Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

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 Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume IX, Ministers of the Church from the Union of the Churches 2 October 1928 to 31 December 1954, page 804Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume X, Ministers of the Church from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1975, page 458 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 QC 2000–2005: Patrick Hodge QC 2005–2023: Laura Dunlop KC 2023–present: Jonathan Brodie KCJonathan Brodie

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