McQUEEN, Ferguson, QVMSM, 1995 - AB McROBBIE, Ian Simpson, MB ChB MRCGP FFOM DIH DObstRCOG, 1989 - ED (tr) McSPORRAN, Duncan, BA, 2010 - G McVITTIE, Stuart, 2009 - DG McWHANNELL,Wilfred Alan, FISTC FSAScot, 2003 - G MENZIES, Mrs Sheila Rachel, 1977 - Un MESSER, Mrs Mary Wood, RGN RFN, 1999 - C MIDDLETON, Mrs Yvonne Marjorie, 1984 - AD MILLAR, Geoffrey Thomas, MB ChB FRCSEd FRCOphth, 1993 - F MILLER, Paul George Joseph, 1980 - AB MILLER, Roger Ogilvy Stewart, BSc FCIOB, 1989 - ED MITCHELL, Michael James, 2001 - AD MITCHELL,William Thomson, 1974 - C MONTGOMERY,Miss Nanette Duncan Whyte, 1987 - C MORE, Callum, 1995 - Un MORELLI, Mrs Christine, 1996 - C MORGAN, Mrs Audrey Wannan, 2006 - F MORRIS, Miss Agnes Robertson, 1995 - ED MORRIS, Miss Janet Liddle Buchanan, 1994 - C MORRIS OF BALGONIE & EDDERGOLL, younger Stuart Gordon Cathal, DipSocSc, FRSA, FSAScot, Freeman,City of London, 2003 - F MORRISON, Miss Elena, 1984 - Un MOUTREY,David, 2005 - S MOWAT, Mrs Eileen Stark, 2000 - AD MOYES, Miss Caroline Inglehart MacDonald, 1984 - DN MUIR, Mrs Margaret Evelyn, 1958 - G MUNRO, Miss Gillian Lesley, 2006 – G MUNRO, Mrs Margaret Bartholomew, 2006 – G MURNING, John, 2008 - C MURPHY,John Storrar, MA, 1971 - C MUSHET, Andrew, 2009 - G

| 76 NEIL, Mrs Christina Liddell, 2006 - G NEILSON, Mrs Lily Simpson Roger, 1993 - ED NEVILLE, Mary Hallam, BA MEd PhD, 1986 - O NICOL, Douglas Carnegie, 1998 - AD NOTMAN,Thomas Ewan, 2005 - ED

OLIVER, Stewart Mason, 2005 - S ORR, Stuart, 1987 - G OSWALD, Edwin Thomas, 2000 - AD

PAGAN, Charles William, MBE DL TD BA LLB FRSA WS, 2001 - F PAISLEY,Peter Craig, OBE, 1974 - DN PARK, Mrs Mary Murray, RGN, 1983 - G PARKER-JERVIS, Mrs Marigold Elizabeth, 2006 - H PARSONS, Ronald Albert, 2003 - F PATERSON, Mrs Ann, 1989 - Un PATERSON, Mrs Catherine Brydie, 1984 - Un PATERSON, John Moore, JP MA Hons, 2006 - C

PATTERSON, David Wemyss, 1977 - AB PAUL, John Findlay Russell, BA CA, 1999 - C PEARCE, John, FIMgt, 2003 - C PENN, Mrs Myra, 1988 - F PETERKIN, Mrs Rachel Mary, JP,2001 - F POWELL, Damon St John, 2003 - AB PRINCE, Roger Michael, 1985 - ED PROCTOR, John Taylor, DBA(Edin), 2003 - ED PRICE, Gordon, 2010 - G PROVAN, James, 2006 - WL PURSER, David Herbert,TD MA, 1998 - AB

RAE, Alan, FTC AMIMI CertEd, 1999 - AB RAMSAY, Mrs Margaret Elizabeth, 2003 - AD REDMOND, Robert Roy, 1991 - G REID, Joseph Robert, 2006 - G REID, Robert Brown, CA, 1987 - G REID, Stephen James, FCSD, 1994 - G RENNIE, Mrs Avril Taylor, 2001 - F RENNIE, David Edward Gavin, 2006 - H REYNOLDS, Helen Christie, 2006 - AB RICHMOND, Henry William, FRSA FSAScot CQSW, 1978 - ED RIDDELL, Michael James, 1998 - AB RIDDICK,William Scott, 1999 - G RILEY,Gordon Douglas, SRpara, 1995 - AB ROBERTSON, Alexander, 1984 - C ROBERTSON, Mrs Enid Mary, 1986 - C ROBERTSON, George Slessor, MD FFARCS, 1985 - AB ROBERTSON, Ian, MCIPD FSAScot, 2003 - WL

77 | ROBERTSON, Norman Cattanach, 1979 - AB ROBERTSON, Mrs Vivienne Jane Margaret, 2010 - ED ROBINSON, Mrs Penelope Helen Thom, MA, 1987 - G RODGER, Miss Jean Lennox, 1980 - DN ROLLO, David Bruce MacIntosh, LLB NP WS, 1980 - F ROME, John, 1990 - G ROME, Mrs Lindsey, 1991 - G ROSS, Frederick, 2008 – G ROSS, Mrs Kathryn Margaret Greig, FSAScot, 1987 - F RUSSELL, George McLaren Bell, Esq 1986 1989 - C RUSSELL, Mrs Margaret Anne, SRN SCM, 2001 - G RUSSELL,William Grant, 2006 - H

SANDILANDS, Mrs Annie Christina, 1990 - WL SCOTT, Mrs Helen Diack, MCSP,1906 - DG SCOTT, James, CA, 2000 - AD SCOTT, Mrs Janette Johnstone Chalmers, SRN SCM BTA HV, 1997 - G SCOTT, Mrs Kathleen, 2000 - AD SCOTT, Peter Borthwick, DipEd AIBScot, 1999 - ED SEARIL, Mrs Jean Hill Armour, 2006 - G SEMPLE,William Gordon, MB ChB, 1985 - G SHANKS, Robert McDonald Johnston, MITD, 1988 - H SHARP,Mrs Muriel Anne, 1999 - AD SHELDON, Miss Elizabeth Amelia, MBE, 1978 - AB SHERMAN, David, MBE, 2010 - PK SHIRLAW, Miss Ellison Fargie, 1978 - G SIM, Mrs Mary Gillespie Adam, RGN, 1997 - ED SIMANDI, Mrs Ann, MA, 2006 - F SKILTON, Mrs Joan Margaret, 1968 - ED SLATER, Michael Brian, BEng AMIEE, 1972 - AB SMITH, Mrs Sheila R, DipCE, 1997 - WL SMITH, Miss Sheila Stewart, 1988 - AB SOMERVILLE, Miss Moira Collis, BA, 1997 - WL SOMMERVILLE, Mrs Jean Buchanan, 2010 - G SORBIE, Gavin, 1998 - S SOUTH, Mrs Sandra, MBE, 1984 - H SOWTER, Mrs Margaret Jean, 1997 - C SPENCE, Mrs Hazel Murray, 2006 - AD SPRENT, Professor Janet Irene, BSc PhD ARCS, 1982 - F STARK, Mrs Mary Elizabeth, 1986 - F STEDWARD, Alexander, 1988 - Un STEDWARD, Mrs Moira, 1986 - Un STEEL, Alison, PgD BSc RGN RM, 2006 – G STEVEN,The Reverend Harold Andrew Maclean, L.Th FAS Scot, 2010 - G STEVENSON, Russell Gray, BSc(Hons) PhD, 1999 - AB STEWART, James, 1998 - AD STEWART, Mrs Joyce Margaret, RGN, 1983 - AB STEYN, Mrs Daphne Mary, BA, 1987 - AB

| 78 STRAUBE, Gordon Alexander, 2006 - H STUART, Mrs Linda Ann, 1986 - Un

TANKARD, Mrs Ann MacLeod Lightbody, MA, 2001 - F TANTON, Michael, 2003 - O TAYLOR, Allan Watson, BSc(Hons) PhD ACA, 1906 - AB TAYLOR, Douglas Hunter, 1906 - G TAYLOR, Edward Graham Macdonald, 1982 - G TAYLOR, Mrs Hilda May, 1982 - O TAYLOR, Matthew Charles, 1982 - O TAYLOR, Mrs Nancy Christine, 1996 - AD TELFER, Miss Mary West, 1978 - G THOMSON, Mrs Jean, MBE, 2003 - AD THORBURN, Mrs Margaret, 1985 - C THORBURN, Stanley Russell, 1984 - C THORNHILL, Mrs Sarah Ann, DipEd, 1994 - DG TILLING, Mrs Margaret Meriel, MA, 1997 - ED TULLOCH, Keith Farquhar, CA, 2010 - AA

VALENTINE, John Young, 1996 - C

WALKER, Mrs Ellen Meek Chalmers Prentice, RGN, 2006 - DG WALKER, Joseph Muir, AMBIM, 1987 - Un WALKER,William, 1972 - AB WALLACE, Mrs Kathleen Elizabeth, RGN SCM NDNCert, 2000 - DG WALTON, Mrs Carole, 1983 - G WARD,The Reverend William Francis, 1981 - AD WARWICK, Mrs Christine Margaret, 1986 - PK (tr) WATSON, Derek John, 2006 - C WATSON, Kenneth Matthew, 2000 - WL WATSON, Mrs Valerie Stewart Massie, 2003 - WL WATT, James Richard, MA, 1976 - O WAY,Baron of Plean George Alexander, LLB(Hons) FRSA FSAScot SSC NP,1999 - ED WEBSTER, Kenneth McDonald James, 1998 - AB WIGHT, Mrs Doris, 1994 - ED WIGHTON, Brenda Kidd, 2009 - AD WILKIE, Brian Bennet, 1980 - AD WILLIAMS, Mrs Mary Smith, 1990 - DG WILLIAMS, Mrs Muriel Joan, 2008 - ED WILSON, Mrs Elizabeth Alice, OBE BSc RGN RGM, 2003 - DG WILSON, John Gordon, 2005 - ED WISHART, David, 2001 - F WOODS, Peter Alwyn, MBE FIPD, 1990 - DN (tr) WOOFF,Jane Fraser, MB ChB DRCGP,2000 - DG WOOLLEY,Charles, 2010 - H WOOLLEY, Ian, 2009 - H WYLIE, Mrs Phyllis Helen, JP,1974 - G WYLLIE, Gordon Malcolm, LLB NP FSAScot TEP WS, 1999 - G

79 | YARROW, Lady, JP,1985 - G YOUNG, Miss Caroline Rosemary Vida, HND, 2000 - Un YOUNG, Mrs Joyce Marguerite, 1976 - G ESQUIRES ARBUTHNOTT, John Keith Oxley,The Master of Arbuthnott, 1983 – AB

BING, Andrew John Collingwood, 1983 – AD

CAMPBELL, George, 1998 – DN

RUSSELL, George Lithgow, 1998 - C RUSSELL, Stuart Alexander, 1998 – C IN GRATEFUL MEMORY Amongst others lost to the Priory were the following Grade II members of the Order.

Marjorie Matheson’s remarkable support for St John spanned well over 30 years. In the 1982/83 year book her admission to the Order is recorded for service given in preceding years. In the same year book a tribute is paid for a coffee morning held at her gracious home ‘Stoneleigh’ in Newlands, Glasgow,which raised £800. Although Marjorie contributed in many other ways,these highly popular and successful annual coffee mornings, and similar events, such as cocktail parties, for which she generously opened up her home, became her hallmark. Records were consistently set, with takings rising ever higher, to over £3,500 eventually. In 1987, Marjorie took over as chair of the area’s Ladies’ Committee and so joined the main area committee, on which she served for 18 years. In addition, in 1989, she took over as the Vice-Chairman of the Management Committee of the St John residential home on Mansionhouse Road, Langside, Glasgow and gave much to it until its closure in 2004. Resourceful, determined and hardworking, Marjorie had a great zest for life and an infectious enthusiasm and sense of fun.

St John benefited greatly from the outstanding support given by Roy Thomson over a very long period. He served continuously on the Aberdeen and North-East Area Committee from 1975, including for a spell as the Treasurer, and on the Council of St John Scotland from 1976 until 1987. Mountain rescue was an area in which he made a special contribution. He developed a strong link with the Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team and helped promote their work,including through reports in every year book from 1976 until its format was revised in 1992. Also, Roy was the St John representative on the Aberdeen and St John Mountain Rescue Association,helping raise funds for the team. Widely known and highly respected well beyond Aberdeen, Roy had a keen interest in the arts and in politics (and became the chairman of the Scottish Liberal Democrats). He supported other charitable causes, for example as the President of Mental Health Aberdeen, and in some cases this led to them being noticed and then helped by St John. Steady, quietly spoken, generous hearted and wise, Roy was a much liked and valued colleague.

| 80 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY

The deaths of the following Order members are recorded with deep regret and with gratitude for the support they gave to the Order:

Kathleen Mary McLaren ANDERSON Edgar Keltie BROLLS James MacKenzie CAMERON David COOK Anne Lizbeth DICKSON Euphemia (Fay) DICKSON John DRUMMOND David DUNCAN George Alan GARTON Helen Souza FOX The Duke of HAMILTON & BRANDON Mary Orchard HUTCHINSON Peter Simpson KELSO Sarah (Sheila) Greer McCARROLL Mary Livingstone MacDONALD Alexanderina MacKENZIE Marjorie Graham MATHESON Robert McDonald ROSS Stanley Patrick ROSS-SMITH William MacKenzie SEARIL Alexander SKINNER John Francis Ferguson SMITH Roy Hendry THOMSON Francis Thomas TREE

81 | The 15th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon 13th September 1938 – 5th June 2010

Sadly, in June 2010, St John Scotland lost one of its former Priors. Angus, His Grace The 15th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon was installed as the Prior of Scotland in 1975, at the Canongate Kirk in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh. He went on to preside over a busy and successful time for St John in Scotland. For example, membership increased, together with the number of branches, the provision of residential and holiday accommodation was expanded, and new initiatives were started. The Hamilton dukedom is the third oldest in the United Kingdom and the senior title in Scotland and ancestry can be traced back to Mary Queen of Scots. At July’s ‘Celebration of the Life of Angus’,held in the cathedral-like (with the longest aisle in Scotland) and packed St Mary’s Church, Haddington, it was said that, but for the 1707 Acts of Union, all those present might perhaps have been attending a memorial service for the King of Scotland. The 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon also held 2 marquisates,4 earldoms,6 lordships and 1 barony. Yet he was admired for his self-effacing and unassuming manner and, whilst fully meeting the responsibilities attached to his titles, for his accomplishments in his own right. He learned to fly when only 16, his father having been the first person to fly over Everest and one of four brothers who were simultaneously Squadron Leaders during the Second World War. After gaining an engineering degree at Oxford he joined the Royal Air Force himself and saw active service as a pilot, including in the Far East. His love of flying endured and after leaving the RAF he became a test pilot and he enjoyed giving daring aerobatic displays which he did until quite recently. Skill at speed in the air was matched with that on the ground and he was the holder of more than 60 British national and international land speed and racing titles. His engineering knowledge enhanced his contribution to these and other activities, such as the development of an amphibious vehicle which was welcomed by civilian bodies and the forces. In addition, he succeeded in overcoming various challenges to retain and improve the family’s East Lothian home, Lennoxlove House, and estate. His Grace had said from the outset that it was never his intention to remain as the Prior for a prolonged period, and after nearly eight years he arranged to pass on the office to the Viscount of Arbuthnott, in 1983. It is fortunate to be able to reproduce here a tribute paid to him in the year book of the time. “It probably appeared to many somewhat rash to have had the temerity to approach His Grace The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon with the request to undertake the duties of the Prior of Scotland so soon after his succession to the Dukedom with all the responsibilities which this inevitably involved.

| 82 His wiling acceptance of the Priorate,his interest and his continuing commitment to the Order proved that such ideas were totally wrong. Since his installation, his unostentatious leadership has ensured a steady and well-regulated growth of the Order’s activities within the realm. The Order in Scotland is grateful for the years which he has given as Prior of Scotland and it is with complete understanding that his wish to lay down office is viewed.

The gratitude of every member of the Order for his dignified presidency of festivals, investitures, Chapter and Council meetings and the many other occasions when his presence added distinction to the proceedings is heartily acknowledged. It is with a sense of loss that the departure of the present Prior is recorded, but sadness has no place when, as a Knight of Justice, His Grace remains as a confrère and encourager within Scotland.” The memorial service for Angus in St Mary’s Church, Haddington, near his home, included much beautiful music, reflecting his love of music and opera in particular. The celebration of his life continued at Archerfield Links, Dirleton, where very many members of his family and wide circle of friends from near and far joined others in continuing to remember him. In a stirring tribute, three of his friends took off in their planes from a nearby airfield to give a flypast salute overhead in a Missing Man Formation.

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