James Longmuir

The Very Reverend James Longmuir CBE TD DD
Dean of the Chapel Royal
Church	Church of Scotland
In office	1969 to 1973
Predecessor	Charles Warr
Successor	Hugh Douglas
Other posts	Moderator of the General Assembly (1968-1969)
Orders
Ordination	1934
Personal details
Birth name	James Boyd Longmuir
Born	(1907-04-26)26 April 1907
Died	22 October 1973(1973-10-22) (aged 66)
Education	Dalziel High School

James Boyd Longmuir, CBE, TD (26 April 1907 – 22 October 1973) was an eminent Church of Scotland minister in the 20th century.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Longmuir was born on 26 April 1907. He was educated at Dalziel High School, a secondary school in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He studied at the University of Glasgow.^[3]

Ordained ministry

Longmuir was ordained to Swinton Parish in 1934 where he served until 1952. During World War II, he served with the Royal Army Chaplains' Department and was awarded the Territorial Decoration.^[4] After that he was Minister at Chirnside.

He was Dean of the Chapel Royal^[5] and Chaplain to HM Bodyguard for Scotland (The Royal Company of Archers) from 1969 to 1973.^[6] He was an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen.^[7]

Longmuir died on 22 October 1973. He was aged 66.^[8]

References

↑ The Times, Thursday, 17 Jul 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57614; col F New Scottish Deans
↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
↑ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
↑ London Gazette
↑ London Gazette
↑ London Gazette
↑ New Chaplain To The Queen In Scotland The Times Thursday, 31 Jan 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53753; col G
↑ The Times, Wednesday, 24 Oct 1973; pg. 21; Issue 58921; col E Very Rev J B. Longmuir

Religious titles
Preceded by William Roy Sanderson	Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1968–1969	Succeeded by Thomas Moffat Murchison
Preceded by Charles Laing Warr	Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland 1969 –1973	Succeeded by Hugh Osborne Douglas

Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Since reunification with the United Free Church of Scotland in 1929

1929–1952	John White Andrew Bogle John Graham Hugh Mackintosh Lauchlan Watt Peter Thomson Marshall Lang Daniel Lamont Dugald Macfarlane James Black Archibald Main James Forgan James Cockburn Charles Taylor John Baillie Edward Hagan Andrew Campbell John McKenzie Matthew Stewart Alexander Macdonald George Duncan Hugh Watt William White Anderson

1952–1977	Johnstone Jeffrey James Pitt-Watson Ernest Jarvis George Henderson Robert Scott George MacLeod John Fraser Robert Shepherd John Burleigh Archibald Craig Nevile Davidson James Stewart Duncan Fraser Archibald Watt Leonard Small Roy Sanderson James Longmuir Thomas Murchison Hugh Douglas Andrew Herron Ronnie Selby Wright George Reid David Steel James Matheson Thomas Torrance

1977–2002	John Gray Peter Brodie Robert Barbour William Johnston Andrew Doig Fraser McLuskey John Paterson David Smith Robert Craig Duncan Shaw Jim Whyte Bill McDonald Robert Davidson William Macmillan Hugh Wyllie James Weatherhead James Simpson James Harkness John McIndoe Sandy McDonald Alan Main John Cairns Andrew McLellan John Miller

Since 2002	Finlay Macdonald Iain Torrance Alison Elliot David Lacy Alan McDonald Sheilagh Kesting David Lunan William Hewitt John Christie David Arnott Albert Bogle

Deans of the Chapel Royal in Scotland

Since 1887	Cameron Lees Wallace Williamson Charles Warr James Longmuir Hugh Douglas Robert Barbour William Morris James Harkness John Cairns Iain Torrance

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