Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland explained

The Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The holder of the office is invariably a King's Counsel in Scotland. Day-to-day advice is given by the Church's own Law Department, headed by the Solicitor to the Church; the Procurator can be called on for specialist advice.

The current procurator is Jonathan Brodie KC. Former procurators include Lord Davidson, Lord Penrose, Sheriff Principal RA Dunlop QC and Lord Hodge.

List of Procurators

^{[1] [2]} Incomplete

• 1638 Archibald Johnston of Warriston (executed 22 July 1663)
• 1706-1731 John Dundas
• 1731-1745 William Grant
• 1746-1778 David Dalrymple
• 1778-1806 William Robertson
• 1806-1831 Sir John Connell
• 1831-1856 Robert Bell
• 1856-1869 Alexander Shank Cook
• 1869-1880 Robert Lee
• 1880-1886 William Mackintosh
• 1886-1891 Sir Charles Pearson
• 1891-1906 Sir John Cheyne
• 1907-1918 Sir Christopher Nicolson Johnston
• 1918-1922 William Watson
• 1929-1936 Sir William Chree KC LLD
• 1936-1937 Sir Archibald Campbell Black KC
• 1938-1948 James Frederick Strachan KC
• 1949-1957 Sir James Randal Philip OBE KC
• 1958-1968 Thomas Pringle McDonald QC
• 1969-1972 William Robertson Grieve QC
• 1972- Charles Kemp Davidson
• 2005-2023 Laura Dunlop KC
• 2023- Jonathan Brodie KC^[3]

Notes and References

1. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume IX, Ministers of the Church from the Union of the Churches 2 October 1928 to 31 December 1954, page 804
2. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume X, Ministers of the Church from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1975, page 458
3. https://amadvocates.co.uk/advocate/jonathan-brodie/ Jonathan Brodie