sign in sign up
<<
Home , Chivalry, Religious order

The Priory of Scotland of the of St John

Handbook and Member List 2020 Contents

History of the Order of St John...... 4 The Order in Scotland...... 5 The Order of St John Today...... 6 Grades of the Order...... 7 Foundation Dues and Oblations...... 7 Postnominal letters...... 7 and ...... 8 Order of St John Service ...... 9 Order of St John for Organ Donation...... 9 St John House...... 10 Room...... 10 Library...... 11 Torphichen Preceptory...... 11 Governance of the Order...... 12 Area Committees...... 14 Roll of Order Members, Priory of Scotland...... 17 In Grateful Memory...... 35

2 3 History of The Order of St John The Order in Scotland

The origins of the Order of St John can be traced to an 11th century hospital - the Hospital In its early years, the Order provided training in first aid and related subjects in Scotland, of St John in Jerusalem. In 1113, the people who administered this hospital were formed as in other parts of the United Kingdom. However, the Scottish-based St Andrew’s into a religious Order. Soon after, they took on military duties and became known as Ambulance Association was formed later and began similar activities, both in Scotland Hospitallers. and in .

That Order, which still exists today, is now commonly known as the Order of Malta. In 1908, an agreement was reached that St Andrews would cease first aid training south of It recruited members and owned property throughout Western . The Order’s the border, and St John north of it. In the 1940s, some of its members felt that there was principal property in Scotland was at Torphichen in West Lothian. Being Roman Catholic, scope for the Order to undertake a variety of public services in Scotland, so in 1947, the the medieval Order ceased to function in England from April 1540, and in Scotland from Scottish Priory of the Order was established. 1565 when the Reformation took place in the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. Over the years, the Priory of Scotland of the Order of St John responded to changes to In the first half of the 19th century, a group of people set out to revive the Order of Malta some of these needs brought about by developments such as the creation and evolution in the United Kingdom, but ultimately formed themselves into a separate organisation of the National Health Service. This ranged from the building and managing of care which they called the ‘Order of St John’, which had no official recognition. In 1877, they homes, to the provision of vehicles to other charitable organisations. 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 In more recent times, under the banner St John Scotland, members of the Order alongside uniformed body of trained volunteers to provide first aid cover to the public. other volunteers continue to help communities in need through charitable works. Patient Transport services have been established to help those undergoing treatment for cancer In 1882, as a further means of providing to those in need and recognising its origins, or dialysis get to regular hospital appointments without having to rely on public transport. the Order opened a hospital in Jerusalem. This was to treat eye disease, prevalent in the Middle East. St John Scotland is also helping the nation be more resilient in the face of sudden cardiac arrest, by supporting local communities to install Public Access Defibrillators, and offering In 1888, Queen Victoria made the Order a Royal , with the monarch as free CPR training to people of all ages. We also continue to support Scottish Mountain its Sovereign Head. Since then, the Grand has always been a member of the Royal Rescue teams and a Mountain Safety initiative in partnership with Mountaineering Scotland. . As well as work at home, St John Scotland has long supported the St John of Jerusalem Today, the Order of St John functions throughout the United Kingdom, in many other Eye Hospital Group, as well as services run by colleagues in St John Malawi. Commonwealth countries, in the United States of America, and at the hospital in Jerusalem. For more information about St John Scotland, visit the website at www.stjohnscotland.org.uk

4 5 The Order of St John Today Grades of the Order

Membership of the Order (as an Order of Chivalry) is conferred in recognition of work Under its Sovereign Head, Her Majesty The Queen, the Order has five grades: done in furthering its objects. Recommendations for admission to, or promotion in, the Order may be made by the chairs of the Area committees and by Grade I or II members. I & , GCStJ II & Dame (of Justice or of Grace), KStJ & DStJ Such recommendations are subject to scrutiny by the Priory and III , CStJ Committee, and are then submitted to Her Majesty the Queen for approval. New and IV Officer, OStJ promoted members are invested with their insignia at the of St John, held V Member, MStJ annually in Scotland on or around the 24th of June (St John Baptist Day). . Clerical grades (eg. CHStJ) were withdrawn from use, however those holding them may wish to continue to use them The Roll of Members of the Order in the Priory of Scotland is maintained in the Chancery. A member may request a copy of his or her recorded particulars at any time. Foundation Dues and Oblations

To carry out its charitable works as St John Scotland, the Priory depends to a great extent on contributions from its members. Order members are relied upon for two set contributions: Foundation Dues, payable on admission to, and promotion within the Order; and Annual Oblations, payable annually on a scale related to grade within the Order.

The current Foundation Dues and Annual Oblation rates are:

Grade Foundation Annual Dues (£) Oblations (£) I GCStJ 660 125 II KStJ 340 95 II DStJ 360 95 III CStJ 220 65 IV OStJ 110 50 V MStJ 80 40 Postnominal letters

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 decorations for distinguished service or gallantry, eg. Donald MacDonald MBE MC KStJ.

6 7 Medals and Insignia Order of St John Service Medal

Upon admission into the Order of St John, members are presented with insignia, each All those who make a significant contribution to the charitable works of the Order of level and office being depicted by different emblems and robes for wear at ceremonial St John (whether or not they are a member) is entitled to apply for the Order’s Service Medal. occasions. Notes on the wearing of insignia are available on request from the Chancery. The service medal is bestowed when an individual has completed at least 60 hours’ service each year for ten years. Bars are added to the service medal to denote further years’ service. This year, an ultra-long service medal has been introduced to recognise those who have contributed 50 years’ service. Bars may be added to this medal up to 70 years’ service.

Bailiff Grand Cross Dame Grand Cross

Knight of Justice Dame of Justice Knight of Grace Dame of Grace 10 years Service Medal 50 years Ultra-long Service Extension 15 years Silver bar 55 years Gold bar 20 years 2 Silver bars 60 years 2 Gold bars 25 years 3 Silver bars 65 years 3 Gold bars 30 years Gold bar 70 years 4 Gold bars 35 years 2 Gold bars 40 years 3 Gold bars 45 years 4 Gold bars Commander (male) Commander (female)

Order of St John Award for Organ Donation

The Order of St John Award for Organ Donation is a UK-wide initiative in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). Officer (male) Officer (female) Since 2013, the awards have been presented to the of those who have lost loves ones within the past year, but whose decision to donate their organs helped saved the lives of others.

In Scotland, the awards are presented at a ceremony in Edinburgh during Organ Donation Week each year. The award itself is inscribed with the words “Add Life, Give Hope”. Member (male) Member (female) 8 9 St John House, Edinburgh Library

The Chancery, or headquarters, of the Priory of Scotland is located at St John House, The library of St John Scotland is contained within St John’s House. It has a fascinating 21 St John Street, Edinburgh. This early eighteenth-century house lies off the Royal Mile collection of books, documents, photographs and objects relating to the Order from its a little below the site of St John’s Cross in the Canongate. It was originally built for the origins to the present day. Visitors to the library are welcome, and are requested to make Wemyss family and was generously gifted to the Order in 1971 by the late James Watt KStJ. arrangements with the Librarian, Duncan McAra, by email at [email protected]

Chapter Room Torphichen Preceptory

On the first floor of St John House is the Chapter Room, which was relocated to its present The first property in Scotland of the pre-Reformation Order was established at Torphichen location from the original Chancery building in Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, when in West Lothian. Acquired during the reign of I, King of Scots (1124-1153), it became, St John House was adopted as the Chancery in 1971. and remained until the 16th century, the Order’s administrative centre in Scotland. It was also a hospital and a place of worship. The Chapter Room includes a Prior’s chair and table, and tables for the and Preceptor of Torphichen. Stall plates depict the arms of living and deceased Knights and The tower and transepts of the Preceptory building remain and the property is under the of Justice. stewardship of Historic Environment Scotland.

Recent work undertaken by the Director of Ceremonies to improve the Chapter Room With the help of volunteers organised by St John Scotland’s West Lothian committee, the has seen the repositioning of the stall plates, previously displayed either side of the Preceptory is open to the public over weekends and bank holidays from 1st April to 30th chairs of the Chancellor and the Preceptor, above the stall seats in chronological order September, between 1pm and 5pm. New volunteers are welcome and should contact of appointment as Knight or Dame of Justice. Stall plates of the most recent knights [email protected] for more information. were painted by the Priory Limner. Mounted across three of the four walls, this displays a magnificent collection of of knights and dames of the Order in Scotland. Over the The stunning Torphichen Preceptory is also available for use as a wedding venue, with fees coming years, the collection will increase as further knights and dames are appointed. of only £500, which go directly to St John Scotland’s charity work. To find out more, please contact us on [email protected].

10 11 Governance of the Order

The Order of St John is a separate body from its Priories and other establishments, and is St John Associations registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales. The Trustees are the Great Officers of the Order, the of each Priory or their appointed representative, and the As well as eleven Priories, there are thirty Associations. They exist in Antigua & Barbuda, Order Hospitaller. Together, they form the Grand Council. Barbados, Bermuda, Cameroon, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Grand Council meets once per year, and deals with matters beyond the responsibility of Guinea, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, any one particular establishment, including Order-wide policy and strategy. The Great Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Additionally, Northern Ireland is a and the Officers and the Grand Council are supported by the Secretary-General, who heads a Republic of Ireland is an associated body. small secretariat in London. Each of the Priories, and St John Associations has its own constitution. They are subject to the , Statutes and Regulations of the Governance of St John Scotland Order, but within that they have a wide degree of autonomy. Those in control and management of St John Scotland are its Board.

The Great Officers of the Order Priory Executive Officers Prior: Major General Mark J Strudwick CBE KStJ Grand Prior: HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO GCStJ Chancellor and Registrar: The Rev Canon Dr Joseph Morrow CBE KStJ QC DL Lord Prior: Professor Mark Compton AM GCStJ Dean: The Very Rev John Cairns KCVO KStJ LTh LLB DD LLD Sub Prior: Mr John Mah GCStJ CD QC Receiver-General: Allan Stewart CStJ CA Prelate of the Order: The Right Reverend Timothy Stevens CBE GCStJ Hospitaller: John Ferguson-Smith KStJ MB ChB DObstRCOG AFOM The Chancellor: Mr Patrick Burgess OBE GCStJ DL The Board of St John Scotland Priors of the Order Consists of the Priory Executive Officers plus: James A Bingham KStJ FSA Scot England and the Islands : Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis CBE KStJ Cook CStJ Scotland: Major General Mark Strudwick CBE KStJ Margaret McAdam CStJ Wales: Sir Paul Williams OBE KStJ DL Ian Robertson CStJ South : The Most Reverend Dr Thabo Makgoba KStJ New Zealand: HE The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO DStJ Priory Officers Canada: HE The Right Honourable Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD Preceptor of Torphichen: Ian W J Wallace KStJ BSc MB ChB FRCS Australia: HE General The Hon Peter Hurley Librarian: Duncan McAra CStJ Dip Pub FSA Scot USA: Palmer Hamilton KStJ Limner: Mark Dennis OStJ BA LLM Singapore: Dr Teh Peng Hooi KStJ Genealogist: The Rev Canon Dr Joseph Morrow CBE KStJ QC DL Kenya: Paul Ndunga Director of Ceremonies: James A Bingham KStJ FSA Scot Hong Kong: Dr CH Chung KStJ Assistant Directors of Ceremonies: Ian Robertson CStJ and Andrew I Smith OStJ Cross Bearer: Joseph Mackie KStJ Chair of the Hospital Board Banner Bearer: David L McLean OStJ FSA Scot Bearer: G Findlay Macrae CStJ MIMM MILOG Sir Andrew Cash OBE Staff of St John Scotland Order Hospitaller Angus Loudon MBE OStJ, Chief Executive Officer | [email protected] Gordon Swan, Administrative Officer | [email protected] David H Verity MD MA (Oxon) BM BCh FRCOphth OStJ Kayleigh Hirst, Communications Officer | [email protected] Katie Barrick, Volunteer Development Officer | [email protected] Helen Day, Finance Officer | [email protected] Liz Crawford, Projects Officer | [email protected] 12 13 Area Committees

Aberdeen and the North East Dunbartonshire Chair: Joe Mackie Chair: John Kelly Vice Chair: Mike Will Vice Chair: Douglas Dow Secretary: Clifford Eastmond | [email protected] Secretary: Donald Fullarton | [email protected] Treasurer: Paul Rorie Treasurer: Lesley Kennedy Press Officer: Donald Fullarton Angus and Dundee : The Rev Tina Kemp Chair and Patient Transport Convener: Sandy Bowman Secretary: Lorna Robbie (temporary) Edinburgh and the South East Treasurer: Lorna Robbie Chair: Lynn Cleal First Responder Convener: Lynn Lawrence Secretary: Susan Balfour | [email protected] Fundraising Convenor: George Way Treasurer: Andrew Smith Chaplain: William McLaren CPR Co-ordinator: Anne Mitchell Fundraising Chair: John Craig Ayrshire and Arran Membership Secretary: Harry McCorkell Chair: Rose-Ann Cuninghame Press Officer: Liam Hackett Minute Secretary: Wendy Sandiford Hon. President: George Hunter Treasurer: Jean-Elizabeth Watt Hon. President: Lord Lang of Monkton South East Committee Hon. Vice President: John Duncan, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran Chair: Alasdair Hutton Secretary: Janice Hogarth | [email protected] Central Treasurer: George Young CA Chair: Derek Watson Secretary: Dave Acheson | [email protected] Fife Treasurer: Robert Taylor Chair: Lesley MacDonald Vice Chair, Patient Transport and CPR Chair: Lawson Rennie Dumfries and Galloway Vice Chair, Fundraising Chair: Mary Gilmour Chair: Michael Cook Secretary, Patient Transport Co-ordinator: Findlay Macrae | [email protected] Secretary: Elizabeth Hamilton | [email protected] Treasurer: Ewen MacDonald Hon President: Margaret Dean CVO MA Dumfries Committee Chair: Michael Cook Glasgow Vice Chair and Transport Convenor: Anne Twiname Chair: Margaret McAdam Secretary: David Thomson Vice Chair: Andrew Mushet Treasurer: Stuart McVittie Treasurer: Bill McAdam Secretary: Helen Burton | [email protected] West Galloway Chaplain: Rev. Harold Steven Chair: Alison Burns Art Sale Convenor: Colin Russell Vice Chair: Penny Stewart Secretary: Elizabeth Hamilton | [email protected] Treasurer: Colin Wilson Press Officer: Isobel Irving Patient Transport Convener: Willie Waterson

14 15 Roll of Order Members, Priory of Scotland

Highland The Priory Roll has been updated to add members newly admitted to the Order or Chair: Ramsay McGhee transferred from elsewhere, and to remove those who have resigned, died or transferred Vice Chair: Gwen Fullerton to other Priories. The total on the roll is 650. Secretary: Alex Craib | [email protected] Treasurer: W Crawford McMaster The areas in which members live is indicated by code letters after their as follows: Chaplain: Rev Ivan Warwick AA Ayrshire and Arran F Fife Perth and Kinross AB Aberdeen and the North East G Glasgow Chair: Janice Webster AD Angus and Dundee H Highland Vice Chair and Press Officer: Douglas Pover C Central O Outside Scotland Secretary: Hilary Mackenzie | [email protected] DG Dumfries and Galloway PK Perth and Kinross Treasurer: Neil Gaunt DN Dunbartonshire WL West Lothian Membership Secretary: Andy Beatson ED Edinburgh and South East CPR Co-ordinators: Dr Ian and Susan Morrison (tr) shows a member has transferred from another Priory Youth Ambassador: Rebecca Morrison Admissions and Promotions 2020 West Lothian Chair: W Keith Stirling | [email protected] Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following promotions Vice Chair: Atholl McInnes in, and appointments to, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Secretary: Lynne Sloan Treasurer: David T S Gibb Commander Member Press Officer: W Keith Stirling Preceptory Liaison Officer: James Robertson Michael David COOK Duncan Graham CAMERON Fundraising Chair: W Keith Stirling Alexander John CRAIB Helen CARMICHAEL Honorary President: Moira Niven MBE Margaret McADAM Harry Alexander CARTMILL Emirita President: Isobel Brydie CVO Atholl John McINNES Lee-James John CLEAL Susan Jean COULL Officer Elizabeth Joan GIBSON Matthew HAMILTON Douglas James Alexander ADAMSON Jane Anne MacBEAN Clifford John EASTMOND Thomas Anthony McLOUGHLIN Alasdair Henry HUTTON OBE Judith Aida McMURRAY Moira NIVEN MBE Donald James MOORE Colin Caldwell RUSSELL Susan Louise MORRISON Susan Jennifer STRUDWICK Allan Richard ROBINSON Hon Mr Justice, Robin MacLean WEBSTER MBE Graham David SMITH James Patrick McNeilly WILLIAMSON Scott Ewan STEVENS Roderick George WOOD Gavin Lewis STRACHAN Ronald Stewart WATT OBE

16 17 BAILIFFS and DAME GRAND CROSS (GCStJ) SOMMERVILLE, William Sands (M 1986, O 1989, C 2008) 2015 - G * STRUDWICK, Major General Mark Jeremy, CBE, 2015 - WL STIRLING of GARDEN, Sir James, KCVO CBE TD BA FRICS (K 1986) 2004 – C * WADDELL, David, DMS MIMgt (M 1989, O 1992, C 2001) 2009 - C KNIGHTS and DAMES (KStJ & DStJ) (*denotes Knights of Justice) WALLACE, Ian William John, BSc MB ChB FRCS (M 1992, O 1995, C 2005) 2013 - WL WATSON, David, CA FSAScot (M 1984, O 1988, C1999) 2015 - G * AIRLIE, The Earl of, KT GCVO PC JP (O 1981) 1995 - AD WILSON, The Lord David, of Tillyorn KT GCMG PhD MA 1987 – ED (tr)

BALFOUR, Margaret Euphemia Bremner (M 1970, O 1976, C 1993) 1998 – ED (ChStJ) * BINGHAM, James Alexander, FSAScot (M 1995, O 1999, C 2013) 2018 - G BLAIR, Colonel John Samuel Greene, OBE TD BA ChM FRCP FRCS FICS DLitt FSAScot (M LUSCOMBE, The Right Reverend Dr Lawrence Edward, MA MPhil PhD LLD DLitt CA FSAScot 1979, O 1984, C 1988) 1993 - PK (M 1981, O 1985) 1995 - AD 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 COMMANDERS (CStJ)

CAIRNS, The Very Reverend Dr John Ballantyne, KCVO LTh LLB DD LLD, (C 2013) 2017 - ED BALFOUR, Susan Margaret, BA (Hons), (M 2001, O 2006) 2015 - ED CALVERT, Patricia Anne, RGN (M 1984, O 1988, C 1995) 2005 – DG BLEWITT, Hilary Isabel (M 1983, O 1992) 1999 - C * CASELY, Gordon, FRSA FSAScot (M 1974, O 1996, C 2003) 2012 - AB BLEWITT, Robert Richard Binnie, FSAScot (M 1983, O 1986) 1993 - C CHRISTIE, Marjorie Alice Garden (C1974) 1991 – G(tr) BROTHERTON, Elizabeth Lorna (M 1989, O 1992) 1997 - F CRIGHTON, Fiona Mary Wilson, FCIBS Chartered MCIPD MCMI, (M 2003, O 2006, C 2011) BROWN, John Henderson, AIBScot (M 1992, O 1996) 2000 - WL 2015 - PK CAIRNCROSS, Mary Margaret, DL (M 1984, O 1988) 1997 - PK *DOW, Douglas Charles James, LLB NP (M 1985, O 1993, C 2003) 2012 - DN CALDERWOOD, Adam Stevenson, JP, (M 2003) 2009 - DG CALDERWOOD, Annie Hannah, ISO CPM (M 1988, O 1994) 1997 - DG FERGUSON-SMITH, John, MB ChB DObstRCOG AFOM, (M 2003, O 2006, C2011) 2017 - PK CALLAGHAN, Martin Peter, CECM, (M 2006, O 2010) 2017 - DG FORD, John Noel Patrick, FInstD (M 1984, O 1986, C 1996) 2003 - G CARMICHAEL, Irene Mary, PhC MRPharmS (M 1997, O 1999) 2011 - G * FULLARTON, Donald Speirs, MBE FSAScot (M 1983, O 1989, C 1996) 2005 - DN COLEIRO, Joseph Anthony, MD DO(Lond) FRCSEd FRCOphth(Lond) FRCS(G) FRSM (M 1994, O 1999) 2006 - AD * HARDIE, Brigadier Donald Graeme, CVO TD FIM, 1996 - DN COOK, Michael, (O 2000) 2020 - DG (tr) HARKNESS, The Very Reverend Dr James, KCVO CB OBE MA DD FRSA (O 1988, C 1998) 2012 CRAIB, Alexander John (M 1996, O 2006) 2020 - H - ED HARRIS, Raymond McGarva, CA (M 1967, O 1972, C 1982) 1990 - G DALHOUSIE, The Earl of, DL, ( O 1999) 2012 - AD HUNTER, George Alexander, OBE (M 1985, O 1987, C 1994) 1999 - ED DEWAR, John Connelly (M 1997, O 2005) 2015 - DG DONALDSON, George, JP FCFA CG (M 1997, O 2000) 2008 - F * INNES of EDINGIGHT, Sir Malcolm Rognvald, KCVO MA LLB WS (O 1962) 1982 - ED DOUGLAS, David Ogilvy, CA (M 1973, O 1974) 1992 - ED DOWNS, Thomas Mathie (M 1994, O 2000) 2014 – DN LISTON, Katharine Margaret Ella, MA (M 1984, O 1990, C 2008) 2015 - DN DUNCAN, Mr John Lawrence, CVO QPM, (O 2011) 2016 - AA

MACKIE, Joseph (M 1987, O 1994, C2008) 2017 - AB (tr) FERGUSON-SMITH, Sheila Ann, (M 2003, O 2010) 2017 - PK * MORROW, Dr Joseph John, CBE QC DL (M 1996, O 1998, C 2012) 2015 – AD FLAVELL, Jane Alexandra, DipHEc (M 1983, O 1988) 1999 - C FLAVELL, R Gordon, BA MIOP (M 1983, O 1986) 1992 - C * RENNIE, Lawson, MIBMS AIST (M 1977, O 1999, C2003) 2013 - F GILLIES, Alasdair Buchanan, BDS FDS RCPS(Glasgow) (M 1978, O 1981) 2001 - C * SHARP, Colonel Neil Muir, MBE TD CA (M 1982, O 1984, C 1995) 2003 - AD GILMOUR, Mary Speirs, (M 1998, O 2006) 2013 - F SHAW, Sir John Calman, CBE BL FRSE CA FCMA JDipMA Drhc LLD HonLLD DLitt (M 1963, O GOW, Elizabeth (M 1989, O 1993) 2003 - ED 1966, C 1970) 1993 - PK GRAHAME, Sheila (M 1974, O 1988) 2003 - ED 18 19 HAMILTON, Elizabeth Stewart (M 2006, O 2012) 2017 - DG RUSACK, Ronald Edward Seton, MBE FBII (M 1982, O 1984) 1997 - ED HILL, Elisabeth Cargill, OBE (M 1999, O 2005) 2013 - AD RUSSELL, Lesley Christine, RGN CMB (M 1985, O 1993) 1998 - AB HILL, Sidney Robert,MBE BSc (M 1992, O 1996) 2003 - AD HUTCHISON, Virginia, (M 1980, O 1992, C 1998) – F (tr) SHIRREFFS, Jennifer Anne, MBE BSc DL (M 1991, O 1995) 2003 - AB SMAIL, Ian Balfour, BSc CEng ARCST FIMarE (M 1989, O 1991) 1997 - G JAMESON, Brigadier Sir Melville Stewart KCVO CBE 2010 - PK SMITH, The Reverend Richard, JP BD (M 1987, O 1990) 2003 - C JOHNSTON, Moira (M 1992, O 1995) 2001 - WL SMITH, Sir Robert Courtney, CBE MA(Cantab) CA LLD FRSE (M 1973, O 1976) 2003 - PK STEWART, Allan, CA (M 1993, O 1996) 2013 - G LEASK, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur James, TD (M 1989, O 1995) 2003 - C STEWART, Trevor Melvin Robinson (M 1996, O 2000) 2012 - G LETFORD, John Ross, MBE (O 2006) 2014 - AD STEYN, John Hofmeyr, MB ChB PhD FRCS FRCSE (M 1983, O 1985) 1990 – AB STIRLING of GARDEN, Lady (M 1992, O 1998) 2006 - C MACBRIDE, Captain Stuart Crawford, KLJ FInstD CBCS FSAScot (M 1998, O 2001) 2015 - AB STIRLING, William Keith, FSAScot FIOD FILT FIMH AWeldI (M 1989, O 2003) 2018 - WL MACDONALD, Lesley Marian, (M 2003, O 2009) 2015 - F MACGREGOR, James Duncan, OBE MD FFPHM DPH DTM&H (M 1992, O 1994) 1997 - PK TAYLOR, Robert (M 1994, O 1996) 1999 – C MACKIE, Neil, CBE DMus FRSE FRSAMD ARCM DipMusEd DRSAM FRSA (M 1974, O 1986) TWINAME, Anne, MHCIMA (M 1991 O 1999) 2010 - DG 1995 - O MACPHERSON, Ian Alistair, MBE JP FIMBM FCIOB FFB (M 1973, O 1976) 1983 - G URQUHART, Alexander Edwards, TD CEng BSc (Hons) FRINA, (M 2001, O 2008) 2017 - AB MACRAE, G Findlay, MIMM MILOG, (M 1995, O 2013) 2017 - F MATHEWSON, Stuart James, (M 2009, O 2014) 2018 – G WADDELL, Charlotte Nimmo Gardner, MIBS (M 1995, O 1998)2011 - C McADAM, Margaret, (M 2003, O 2009) 2020 - G WALTON, David, JP HonFRCPSG (M 1977, O 1983) 1984 - G McADAM, William, (M 2003, O 2009) 2016 - G WARDEN, Samuel Connor, FIST MInstAM IFSTA ASTA (M 1983, O 1986) 2009 - H McARA, Duncan Charles, DipPub FSAScot (SB 1995, 0 1996) 1999 - G WARDROPE, Gavin Kenneth, FSAScot (M 1991, O 1994) 2003 - G McGOWN, Archibald McAllister (M 1993, O 1996) 2009 - G McINNES, Atholl John, BSc FCIOB FBEng MRICS, (M 2000, O 2006) 2020 - WL OFFICERS (OStJ) McLACHLAN, Marjory Jane, 2008 - C McMAHON, Peter, CA (M 1981, O 1988) 1996 - DG ABRAM, Henry Charles, VRD DL, 1977 - G MENNIE, Thomas Ross, KCLJ CMLJ FSAScot (M 2003, O 2009) 2015 - G ADAMSON, Douglas James Alexander, MBChB MD PhD FRCP(Edin) FRCR, 2020 - AD MILNE, James Andrew Pyper, MInstR (M 1972, O 1982) 1987 - DN AGNEW, Ian, MA(Cantab), (M 1984) 1987 - PK MUNRO, Charles Inglis (M 1999, O 2003) 2013 - G ANDERSON, Norman Robert Craig, (M 1982) 1984 - G MURDOCH, Kenneth Lyle Stewart, DA ARIBA ARIAS (M 1990, O 1996) 2001 - PK ARNOTT, John Emslie, DA DipTP ARSA ARIBA ARIAS (M 1971) 1974 - ED MURPHY, James Barrie, MB ChB DPM FRCPsych (M 1989, O 1994) 2003 - G BAILLIE, Margaret Peden (M 1984) 1998 - F NEIL, Peter Black, FGA DGA (M 1998, O 2001) 2012 - G BLAIR, Edward Taylor Hardie (M 1998) 2003 - ED NIVEN, David Anderson Christie, FSAScot (M 1997, O 1999) 2005 – C BLAIR, Robin Orr, CVO MA LLB WS, 2001 - ED BLAKEY, The Reverend Stephen A, 2018 - PK PATERSON, Kenneth George, LLB NP (M 1997, O 2000) 2005 - DG BOWMAN, Alexander Lindsay Fraser, (M 2016) 2018 - AD PATERSON, The Reverend William, BD Glasgow, (M 2003, O2006) 2012 - ED BROLLS, Mary Agnes (M 1997) 2001 - G PATTISON, Lisle, MBE TD BA FCIS FRGS (M 1993, O 1995) 1997 - PK BROWN, Frances (M 1990) 2000 - WL PELHAM BURN, Angus Maitland, JP DL (O 1978) 1995 - AB BROWN, Iain Alistair Carlton, BSc (M 1974) 1980 - G PETRIE, Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Stewart, TD JP (M 1985, O 1990) 1998 - C BROWN, William Robertson, TD FSAScot (M 1995) 1996 - ED BRUCE, Hon. Adam Robert, MA (Hons) (Oxon) LLB WS 2014 ED RENNIE, Keith (M 1995, O 1998) 2006 - AD BRYDIE, Isobel Gunning, 2015 - WL ROBERTSON, Ian, FCIPD, MCMI, MBIH FSA(Scot), (M 2003, O 2011) 2016 - ED BUHLER-LOW, Christian, 1984 - O ROBERTSON, James (SB 1977, O 1998) 2006 - WL BURTON, The Lady (M 1989) 1992 - H ROSS, Alastair Robertson, RSA RGI FRBS DA FSAScot HonFRIAS DArts (M 1979, O 1984) BURTON, Helen Dougal, MCST BSc(Hons) (M 1998) 2003 - G 1997 - AD 20 21 CAMERON, Lord Provost Elizabeth Anne, MAHons, 2006 - G 1984) 1989 - F CAMPBELL, Wing Commander George, OBE DL FInstLM MIOD RAFVR(T) (M 1997) 2001 - FRASER, Robert, DA(Dundee) MA(Warsaw) (M1996) 2000 - F DN FRAZER, The Reverend Richard Ernest, BA BD (M 1995) 1998 - ED CAMPBELL, Sir Ian Tofts, CBE VRD JP (M 1984) 1986 - ED FULLERTON, Gwen Elizabeth,RGN (2006) 2011 - H CAMPBELL of AIRDS, Alastair Lorne, FSAScot, 1995 - DN FULLERTON, Kirsty Elizabeth, (M 2005) 2010 - H CARGILL THOMPSON, Helen Emma Christina, BSc PhD ALA FSAScot (M 1977) 1989 - G FURNESS, Colonel Simon John, MBE DL, (M 2003) 2009 - ED CARMAN, Philip David, CIJ FIDiagE MIIExE MInstLM ACMI, (M 2003) 2008 - G CHISHOLM, Duncan Fraser, JP (M 2003) 2010 - H GARDNER, Alastair David McKay (M 1996) 1999 - WL CLEAL, Lynn Elaine, (M2015) 2017 - ED GARDNER, The Reverend Neil Norman, MA BD, (M 2010) 2015 – ED CLELAND, Elaine Helen, BAcc CA,(M 2003) 2012 - G GARDNER, Ruth Fiona MacKenzie, RGN OND (M 1993) 1995 - WL COLTART, Inger Christina, FilKand DipLib ALA (M 1994) 1996 - ED GEDDES, Eric, IPFA FRVA MBIM, 1979 - C COOK, Major Robert Hugh, RGN, 2008 - ED (tr) GILLIS, Richard, 1999 – PK (tr) COOK, William Edward (M 1989) 1993 - G GOLDIE, Dennis (M 1991) 1999 - C CORBETT, Stephen George, (M 2005) 2013 - G GORDON, George Baillie, DRSAM (M 1984) 1985 - F COX, Norman Stewart (M 1989) 1992 - PK GRANT, John Ramsay, FSAScot (M 1989) 1991 - ED CRABB, Norman Cameron (M 1982) 1986 - G GREEN, George Herbert Dugald, MA LLB (M 1970) 1989 - O CRAWFORD, Peter Stewart Ferguson MBE, (M 2014) 2018 - AD CRICHTON, Alan, MRICS (M 1995) 2006 - AB HACKETT, William Alfred Anthony, FSAScot, GI FIRE.E,(M 2013) 2017 - ED CROOK, Nancy (Agnes) Gina, DRSAM ARCO (M 1985) 1991 - F HALL, James Firth, FRICS FRVA FRSH ComendadorOM (Portugal) (M 1973) 1974 - ED HAMILTON, William Keir (M 1984) 1986 - G DALL, John Lamont Cameron, OBE MD FRCP DUniv(Ottawa) (M 1976) 1981 - G HAMLIN, Professor Michael John, CBE BSc LLD FEng FRSE, 1990 - O DENNIS, Mark Donald, BA LLM (Cantab) J Dr FHSS, 2013 - F HAMMOND, Malcolm Turner (M 1982) 1985 - WL DEWAR, Florence Mary, (M 2000) 2006 - DG HARKNESS, Paul Kerr, MBE MTHEOL MA, 2018 - E DI MAIO, Mario, MA(Hons) DipEd (M 1979) 1992 - AB HARRIS, The Reverend Samuel McCurdy, BA BD (M 1995) 1999 - G DICK, Elizabeth Taylor (M 1997) 2000 - C HARVEY, William Bruce, (M 2011) 2015 - AD DICK, Leslie Milne (M 1997) 2001 - C HAY of DUNS, Aline Mary, MA (Hons), (M 2006) 2015 - ED DONALD, Kenneth Forbes, LLB NP (M 1983) 1986 - C HAY, James Taylor Cantlay, MBE BSc DTech FInstPet AAPG (M 1991) 1998 – AB DOW, Alice Margaret, BA(Hons) (M 1995) 1999 - DN HAY, Margaret Gibb (M 2001) 2003 - C DUCKWORTH, Malcolm, BSc (M 1978) 1979 – AB HENDRIE, William Fyfe, MA (M 1970) 1989 - WL DUDGEON, Margaret (M 1959) 1966 - G HOLAK, Janet Mary, BA DipEd (M 1993) 1997 - DG DUFF, John Edward Murray, BEM (M 1976) 1980 - AB HULBERT, Dr John Kenneth MacDonald, MB ChB MD, 2011 - PK DUNCAN, Frances Elsbeth, OBE JP, 1999 - AD HUMPHREY, James Malcolm Marcus, CBE DL MA FRICS, 1971 - AB DUNDEE, The Earl of, 1980 - F HUNTER, Charles John, BSc PhD CChem MRSC (M 1981) 1992 - AB HUNTER, Eileen Elizabeth (M 1999) 1905 - ED EASTMOND, Clifford John, MD FRCP FRCPE (M 2015) 2020 - AB HUTCHISON, Sylvia Rose Bruce, (M 2003) 2010 - H ELLINGTON, Baron of Towie Barclay, Marc Floyd, DL (M 1987) 2003 - AB HUTTON, Alasdair Henry, OBE TD, (M 2014) 2020 - ED ERROLL, The Earl of, 1978 - O ERSKINE, The Reverend The Hon. Michael John, MA BD, 1994 - F INNES of LEARNEY, Thomas, BSc, 1955 - AB ESPLIN, Frank Lindsay (M 1979) 1984 - C JACK, John, MBA MHSM DipHSM ACIS (M 1992) 1994 - WL FANNING, Catherine Heather, MA (M1992) 1997 - ED JESSOP, Thomas Findlay (M 1999) 2003 - G FARQUHARSON of INVERCAULD, Captain Alwyne Arthur Compton, MC JP, 1973 - O JOHNSTON, George Andrew, HNC DipTechE (M 1985) 1990 - WL FLOYD, James Duffield, BSc PhD EurGeol CGeol FGS FSAScot, (M 2003) 2008 - ED JOHNSTON, Lt. Colonel Grenville Shaw, OBE TD CA, 2011 – H FORBES, Gordon, MBE, (M 2006) 2009- AD JONES, Brigadier Glynne Rhys Baylis OBE QVRM TD MB BCh FRCP Edin MRCS LRCP 1992 – FORREST, John Addie, AE CEng MIMechE (M1970) 1984 - G G (tr) FORSYTH of that ILK the YOUNGER, Alistair James Menteith MTheol LLB FSA Scot (SB KELLY, Fiona Alexander, RGN (M 1988) 1990 - G 22 23 KELLY, Michael, CBE JP PhD BSc LLD, 1983 - G MITCHELL, Lilian, RGN RM (M 1991) 1995 - G KITSON, Kathleen Pinkerton (M 1991) 1993 - G MITCHELL, Dr Tom, BSe (Hons) PhD CA, 2018 - E MOFFAT, Edward McKinlay (M 1980) 1984 - C LAING, Elizabeth Scott, (M 2003) 2012 - F MONCRIEFF, Susan Mary (M 1995) 1998 - PK LAMB, Sheina Barclay (M 1978) 1982 - G MONTROSE, The Duke of, 1978 - DN LAMONT, Malcolm John McKay, (M 2011) 2016 - AB MOODIE, William McDougal, CBE QPM (M 1985) 1987 - F LANG, The Lord Ian, of Monkton, PC BA (M 1971) 1974 - G MORRIS of BALGONIE and EDERGOLL the Younger, Stuart Gordon Cathal, DipSocSc, FRSA, LANGCAKE, Arthur (M 1997) 2006 - DG (M2003) 2011 - E LAUDER, Muriel Alice, DCE DSpEd (M 1997) 2001 - WL MORRISON, Harvey Elmslie, LLB CA (M 1978) 1983 - AB LAVY, Timothy Edward, 2001 - G (tr) MOSSON, Alexander Francis, 2000 - G LAWRENCE, Lynn Margaret, (M 2015) 2018 - AD MUNRO, Gillian Lesley,(M 2006) 2013 – G LAWTIE, Andrew McNab, DL JP (M 1981) 2006 - AB MURDOCH, David Macleod, BSc BArch(Hons) (M 1997) 2005 - PK LAYDEN, Maria (M 1984) 1988 - DN MURNING, John, (M 2008) 2013 - C LESLIE, Katrine Dorward (M 1964) 1966 - H MUSHET, Andrew, (M 2009) 2014 - G LESLIE MELVILLE, Ruth Jacequelyn, MBE, 2008 – AD LOGAN, Reverend David Dudley John, BD (Hons) MA, (M 2013) 2018 - AD NEIL, Christina Liddell, (2006) 2013 - G LONGMORE, Alexander Bryan George, MA LLB (M 1976) 1984 - H NICOL, William Alexander James (M 1966) 1974 - ED LOUDON, Colonel Angus John, MBE MPhil MA BA 2017 - ED NICOLSON, Hazel Muriel, BCom (M 1974) 1977 - ED LYE, Carey David Thomas, RMN (M 1999) 2003 - G (tr) NIVEN, Moira, MBE Dip Com MBA 2020 - WL NOTMAN, Thomas Ewan, (M 2005) 2014 - ED MACAULAY, Marlyn Forsyth (M 1984) 1989 - C MACBRIDE, Sheena Heaton, FSAScot, Burgess of City of Aberdeen (M 1995) 2003 - AB OSBORNE, Georgiana Louise, CVO BA, 2003 - AD MACDONALD, Ewen Alexander, (M 2012) 2017 - F MACDOUGALL, Ian Duncan (M 1995) 2003 - AD PATERSON, Isobel Donaldson Maxwell, BA DCE, (M 2003) 2006 – ED MACFARLANE, Graeme Edgar Walwin (M 1974) 1977 - DG PATERSON, John Moore, JP MA Hons, (M 2006) 2015 - C MACKENZIE, Fiona Mary Elspeth, RGN (M 1983) 1986 – PK PATTISON, Dorothy Wilkie, MB ChB (M 1997) 2000 - PK MACLEOD, James Clement (M 1974) 1981 - G PEARSON, Wayne Thomas, FCILT FILT FCMI, (M 2003) 2006 - ED MALONE, James (M 1999) 2003 - C PENDLEBURY, John Barrie, BSc CBiol MIBiol, ( M 2003) 2008 - ED MANN, David Harper, BArch DipTP RIBA FRIAS MRTPI (M 1977) 1979 – F POVER, Major Douglas Brian, MBE GCGI MInstLM, (M 1998) 2008 - PK MANSFIELD, The Countess of, 1982 - PK PROCTOR, Ronnie, MBE FSH Scot, 2018 - AD MARSHALL, Dennis William, (M 2006) 2017 - WL MARTIN, Elizabeth Limmond (M 1995) 1997 - C RAE, Samuel Irvine (M 2000) 2006 - F MATHESON, Jamie Graham, MSI(Dip) (M 1993) 1998 - G RAE, Sir William, QPM, 2003 - G McEWAN, Dennis Fraser (M 2000) 2003 - ED REID, Enid Barbara Newton, FBID (M 1982) 1985 - G McKERRELL of HILLHOUSE, Charles James Mure, 1985 - DG (tr) REID, Hamish Lochhead, LLB (M 1978) 1984 - G McLAREN, The Reverend William, MA BD, (M 1998) 2012 - AD RENNIE, Eleanor Margaret (M 1996) 2003 - AD McLEAN, David Logan, FSAScot, (M 2003) 2016- ED REYNOLDS, John Michael, JP, 2006 - AB McLELLAN, David Kenneth, LLB WS (M 1989) 1992 - ED RIDDELL, Donald James, MIMgt MMS MRIPHH, (M1999) 2009 - G McVITTIE, Stuart,(M 2009) 2015 - DG ROADS, Elizabeth Ann, LVO FSAScot, 1998 - C MEALOR, Professor Paul, BA PhD DMus FUniv FRSA, 2017 – AB ROBB, John James (M 2000) 2006 - G MENNIE, Lesley Elizabeth, LLB DipLP (M 1993) 2003 - AB ROBERTSON, Aileen Janette, MBE (M 1994) 1996 - ED MIDDLETON, Alexander S (M 1981) 1984 - AD ROBERTSON, Vivienne Jane Margaret, (M 2010) 2016 – ED MILLAN, William Ian, MBE DA(Edin) (M 1993) 1998 - WL RORIE, Major Paul Andrew, TD BD GCGI MCollT FLastLM FSA Scot, (M 2011) 2018 – AB MILLER, Susan Blanche, MCSP (M 1982) 1985 - ED ROSENBLOOM, Captain Geoffrey Harold (M 1978) 1984 - G MILNE, Peter Sharp, BSc CEng MICE MIHT (M 1993) 1998 - F ROSS-SMITH, June Elizabeth (M 1995) 2001 - H MITCHELL, Elizabeth Hogg, DCE (M 1988) 1991 - WL RUSSELL, Colin Caldwell, KLJ BSc (Hons) MCPod (M 2016) 2020 - G 24 25 RUSSELL, Elizabeth Lithgow (M 1990) 1995 - C AD RUST, Michael Alexander (M 1990) 1998 - AB WEBSTER, Hon Mr Justice Robin Maclean, MBE RD BA(Cantab) FCIArb, (M 2012) 2020 - PK WESTMARLAND, The Reverend Colin Andrew, MBE BD (M 1990) 1993 - O SCOTT, Alison Lees, (M 2001) 2006 - AD WILL, Michael George Arthur, MBE BTh MEd MRes FCoT FRSA , (M 2011) 2018 - AB SCOTT, Charles Marshall, LLB (M 1985) 1993 - AB WILLIAMSON, James Patrick McNeilly, (M 2016) 2020 - AD SCOTT, Mary Margaret, MA RGN SCM (M 1993) 1996 - WL WILSON, Anne (M 1999) 2005 - ED SCOTT, Michael, MA BD, 1949 - O WILSON, The Rt Hon Donald Caig, Joint BA (Hons) MSc 2015 - ED SCOTT, Robert, DL JP VMSM MBChB MD FRCSG FRCS(Ed) FSAScot (M 1998) 2001 - G WILSON, Dorothy Johnston (M 1990) 1998 - C SEARIL, Jean Hill Armour (M 2006) 2012 - G WILSON, James Wiseman, OBE (M 1980) 1997 - G SHEPHERDSON, William Cowell, MSAAT FSAScot FFB (M 1984) 1990 - G WILSON, Robert Livingstone (M 1987) 1993 - C SIMPSON, William Frank MacFarlane, BSc CEng MICE MIWEM MIIA (M 1984) 1987 - ED WOOD, Roderick George, (M 2014) 2020 - H SINCLAIR, Dorothy Eleanor, ERD (M 1993) 1996 - PK WYPER, John Forrester Brown, BSc MB ChB FRCOG, 1970 - AB SKENE, Alison Jean Katherine, DL MA (M 1987) 1999 - AB SKILLING, Alan John, BA CA (M 1990) 1992 - C YOUNG, Graham John (M 1992) 1996 - WL SLACK, Robin James, JP MIDiagE (M 1994) 1996 - ED SMITH, Andrew Ian, (M 2015) 2017 - ED MEMBERS (MStJ) SMITH, Iain Jackson, CA (M 1989) 2003 - G SMITH, Lady (M 1973) 1978 - PK ACHESON, David, MBE FSA Scot, 2018 - C SMITH, William John (M 2001) 2003 - H ADAMS, Colin, 2016, - C SMOLLETT of BONHILL, Georgina Myra Albina Telfer (M 1958) 1961 - DN ALEXANDER, Thomas Dougald, 2016 - G SPENCE, Hazel Murray, (M 2006) 2018 - AD ANDERSON, Graham, 1986 - C SPENCER-NAIRN, Christopher Frank, JP MA MBA FCA (M 1997) 2005 – H ARCHIBALD, Michael Andrew, CA, 2003 - PK SPENS, John Alexander, MVO RD BA LLB WS, 1988 - DN ARCHIBALD, Rona Margaret, BA, 2005 - PK STEEL, Alison, PgD BSc RGN RM, (M 2006) 2013 – G ASTBURY, Agnes Hilda, BSc, 1992 - C STEPHEN, Peter James, MCIBS, 2009 - AB ATHERFOLD, David, MBA BSc, 1998 – F STEVEN, The Reverend Harold Andrew Maclean, L.Th FSAScot, (M 2010) 2015- G STEWART, Penelope Marion Theodosia, RGN (M 1996) 2001 - DG BAGLOW, Elizabeth Balfour, 2005 - F STIRLING, Ann Grant (M 1996) 2005 - WL BAIN, Neil Kynoch, 2006 - AB STRUDWICK, Susan Jennifer MCSP SRP 2020 - WL BALFOUR, Major Roderick Andrew Christopher, TD MA MLitt LLB, 1997 - H SUTHERLAND, Jeanette (M 1997) 2000 - C BARCLAY, The Reverend Iain Cameron, MBE TD MA BD MTh MPhil PhD, 2006 - AB SUTHERLAND-FISHER, John Mark, LLB(Hons) DipLP NP (M 1988) 1992 - H BARR, Rosemary Milner Fillans, DIPBS, 2011 - G SUTTON, Colin, DFM (M 1984) 1995 - H BEATSON, Andrew George, DA, 2003 - PK BEATSON, Patricia Anne, 2003 - PK THOMSON, Aileen Beatrice, CertEd, (M 2003) 2009 - DG BEEDIE, Colin Watson, 2018 - AD TORPHICHEN, The Lord, 1978 - WL BELL, Dr Niall, BSc(Hons) PhD MIBiol, CBiol, 1999 - AB TORRANCE, Very Rev Prof Iain Richard, Kt KCVO TD DPhil DD DTheo LHD FRSE 2015 - AB BINGHAM, Shirley, 2012 - G TROTTER, Major Alexander Richard, JP FRSA, 2005 - ED BINNIE, Margaret, 1994 - ED BIRSS, The Reverend Alan David, MA BD, 1995 - G WADDELL, Robert Thomson, FBICS (M 1993) 1998 - C BLACK, The Very Reverend Leonard Albert, 2008 - H WALLACE, Evelyn Scott (M 1989) 1993 - G BOYD, Charles William, MBA BSc BA, 2016 - ED WALLER, Richard Patrick, 1997 - ED BRANSON, Alfred James William, FRICS, 1996 - ED WARDROPE, Marion Hammond Hunter (M 1992) 1995 - S BREADEN, The Very Reverend Robert William, Dean of Brechin, 2001 - AD WARNER of CRAIGENMADDIE, James Gerald, MA FSAScot, 1970 - G BROWN, Anne Patricia, 1998 - G WATSON, Derek John, (M 2006) 2018 - C BROWN, Christabelle, MBE BA, 1988 - ED WATSON, Sheena McDougall, RGN SCM, (M 2000) 2008 - G BROWN, Margaret Auld, 2001 - WL WAY, George Alexander, Baron of Plean, LLB (Hons) FRSA FSA Scot SSC NP, (M 1999) 2017 - BRYSON, Hugh, 2005 - G 26 27 BULLOUGH, John Louis, 2016 – PK FERGUSON, Catriona Roberta, 1997 - C BURNS, Alison Margaret, 2018 - DG FERGUSON, John Bell, MB ChB MRCPsych BSc, 1996 - WL BURTON, William Rollin Michael, 2000 - G FERGUSSON-CUNINGHAME, Rose-Ann, 2010 - AA BUTCHART, Euphemia Murie, 1984 - F FINDLAY, Margaret Elizabeth, 1980 - DG FINLAY, Bryan, BEM, 2018 - E CAMERON, Duncan Graham, MBA MA MA BaPGCG DIPED MGT FIH FRSA FSAScot, 2020 - FLAVELL, Amy Jane, 1998 - C AB FRASER, Peter Kerr, MA(Hons) MIMIS, 2000 - AB CAMERON, Gerard James Saunders, 1986 - PK FRASER, Roland Lovat, OBE FRAeS, 1986 - AD CAMPBELL, Aline Margaret, RGN RM, 2012 - G FULTON, Evelyn, 2000 - DG CAMPBELL, Alison Marion– MRIPHH REHIS , 2006 - DN FYFE, Rhoda, OBE MCSP, 2003 - F CAMPBELL, The Reverend Roderick Duncan MacKenzie, TD BD FSAScot, 1994 - ED CAMPBELL, Rt Hon The Lord Walter Menzies, of Pittenweem, CH CBE PC MA LLB LLD QC , GALBRAITH, Alexander, CLJ FSAScot AIMgt, 1982 - G 1965 - F GALLACHER, Daniel Iber, FCCA ATII, 2006 - C CARCARY, James McFarlane, 2005 - PK GALLOWAY, Isabelle Winifred, RGN ONC, 1991 - ED CARMICHAEL, Helen, 2020 - H GARDINER, Peter, FCCA ATII, 1977 - C CARTMILL, Harry Alexander, 2020 - WL GARDNER, Jean, 2001 - C CATTO, Lady, LLB NP, 1992 - AB GAUNT, Neil, BArch (Hons) RIBA RIAS, 2018 - PK CAYZER, Nigel Kenneth, 2005 - AD GEDDES, Robert Granger, BEd, 2012 – G CHALMERS, Alison Mary, 2017 - DG GIBB, David Thomas Sinclair, 2017 - WL CHAPPELL, Derek Guy, MIPM, 1992 - AB GIBSON, Cameron Alfred, 2015 - G CLARK, James Ferrie, Dip Ex Des, 2018 - F GIBSON, Elizabeth Joan, RGN SCM DipHV BSc(Hons) PCPC, 2020 - G CLEAL, Lee-James John, 2020 - ED GILHOOLY, Laurence John, Master Mariner FG, 2001 - ED COLMAN, John Haig, ISM, 2008 - F GILLESPIE, Alastair Alfred Bell, 1978 - O COMRIE, John Stewart, 2016 - G GILMOUR, William, 2008 – G COOK, Margaret, 2012 - ED GOOCH, Ann Patricia, BSc CCETSW GSCCM, 1995 - AD COULL, Susan Jean, MRPharmS, 2020 - AD GORDON, Andrew David, BSc FBOM DMS, 1976 - AB COUTTS, Herbert, AMA FMA FSAScot, 1977 - ED GORDON, Frederick Charles Andrew, DipRMS, 1981 - AB CRILLY, Aileen Jean, 1985 - ED GOURDIE, May Smith, 1993 - ED GOURLAY, Andrew, 2003 - AD DAVIDSON, Lorne Montgomery, RGN, 1992 - AB GOWANS, Alana, 2010 – AD DENHOLM, Alastair Kennedy, FUniv FCIBS FInstP, 1977 - G GRANT, Elizabeth Amelia, 2015 - PK DICKSON, George Roberts, 1985 – DN GRAY, Ian Lang Holmes, ACII FCILA, 2001 - G DOWNIE, Elizabeth Mabel, 1996 - O GREEN, Judge Alexander, MStJ M.Theol (Hons) LL.B LLM M.LiH FSA Scot, 2019 - AB DOWNS, Christina MacKenzie, 2005 - DN GREEN, Major Michael Alan, TD, 2003 - AB DRUMMOND, Heather Anne, 1987 - G GREEN, Robin Michael, BA PhD FRAS, 1970 - G DRUMMOND, Violet Agnes Mary Hepburn, DipCOT, 1977 - PK GREER, Margaret, 2018 - WL DUNCAN, Agnes Dickson, 2005 - G GRIEVE, Harald Gilbertson, 1993 - G DUNCAN, Anthony Mark, DRSAM PG GSM, 2010 - G GRIEVE, Samantha, 2018 - E DUNCAN, Jess Lawson Love, MA PGCE, 2017 - AA HAMILTON, Henry Alan Shanks, DA ARIAS RIBA, 1985 - AB EASTON, David Thomas Ronald, ALA, 1984 - ED HAMILTON, John Patterson, QPM BA(Hons) MBA BSc, 1999 - O ELLINGTON, Karen Leigh, 1989 - AB HAMILTON, Matthew, BSc (Hons), 2020 - AD ELLVERS, Iain Forest McLaren, 2014 - AD HAMLET, Major Carlos, MBE, 2018 - E ENOS, John Charles, 2008 - AA HAY, Henry, 2005 - DG HENERY, Margaret Agnes Henderson, 1998 - WL HILL, Michael Henry James, OBE MA BSc, 2005 - AD 28 29 HILLS, Lesley Joan, ACIBS, 1988 - O MARSHALL, Harley Hamilton, OBE, 1974 - G HOGARTH, Janice Lynne, 2018 - E MARSHALL, Sandra, 2006 - WL HOGG, Hope Berthe Turner, MB ChB DPM, 1998 - G MARTIN-BATES, Graham Robert, DipEd, 1998 – PK HOPKINS, Dennis John, 2000 - H MATHEWSON, Pearl, 2010 - G HOWARTH, Jean Leckie, 1996 - O MATTHEWS, Marlene McCulloch, 1998 - F HOY, Ronald Pullar, 1995 - F MAUGHAN, Francis William, Dip Arch, 2011 - AB McALEER, Mervyn Gerald Keith, 2013 – DG INNES, Janette Paterson Hart, 2005 - G McCORKELL, Harry James Michael, 2016 - ED McDONALD, Edward Graham, BSc DipEd, 1979 - AB JACKSON, Richard MacNaughton, 2014, G McEWAN, Joan, 2009 – ED JEFFREY, Lily Isobel Hume, FRCOT, 2000 - O McEWAN, Murray Robertson, MCPara, 2013 - AD JERDAN, David, FRICS, 2000 - G McFARLANE, Kenneth, 2005 - PK JONES, Ian Stewart, BSc, 1984 - AD McGHEE, William Ramsey, 2015 - H McHALE, Margaret, 1993 - ED KELLY, John Lewis MBE, 2017 - DN McHARDY, Carolyn, 1988 - G KENDALL, Arthur, 2012 - PK McKENNA, Alan Lawrence, 1994 - ED KENNEDY, Kenneth Donald, MA FSAScot, 2000 - G McKENZIE, Justice Donald Cameron Moffat, JP FFA FIM, 1978 - PK KENNON, William Stanley, 1985 - DN McLOUGHLIN, Thomas Anthony, MSc, CMgr FCMI, 2020 - C KINNEAR, Edith Ann Mary Munro, CIWO, 2006 ED McMASTER, Major William Crawford, 2005 - H KIRKWOOD, Warren, 2016 - ED McMURRAY, Judith Aida, 2020 - AD McPHERSON, Mary, 2018 - AB LEGGAT, Christina Crawford, 1973 - G McQUEEN, Ferguson, QVMSM, 1995 - AB LEYLAND, Mark, BScHons, 2003 - DN McROBBIE, Ian Simpson, MB ChB MRCGP FFOM DIH DObstRCOG, 1989 - ED (tr) LOBAR, Paul Telford, Lt Col, 2014 - H McSPORRAN, Duncan, BA, 2010 - G LOUGHRIDGE, Jessie Dougall, 1970 - ED McWHANNELL, Wilfred Alan, FISTC FSAScot, 2003 - G LOW, Robert Andrew Lochhead, TD MB ChB FRCSG FRCOG, 1995 - G MELVIN, Claire Christina Eleanor, 2014 - DN LYE, Pamela Joyce, 2002 - G (tr) MIDDLETON, Yvonne Marjorie, 1984 - AD MILLAR, Geoffrey Thomas, MB ChB FRCSEd FRCOphth, 1993 - F MACAULAY, Brian John Ballantyne, BVMS MRCVS, 1984 - C MILLER, Kenneth Alexander Hugh, 2015 - F MACBEAN, Colonel Malcolm, MBE, 2011 - H MILLER, Roger Ogilvy Stewart, BSc FCIOB, 1989 - ED MACBEAN, Jane Anne, 2020 - H MITCHELL, Michael James, 2001 - AD MACBRIDE, Christopher David, 2008 - AB MITCHELL, Steven John, 2017 – AB MACDONALD, Michael, BSc (Hons), 2014 – H MONTGOMERY, Nanette Duncan Whyte, 1987 - C MACINTYRE, Neil MacVicar, 2000 - DG MOORE, Donald James, BSc, 2020 - AD MACKAY, John Ingram, 2013 - H MORRIS, Agnes Robertson, 1995 - ED MACKENZIE, Gordon Andrew, MA FCIS AIIMR MSI FSAScot, 1997 - ED MORRIS, Anne Jessie MacKenzie, OBE, 2014 - F MACKENZIE, Hilary Jane Douglas MORRIS OF BALGONIE, Kelly Dianne, 2016 - E MACKENZIE, Kenneth, MBE, 1982 - H MORRISON, Dr Ian, PhD FRCP EDIN, 2018 - PK MACKINNON, Dawn Maria, 2017 – AB MORRISON, Susan Louise, BA(Hons), 2020 - PK MACLEAN, Neil Mackinnon, MB ChB FRCGP DMJ, 1980 - G MOUTREY, David, 2005 - S MACPHERSON, Rebecca Amer, 1980 - G MOWAT, Eileen Stark, 2000 - AD MACRAE, Hugh Charles Edward, MA, 1998 - PK MULLIGAN, William, 2018 - AD MACRAE, Colonel James Robert, MBE TD, 2003 - PK MULLOY, Steven John, 2017, AB MACRAE, Malcolm Charles, BSc(Hons) MSc, 1992 - ED MUNRO, Margaret Bartholomew, 2006 – G MALCOLM, Edward Anderson, 1999 - WL MURDOCH, Rev John Alastair Hilton, 2011 – PK MANSELL, Philip, 1990 – H (tr) MURPHY, John Storrar, MA, 1971 - C 30 31 NICOL, Douglas Carnegie, 1998 - AD SCOTT, Helen Diack, MCSP, 1906 - DG SCOTT, Janette Johnstone Chalmers, SRN SCM BTA HV, 1997 - G ORR, Stuart, 1987 - G SCOTT, Peter Borthwick, DipEd AIBScot, 1999 - ED OSWALD, Edwin Thomas, 2000 - AD SEGGIE, Erica Ann, 2017, DG SHANKS, Robert McDonald Johnston, 1988 - H PAGAN, Charles William, MBE DL TD BA LLB FRSA WS, 2001 - F SHARP, Muriel Anne, 1999 - AD PAISLEY, Peter Craig, OBE, 1974 - DN SHERMAN, David, MBE, 2010 - PK PARKER-JERVIS, Marigold Elizabeth, 2006 - H SLOAN, Lynne, MA (HONS) MA, 2018 - WL PARSONS, Lawrence James, 2015 - H SMITH, Graham David, 2020 - DN PARSONS, Ronald Albert, 2003 - F SMITH, Sheila R, DipCE, 1997 - WL PARSONS, Sylvia Florence, 2015 - H SOMERVILLE, Moira Collis, BA, 1997 - WL PATERSON, Ann, 1989 - Un SORBIE, Gavin, 1998 - S PATERSON-BURNSIDE, Robert, 2016, ED SOUTH, Sandra, MBE, 1984 - H PAUL, John Findlay Russell, BA CA, 1999 - C STEVENS, Scott Ewan, MSc 2020 - AB PEARCE, John, FIMgt, 2003 - C STEVENSON, Russell Gray, BSc(Hons) PhD, 1999 - AB PEAT, Dr Robert, BA Hons, PhD, 2012 - AD STEWART,Alexander James, BA (Hons), 2013 - PK PENN, Myra, 1988 - F STEWART, Joyce Margarert, 1983 - AB PERRY, Reverend Mark, 2017 - H STRACHAN, Gavin Lewis, 2020 - AD PRENTICE, Donald Kerr, BSc CertEd DipPsych MSc, 2005 - H STRAUBE, Gordon Alexander, 2006 - H PRICE, Anne McLachlan, BSc PG Dip RGN, 2011 – G PRICE, Gordon, 2010 - G TANKARD, Ann MacLeod Lightbody, MA, 2001 - F PRINCE, Roger Michael, 1985 - ED TAYLOR, Allan Watson, BSc(Hons) PhD ACA, 2006 - AB PRITCHARD, Kenneth, 2017 - C TAYLOR, The Reverend Baker Stephen Covington, 2016 - AB PROVAN, James, 2006 - WL TAYLOR, Douglas Hunter, 2006 - G PURSER, David Herbert, TD MA, 1998 - AB TAYLOR, Edward Graham Macdonald, 1982 - G TAYLOR, Hilda May, 1982 - O RAE, Alan, FTC AMIMI CertEd, 1999 - AB TAYLOR, Matthew Charles, 1982 - O RAMSAY, Margaret Elizabeth, 2003 - AD TAYLOR, Nancy Christine, 1996 - AD RAMSDEN, Rev Iain Ronald, BTh, 2011 - H THOMSON, David Martin, DipT.P MRTPI, 2013 – DG REDMOND, Robert Roy, 1991 – G THORBURN, Margaret, 1985 - C REID, Joseph Robert, 2006 - G THORBURN, Stanley Russell, 1984 - C REID, Stephen James, FCSD, 1994 - G THORNHILL, Sarah Ann, DipEd, 1994 - DG RENNIE, David Edward Gavin, 2006 - H TILLING, Margaret Meriel, MA, 1997 - ED REYNOLDS, Helen Christie, 2006 - AB TULLOCH, Keith Farquhar, CA, 2010 – AA RICHMOND, Henry William, FRSA FSAScot CQSW, 1978 - ED TURNBULL, Iain David, MA Hons Cert Camm Ed, 2018 - AD RIDDELL, Michael James, 1998 - AB RIDDICK, William Scott, 1999 - G URQUHART, Nancy Johnston, BSC, 2018 - AB RILEY, Gordon Douglas, SRpara, 1995 - AB RITCHIE, Professor Donald, Andrew, CBE DL FRSE, 2016 - ED WALKER, Ellen Meek Chalmers Prentice Sinclair, RGN, 2006 - DG ROBINSON, Allan Richard, 2020 - F WALKER, William, 1972 - AB ROLLAND, Neil, 2017, AD WALLACE, Kathleen Elizabeth, RGN SCM NDNCert, 2000 - DG ROSS, Clive Ritchie, FCii, 2012 - AD WALTON, Carole, 1983 - G ROSS, Kathryn Margaret Greig, FSAScot, 1987 - AD WARWICK, Christine Margaret, 1986 - PK (tr) RUSSELL, George McLaren Bell, 1989 - C WARWICK, The Reverend Ivan Corry, 2013 – H RUSSELL, William Grant, 2006 - H WATERSON, William John, 2018 - DG WATSON, Kenneth Matthew, 2000 - WL 32 33 WATSON, Moira, 2018 - C WATSON, Valerie Stewart Massie, 2003 - WL In Grateful Memory WATT, James Richard, MA, 1976 - O WATT, Ronald Stewart, OBE ORS KCHT KCHP MUniv (9TH DAN), 2020 - AB Amongst others lost to the Order over the past year were the following Grade I & II WEBSTER, Janice Helen, 2017, PK members. WEBSTER, Kenneth McDonald James, 1998 - AB WIGHT, Doris, 1994 - ED Sir Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE GCStJ WIGHTON, Brenda Kidd, 2009 – AD Born: 27 October 1943 WILKIE, Brian Bennet, 1980 - AD Died: 27 October 2019 WILSON, Elizabeth Alice, OBE BSc RGN RGM, 2003 - DG WILSON, John Gordon, 2005 - ED Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm Ross was Prior of Scotland from 2009 to 2015 and served WISHART, David, 2001 - F as the Order’s Lord Prior from 2016 until 2019. He was a diplomatic servant of the Crown WOOFF, Dr Jane Fraser, MB ChB DRCGP, 2001 - DG for 30 years, overseeing with scrupulous efficiency two royal funerals, several weddings WOOLLEY, Charles, 2010 - H and many state occasions. WOOLLEY, Ian, 2009 - H WYLLIE, Gordon Malcolm, LLB NP FSAScot TEP WS, 1999 - G Walter Hugh Ross was brought up at Netherhall, Bridge of Dee, Kirkcudbrightshire, where he lived all his life when not in the or on royal duties. He attended Eton and then YARROW, Lady, JP, 1985 - G Sandhurst where he won the sword of and was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1964.

He remained with the Scots Guards until 1987 serving in Aden and as officer-in-command at the Guards Depot at Pirbright. He had six tours of duty in Northern Ireland and was mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1982.

In 1987 he joined the royal household initially as an auditor to the Household and a Comptroller overseeing the working methods throughout the Palace. Other duties included secretary to the Orders of Knighthood when, in 1991, he was appointed comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s office. In that post Sir Malcolm assumed control of all the ceremonial and official events which involved the Queen. These varied from the state opening of Parliament, state visits, investitures and Buckingham Palace Garden Parties.

Sir Malcolm retired from working at Buckingham Palace in 2006 and was appointed master of the Prince of Wales’s household.

Sir Malcolm retained close connections with Kirkcudbrightshire throughout his life. He served as Lord-Lieutenant for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (2006-2018) taking particular pride in upholding the ancient of Stewartry - an alternative for the county. He also served as a Captain in the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, the Royal Company of Archers, retiring from office shortly before his death.

Sir Malcolm was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1994, Knight Commander in 1999, and Knight Grand Cross in 2005, all three honours being in the personal gift of the Queen.

Sir Malcolm married Susan Gow in 1969. She and their son and two daughters survive him. 34 35 Major Martin Cruickshank of Auchreoch KStJ FRGS in 1977 and continued the investigations of Operation Countryman into corruption within Born: 17 September1933 the police, which had been instigated by his predecessor. The operation led to the Met Died: 4 May 2019 getting rid of some 400 officers suspected of corruption.

Martin Melvin Cruickshank, a stalwart of the Order for many years, was made Knight in In his tenure at the Met, Sir David was involved in many high-profile cases including the 1982. A member of Chapter for over a quarter-of-a-century from 1970, he was sword crisis at the Iranian Embassy in 1980 when it was seized by six Iranian exiles demanding bearer for nearly two decades from 1977, always cutting a tall immaculate figure. the release of prisoners in Iran.

Educated at Rugby and Cambridge, Martin was commissioned into the Gordon The siege was just one of the considerable tests Sir David faced during his tenure - he was Highlanders, and served as Brigade Major in the Royal Nigerian Army. also in charge in 1982 when Michael Fagan was able to scale the railings of Buckingham Palace, climb through a window and get into the Queen’s bedroom - but he rose to the A noted adventurer across the globe, he and his late wife Rona travelled across territories challenge as commissioner and was held in the highest regard, by both his force and from the Arctic to the Equator. He enjoyed a particular fondness for crossing deserts, government ministers. Other forces, worldwide, sought his advice and experience, which and on one expedition, drove across the Sahara. An experienced rally driver, Martin were greatly appreciated and he developed friendships which continued throughout his represented the British Army at championships in 1961, 1965 and 1966. His many other life. interests included bird watching, golf and music, besides having a wide knowledge of wines. Sir David was knighted in 1978 and retired in 1982 but enjoyed a very busy and fruitful retirement, holding directorships with Clydesdale Bank, Trusthouse Forte, Scottish Express Major Cruickshank inherited arms from his father, and used his heraldry widely. Newspapers and Integrated Security Services. He also acted as an adviser to British Airways.

Sir David Blackstock McNee KStJ QPM He had been an active member of the Boys’ Brigade in his youth and as such, was keen to Born: 23 March 1925 continue to be supportive, eventually becoming honorary president. Died: 30 April 2019

Sir David Blackstock McNee was a Glaswegian law officer who rose through the ranks to Mr Robert Leitch KStJ CA become one of the most outstanding and prominent figures in the service in the 1970s Born: 25 May 1929 and 80s. A former chief constable of City of Glasgow Police, he was appointed to lead the Died: 18 May 2019 Metropolitan force in 1977 and was in charge at the time of some high-profile challenges including the siege of the Iranian Embassy and the Brixton riots. Robert (Bob) Leitch was born in the East End of Glasgow to Jessie and James Leitch. Shortly afterwards, the family emigrated to Canada, however they returned just a few Born in Glasgow in 1925, he was tremendously proud of his Scottish roots. After leaving years later and settled again in Parkhead. school he joined the Clydesdale Bank but was soon called up to serve in the Royal Navy in 1943. In the Second World War he was a telegraphist on HMS Empire Mace, seeing active When he was six, Robert’s parents divorced, resulting in his formative years being service and being involved in the D-Day landings in Normandy. entrusted to his maternal grandparents, of whom he was extremely fond. As a child, he could be found most Saturday evenings at the Glasgow City Mission with his On leaving the Navy, after the war, he joined City of Glasgow Police in 1946 and in 1951 grandmother, belting out hymns with the Salvation Army. was appointed to the marine division in Govan as detective constable. He rose through the ranks and was appointed assistant chief constable of Dunbartonshire Police in 1969, During the Second World War, Robert was evacuated to Perth. As an unaccompanied then becoming chief constable of City of Glasgow Police in 1971. minor he was placed in a local convent - an experience he did not enjoy. When his grandfather sent him a postal order he scaled the convent wall, took himself to the post When it was decided to combine the six Scottish regions into Strathclyde, it was Sir David office, cashed it in and promptly got a bus home. Wartime schooling was interspersed who was responsible for the amalgamation of all the forces and he made a point of with work on behalf of the Forestry Commission in Dumfries and Galloway. visiting each station across the region. Aged 16, Robert’s headmaster recommended him to chartered accountancy firm Gillespie He was extremely proud to be invited to become commissioner of the Metropolitan police and Anderson for an apprenticeship. He was a year too young so until his 17th birthday, he 36 37 worked as an audit clerk for the firm. William Arthur Spence KStJ QPM LLB BA Born: 20 November 1943 In 1947, aged 18, Robert was called for national service, and joined the Navy, following Died: 10 May 2020 in his beloved grandfather’s footsteps. In 1949 he returned to his studies at Glasgow University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1952. He became a full partner at Bill Spence was a stalwart of the Angus & Dundee area of St John Scotland, and a well Gillespie and Anderson in 1956, and remained there until his retirement in 1991. respected local figure, having served as Tayside Police Chief Constable throughout the 1990s.

Robert enjoyed playing golf and watching football, but holidays were his passion. Along Bill grew up in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. He left school with no qualifications, but went on to with wife Chrissie, and children Carolyn, David and Robbie, he spent many happy holidays night college then the Open University before going to Strathclyde University to study law. in Newquay in Cornwall as well as at their caravan in Dumfries and Galloway. His police career began in Paisley, but took him to Rothesay, operations with Interpol, and even India, before he ended up in Tayside. Bill’s first role for the local division came in 1988 Robert Leitch was a member of the Trades House of Glasgow and served as of when he was appointed Deputy Chief Constable, before promotion to Chief Constable in the Incorporation of Tailors in 1970. He became a member of Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge 1990. During his tenure the crime rate reduced annually. He oversaw the introduction of Number 4 in 1963 and was installed as Master in December 1973. He went on to hold new technology to enable detection, being one of the far-sighted officers who saw the several offices in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow and the Grand Lodge of Scotland. potential of DNA testing.

He contributed tirelessly to the charitable work of the Order of St John. Having been made Following his retirement in 2000, Bill became increasingly involved in charitable work and a Member in 1984, he rose through the ranks and was invested as Knight by the Duke of other pursuits. He was a member of the Rotary Club, and became honorary vice-president Gloucester in 2007. of the Tayside Branch of the Retired Police Officers Association Scotland.

He was also the driving force behind much of St John Scotland’s activity in Angus & Major John Gooch KStJ VRD FRICS Dundee throughout the 2000s and 2010s, and was instrumental in setting up a number of Born: 9 December 1935 projects which continue to benefit the people and communities of the area to this day. Died: 16 April 2020 These include the Patient Transport service, which Bill established after learning of the Jan Gooch, always engagingly courteous and pleasant, was known as someone difficulties many local cancer patients faced when trying to get to their treatments. determined to extract the most from life. On this, he led a full one. Following discussions with the Scottish Ambulance Service, the scheme was launched in Angus & Dundee in 2008. After a successful initial period, in 2013 the service was After National Service with 42 Commando Royal Marines, he went on to serve with the expanded to also help renal patients. Bill was instrumental recruiting the team of Royal Marines Reserve, rising to the rank of major, and gaining the Voluntary Reserve volunteer drivers, many of whom fondly recall being ‘persuaded’ into volunteering by him. Decoration more than half-a-century ago. Bill also established St John Scotland’s groups of First Responders in Angus, keen to help A chartered surveyor by profession, Jan was invested as Member in 1993, though his communities who had limited access to emergency healthcare. The scheme began in connections with the Order preceded that. An active member of Chapter 2011-2013, he 2010, with Bill serving as a First Responder himself, as well as organiser of the groups. went on to be appointed assistant director of ceremonies for eight years in 2002, as well as become the very active chairman of Angus and Dundee Area. In lieu of his exemplary Having served as Chair of the Angus & Dundee committee since 2007, Bill stood down in local service, the area latterly made him their Hon Vice-President. He was promoted KStJ 2013, but remained a key driver of St John Scotland’s work locally. He led the Area’s work in 2006. on Public Access Defibrillators, and following the purchase of a first device for Carnoustie in 2016, worked with communities across Angus and Dundee to install 46 more by the Major John Daniel Gooch took understandable pride in his lineage, being a great-great- start of 2020. Bill was also involved in St John Scotland’s fundraising activities, organising grandson of Sir Daniel Gooch, locomotive engineer to the Great Western Railway. The an annual Fiddler’s Rally at Dundee’s Caird Hall each year, and regularly manning the railway connection is maintained to the present day, through Jan displaying a locomotive St John Scotland stall at the Glamis Extravaganza. wheel in his arms. In recognition of his outstanding service, Bill was admitted as a Member of the Order in 2003, reaching the rank of Knight by 2013. He died at home in Kellas after a short battle with bowel cancer. He is survived by wife Hazel, two daughters and four grandchildren. 38 39 The deaths of the following Order members are recorded with deep regret and with gratitude for the support they gave to the Order:

Adam McCreath ARMSTRONG Iain BALFOUR Joan Anne BLAIR John Aitken CARRUTH Rhona Anne DUNCAN John DUNN Silvia Hazel FALLON Robert FULLERTON Raymond William INNES Guy David INNES-KER, Duke of Roxburghe Sybil Marjorie INNES of LEARNEY Alasdair MacLEAN Lady Margaret Noel MacLEHOSE of BEOCH Barrie MATTHEWS Margaret Lamont MacDonald MATTHEWS Unity McGILL Chistina Forbes McLAREN Janette Blair McMAHON Norman George McPHERSON Siobhan Mary SCRYMGEOUR, Countess Of Dundee The Reverend Clifford STRONG Mary Murray PARK Kenneth WADDELL

40 41 42 43 St John House 21 St John Street Edinburgh EH8 8DG

0131 556 8711

Cover photo: Liam Hackett