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Tait, A. Margaret, BSc. General Council Assessor on 

Court of University of Edinburgh; Convener, Resolutions 

Committee of International Federation of University 

Women, Geneva; Member, St. Margaret's Chapel Guild, 

Edinburgh Castle; Member, Egyptology Scotland, Royal 

Caledonian Horticultural Society and Royal Horticultural 

Society; Member, British Federation of Women Graduates 

and Chair of its Finance and Investments Committee; 

Member, BFWG Scholarship Finance Committee; Member, 

Lothian Pharmacy Practice Committee; b. 8.10.44, 

Edinburgh; m., J. Haldane Tait; 1 d. Educ. George Watson’s 

Ladies’ College, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University; 

Jordanhill College of Education. Former Teacher of 

Mathematics, Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow; former 

Member, Lothian Children’s Panel; former Honorary 

Secretary, Scottish Association of Children’s Panels; former 

Chairman, Dean House Children’s Home, Edinburgh; 

Volunteer, Edinburgh Citizens’ Advice Bureau; formerly 

Secretary of State’s Nominee to General Teaching Council; 

former Member, Scottish Legal Aid Board; former 

Member, Lothian Health Council; former Vice Chairman, 

Lothian Healthy Volunteers and Student Research Modules 

Ethics Committee. Recreations: golf; horticulture; Spanish; 

playing bridge. Address: (h.) 6 Ravelston House Park, 

Edinburgh EH4 3LU; T.-0131-332 6795; e-mail: 

margarettait@me.com 

Tait, Elizabeth Joyce, CBE, FRSE, DUniv (Open), PhD, 

BSc, FSRA. Scientific Adviser, ESRC Innogen Centre, 

Edinburgh University, since 2007; Director, ESRC Innogen 

Centre, Edinburgh University, 2002-07; b. 19.02.38, 

Edinburgh; m., Dr. Alec Tait; 1 s.; 2 d. Educ. Glasgow 

High School for Girls; Glasgow University; Cambridge 

University. Career History: Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, 

Technology Faculty, Open University; Professor, 

Environmental and Technology Management, University of 

Strathclyde; Deputy Director, Research and Advisory 

Services, Scottish Natural Heritage; Director, Scottish 

Universities Policy Research and Advice Centre (SUPRA), 

Edinburgh University. Member, Board of Directors, 

Scottish Stem Cell Network; Member, Governing Council, 

Roslin Institute; Member, Scottish Science Advisory 

Council; UK Department of Health Emerging Sciences and 

Bioethics Advisory Committee (ESBAC), since 2012. 

Recreations: gardening; hill walking. Address: (b.) Innogen 

Centre, Old Surgeons Hall, High School Yards, Edinburgh 

EH1 1LZ; T.-0131 650 9174; e-mail: joyce.tait@ed.ac.uk 

Tait, Stuart R., LLB (Hons), DipLP (Aberdeen). Partner, 

Dundas & Wilson CS LLP, since 1995; b. 22.8.63, 

Edinburgh; divorced; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Fettes College, 

Edinburgh; Aberdeen University. Trained at Dundas & 

Wilson, 1986-88; Seconded to Linklaters & Paines, 

London, 1990-91. Chair of the Scottish Board, Investment 

Property Forum. Recreations: swimming; cycling; curling; 

travel. Address: (b.) Saltire Court, 20 Castle Terrace, 

Edinburgh EH1 2EN; T.-0131-228 8000; e-mail: 

stuart.tait@dundas-wilson.com 

Tait, Rev. Thomas William, MBE, BD, RAFVR (Rtd). 

Parish Minister, Rattray, Blairgowrie, 1972-97; Corps 

Chaplain, Royal Air Force Air Cadets (UK), 2002-2010; b. 

11.11.31, Dunfermline; m., Irene Pope; 1 s.; 2 d. Educ. 

Dunfermline High School; St. Colm's College, Edinburgh; 

Edinburgh University; Christ's College, Aberdeen; 

Aberdeen University. HQ Staff, Boys' Brigade, 1954-61; 

Missionary, Church of Scotland, South Arabia, 1962-67; 

ordained and inducted, 1972; Member, Assembly Council, 

1984-88; Chaplain, 2519 (Strathmore) Squadron, Air 

Training Corps, since 1974; Chaplain, Dundee and Central 

Scotland Wing, ATC, 1978-96; Principal Chaplain, 

Scotland and Northern Ireland, Air Training Corps, 1996- 

2002; awarded Defence Council Letter of Appreciation for 

Services to Air Cadet Organisation, 1999; Chairman, 

Blairgowrie Schools Council, 1975-89; Member, Perth and 

Kinross Health Council, 1980-91 (Chairman, 1984-91); 

Chairman, Tayside Health Council, 1992-98; Chairman, 

Blairgowrie and District Branch, Royal British Legion 

Scotland, 1992-97, and Chaplain, Angus and Perthshire 

Area, 1994-99; commissioned RAFVR, 1977 (retired Flt. 

Lt., 1988); Moderator, Dunkeld and Meigle Presbytery, 

1978; awarded Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate for 

Meritorious Service to ATC, 1985; Member, Secretary of 

State's Consultative Panel on Registration of Nursing 

Homes and Private Hospitals, 1993-97; Member, Tayside 

Health Board Quality Monitoring Team, 1993-98; Member, 

Scottish Office Nursing Homes Standards Steering Group, 

1994-97; Member, Chaplain's Committee, Air Cadet 

Council (UK), since 1996; Member, CRAG (Clinical 

Research and Audit Group), 1997-98; Member, Multi 

Research Ethics Committee for Scotland, 1997-2001; 

Convener, Scottish Association of Health Councils, 1997- 

98; Member, Advocacy Team, State Hospital, Carstairs, 

since 1998; Member, Air Cadet Council, since 2002; 

Member, Air Cadet Organisation Management Board, since 

2005; appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of 

the British Empire in 2011 for services to the Air Training 

Corps. Recreations: encouraging others to work in 

voluntary organisations; swimming; reading; overseas 

travel. Address: 3 Rosemount Park, Blairgowrie PH10 6TZ; 

T.-01250 874833; e-mail: tw.tait@virgin.net 

Tallach, Rev. James Ross, MB, ChB. Free Presbyterian 

Minister, Stornoway, since 2009; Assistant Clerk of Synod, 

since 2005; b. Tighnabruaich, Argyll; m., Mairi McCuish 

Martin; 2 d. Educ. Nicolson Institute, Stornoway; Aberdeen 

University. House jobs in surgery, medicine and obstetrics, 

Inverness, Aberdeen, and Bellshill, 1967-69; Medical 

Missionary, Mbuma, Zimbabwe, 1969-76; training for 

ministry, 1976-80; ordained medical missionery, Mbuma, 

1980-83. Moderator of Synod, 1996; Clerk to Foreign 

Mission Committee of F.P. Church, since 1989; Convener, 

Church Home, Inverness, since 2001; Convener, Training 

of Ministry Committee, since 2004. Recreations: 

gardening; walking. Address: Free Presbyterian Manse, 2 

Fleming Place, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2NH; T.- 

01851 702501. 

E-mail: jrtallach@btinternet.com 

Tams, Professor Christian Jakob, State Exam (Law), 

LLM, PhD (Cantab). Professor of International Law, 

University of Glasgow, since 2008; b. 18.7.73, 

Hamburg, Germany. Educ. Martino Katharineum; 

University of Kiel; University of Lyon; University of 

Cambridge. Assistant Professor, University of Kiel 

(Germany), 2005-09. Various publications on 

International Law; member of the Royal Society of 

Edinburgh Young Academy and of the The German 

Court of Arbitration for Sport. Recreations: naval 

fiction; maritime history. Address: University of 

Glasgow, School of Law, Glasgow G12 8QQ; T.-0141 

3305184; e-mail: christian.tams@glasgow.ac.uk 

Tanner, Professor (Kathleen) Elizabeth, FREng, FBSE, 

MA, DPhil, FIMMM, FIMechE, CEng, CSci. Professor of 

Biomedical Materials, University of Glasgow, since 2007; 

Adjunct (Visiting) Professor of Biomechanics and 

Biomaterials, Lund University, Sweden, since 1998; b. 

20.3.57, Farnham. Educ. Wycombe Abbey; Lady Margaret 

Hall, Oxford. University of London: Research Assistant, 

Department of Materials, Queen Mary College, 1983-88;

Advanced Research Fellow, Queen Mary and Westfield 

College, 1988-93, Lecturer, Department of Materials and 

IRC in Biomedical Materials, 1993-95, Reader in 

Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Department of Materials 

and IRC in Biomedical Materials, 1995-98; Co-Head of the 

Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, 

Lund University, Sweden, 1998-2001; Dean of 

Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 

University of London, 1999-2000, Professor of Biomedical 

Materials, Department of Materials, 1998-2007. Founder 

Member and First President (2000), UK Society for 

Biomaterials; Secretary of European Society for 

Biomaterials, 2005-09. Recreations: riding; tennis; 

cookery; dressmaking. Address: (b.) James Watt South 

Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ; T.- 

0141 330 3733; e-mail: elizabeth.tanner@glasgow.ac.uk 

Tanner, Susanne Lesley Murning, LLB (Hons), DipLP, 

MCIArb. Advocate Depute, since 2011; Advocate, since 

2000; b. 29.10.74, Stirling; m., David Henderson Tanner; 1 

s. Educ. George Watson's College, Edinburgh; Edinburgh 

University. Solicitor, Burness Solicitors, Edinburgh, 1997- 

99; Tutor, Criminal Court Practice, University of 

Edinburgh, since 2008; Lecturer, Evidence, Edinburgh 

Napier University, since 2006; Assistant on Master’s Court, 

Merchant Company of Edinburgh, since 2004; Governor, 

Governing Council, George Watson’s College, since 2010. 

Address: (b.) Advocates' Library, Parliament House, 

Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RF; T.-0131 226 5071. 

E-mail: susannetanner@hotmail.com 

Tarahara, Masataka. Consul-General of Japan in 

Edinburgh, since 2009; b. Japan; m.; 1 d.; 1 s. Educ. 

Faculty of Law, University of Kyoto; Hertford College, 

Oxford University. Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

(MOFA), Japan, 1979. Served in Japanese Embassy in 

Oman as Second Secretary (1982); in Netherlands as First 

Secretary (1991), in Kuwait as Counsellor (1994), in 

Malaysia (1997) and Canada as Minister and Deputy Head 

of Mission (2005-2009). In 1999, Deputy Chief of Protocol, 

MOFA, and Master of Ceremonies of Imperial Household 

Agency. In 2000, served in official delegation during Their 

Majesties Emperor and Empress state visit to Europe. 

Recreation: travel; tennis; judo; reading; theatre; singing. 

Address: Consulate General of Japan, 2 Melville Crescent, 

Edinburgh EH3 7HW; T.-0131 225 4777. 

Tartaglia, Most Rev. Philip, PhB, STD. Archbishop of 

Glasgow, since 2012; Apostolic Administrator of the 

Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, since 2013; b. 

11.1.51, Glasgow. Educ. St. Mungo’s Academy, Glasgow; 

St. Vincent’s College, Langbank; St Mary’s College, Blairs, 

near Aberdeen; Pontifical Scots College and the Pontifical 

Gregorian University in Rome. Ordained priest by 

Archbishop Thomas Winning in the Church of Our Lady of 

Good Counsel, Dennistoun on 30 June 1975; moved to 

Rome in 1976 and later started research for doctorate in 

Sacred Theology; Acting Vice-Rector, the Scots College in 

Rome, then Dean of Studies in 1978; obtained STD degree 

in 1980, then became Assistant priest at Our Lady of 

Lourdes, Cardonald, while at the same time becoming an 

extramural lecturer at St. Peter's College, Newlands, 

Glasgow; appointed lecturer at St. Peter's College in 1981, 

becoming director of studies in 1983; became Vice-Rector, 

Chesters College, Bearsden in 1985, then Rector, 1987-93; 

sent to St. Patrick's, Dumbarton as assistant priest before 

being appointed parish priest of St Mary's, Duntocher in 

1995; returned to seminary as Rector of the Pontifical Scots 

College, Rome in 2004; Bishop of Paisley, 2005-2012. 

Address: 196 Clyde Street, Glasgow G1 4JY; T.-0141 226 

5898. 

Tasker, Moira, MA (Hons), MSc, FRSA. Former 

Director, The Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic 

Trust); Chief Executive, Citizens Advice Edinburgh. Educ. 

Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, Fife; University of 

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Edinburgh; Heriot-Watt University. Member, Cross Party 

Group on Volunteering and the Voluntary Sector of Scottish 

Parliament; Member, Management Committee, The 

Edinburgh Trust; Member, Management Committee, 

Scottish Local History Forum. Recreations: travel; Russian 

culture. 

Tate, Professor Austin, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, CEng, 

FAAAI, FBCS, FBIS, FREng, FRSE. Director, AIAI 

(Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute), since 1985; 

Chair in Knowledge-Based Systems, University of 

Edinburgh, since 1995; Co-ordinator, Virtual University of 

Edinburgh (Vue); Co-ordinator for Distance Education; b. 

12.5.51, Knottingley, West Yorkshire; m., Margaret. Educ. 

King's School, Pontefract; Lancaster University; Edinburgh 

University. Address: (b.) AIAI, School of Informatics, 

University of Edinburgh, Informatics Forum, Crichton 

Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB; T.-0131-651 3222. 

Tavener, Alan, MA, ARCO, ARCM. Director of Music, 

Strathclyde University, since 1980; Artistic Director, 

Cappella Nova, since 1982; b. 22.4.57, Weston-Super- 

Mare; m., Rebecca Jane Gibson. Educ. City of Bath Boys’ 

School; Brasenose College, Oxford. Conducted several 

world premieres of choral works and several CDs of early, 

romantic and contemporary music. Recreations: 

architecture; Italy; Scottish country dancing; food and 

drink. Address: (b.) 172 Hyndland Road, Glasgow G12 

9HZ; T.-0141-357 0052. 

Tavener, Rebecca Jane. Soprano; Creative Director, 

Cappella Nova; b. 3.5.58, Trowbridge; m., Alan Tavener. 

Co-founded Cappella Nova, 1982; Concert Manager, 

Glasgow University, 1983-89; Founder and Director, 

Chorus International, 1990-94; founded Canty (medieval 

vocal ensemble), 1998; launched new early music 

consortium for Scotland, 1998; launched own recording 

label, ROTA, 1998. Recreations: Italophilia; retail therapy; 

gourmandising; reading history books. Address: (h.) 172 

Hyndland Road, Glasgow G12 9HZ; T.-(b.) 0141-552 0634; 

e-mail: rebecca@cappella-nova.com 

Taylor, Rev. Baker Stephen Covington, BA (Hons), BBS, 

MA, MDiv, FSA Scot. Minister, Kirk of St. Nicholas 

Uniting, Aberdeen (The City Church), since 2005; b. 

1.12.58, Kountze, Texas, United States; m., The Rev. 

Gillian R. Trew. Educ. Temple High School; Temple 

College, Texas; University of Texas; Abilene Christian 

University; Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. 

Associate Minister, University Avenue Church of Christ, 

Austin, 1984-85; Lecturer, Abilene Christian University, 

1986-89; Minister: Lee Green United Reformed Church, 

London, 1990-2005, Geddes Place United Reformed 

Church, Bexleyheath, Kent, 1990-94, Bromley United 

Reformed Church, Kent, 1994-2005. Chairperson, Friends 

of The Kirk of St. Nicholas; Governor, Robert Gordon’s 

College; Honorary Chaplain, University of Aberdeen; 

Admiral, Texas Navy; Associate Member, Iona 

Community; Church Service Society; Scottish Church 

Society; Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; 

Secretary, St Andrew’s Society of Aberdeen; Burgess of 

Guild of the City of Aberdeen. Recreations: numismatics; 

vexillology; Gaelic studies; archaeology. Address: (h.) The 

Manse, 12 Louisville Avenue, Aberdeen AB15 4TX; T.- 

01224 314318; e-mail: minister@kirk-of-st-nicholas.org.uk 

Taylor, Brian, MA (Hons). Political Editor, BBC Scotland; 

b. 9.1.55, Dundee; m., Pamela Moira Niven; 2 s. Educ. 

High School of Dundee; St. Andrews University. Reporter, 

Press and Journal, Aberdeen, 1977-80; Lobby 

Correspondent, Thomson Regional Newspapers,


Westminster, 1980-85; Reporter, BBC Scotland, Glasgow, 

1985-86; Co-Presenter, Left, Right and Centre, BBC 

Scotland, 1986-88; Political Correspondent, BBC Scotland, 

1988-90. DLitt, Napier University; DLitt, Abertay 

University. Publications: The Scottish Parliament, 1999; 

Scotland's Parliament: Triumph and Disaster, 2002. 

Recreations: golf; theatre. Address: (b.) BBC Scotland, 

Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA. 

Taylor, Rev. Ian, BSc, MA, LTh, DipEd. Lecturer on 

music and the arts, broadcaster, opera director; b. 12.10.32, 

Dundee; m., Joy Coupar, LRAM; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Dundee 

High School; St. Andrews University; Durham University; 

Sheffield University; Edinburgh University. Teacher, 

Mathematics Department, Dundee High School; Lecturer in 

Mathematics, Bretton Hall College of Education; Senior 

Lecturer in Education, College of Ripon and York St. John; 

Assistant Minister, St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh; 

Minister, Abdie & Dunbog and Newburgh, 1983-97; 

Moderator, Presbytery of St. Andrews, 1995-96; Secretary, 

History of Education Society, 1968-73; extensive work in 

adult education (appreciation of music and the arts); 

Director, Summer Schools in Music, St. Andrews 

University; numerous courses for St. Andrews, Edinburgh, 

Cambridge and Hull Universities and WEA; has played 

principal roles in opera and operetta; Director, Gilbert and 

Sullivan Society of Edinburgh, 1979-87; Director, Tayside 

Opera, 1999; compiled Theatre Music Quiz series, Radio 

Tay; presented own operetta, My Dear Gilbert...My Dear 

Sullivan, BBC; Writer of revues and documentary plays 

with music, including Tragic Queen (Mary Queen of Scots), 

St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 1982, and 

John Knox (Church of Scotland Video); President, East 

Neuk of Fife Probus Club, 2007-08. Publications: How to 

Produce Concert Versions of Gilbert Sullivan; The Gilbert 

and Sullivan Quiz Book; The Opera Lover’s Quiz Book; 

Maths for Mums and Dads. Address: Lundie Cottage, 

Arncroach, Fife KY10 2RN; T.-01333 720 222; e-mail: 

iantaylor12@tiscali.co.uk 

Taylor, James Alastair, BSc, LLB. Chairman, The Review 

into the Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation in 

Scotland; Chairman, The Disciplinary Board of The 

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; b. 21.2.51, 

Inverness; m., Lesley Macleod; 2 s. Educ. Nairn Academy; 

Aberdeen University. Apprenticed to Brander & 

Cruickshank, Advocates in Aberdeen, 1975-77; apprenticed 

to, Assistant with, Lefevre & Co., Advocates in Aberdeen, 

1977-78; Assistant, later Partner, A.C. Morrison & 

Richards, Advocates in Aberdeen, 1978-87; Partner and 

latterly Head of Litigation Department, McGrigor Donald, 

1988-98; attained rights of audience in Supreme Courts in 

Scotland, 1993; Sheriff of Lothian and Borders at 

Edinburgh, 1998; Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, 

1999-2005; Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin 

at Glasgow, 2005-2011. Designated one of the sheriffs to 

hear commercial actions, 1999; Member of The Board of 

The Civil Courts Review, 2007-09; Director of Lodging 

House Mission, 2002-2012; Visiting Professor of Law, 

Strathclyde University, since 2007. Publications: 

International Intellectual Property Litigation (Contributor); 

Sentencing Practice (Contributor); Macphail’s Sheriff 

Court Practice, 3rd Edn (Contributor). Recreations: golf; 

music; good food and wine. 

E-mail: sheriffp.jtaylor@scotcourts.gov.uk 

Taylor, James Bradley, OBE, FRIN. Chairman of the 

Board of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency, since 2007; 

Board Member, Scottish Ballet, 2005-2012; Chair, 

Scotland’s Lighthouse Museum, 2005-2011; IoD Faculty 

Member, since 2005; Board Member, Eastgate Theatre, 

2006-2011; Younger Brother of Trinity House, since 1991; 

Board Member, Mull of Kintyre Seatours, since 2004; 

Nautical Assessor to the Court of Session, since 1996; 

Freeman of the City of London; High Constable of the Port 

of Leith; Vice President, Royal Institute of Navigation, 

since 2012, Fellow (FRIN) and Member of Council, since 

2009; Chairman, Eastgate Theatre, 2010-2012; b. 12.8.45, 

Paisley; m., Elizabeth Sherwood. Educ. George Watson’s 

College, Edinburgh; Britannia Royal Naval College; 

Defence School of Languages; Royal Naval College 

Greenwich; Royal College of Defence Studies. Chief 

Executive, Northern Lighthouse Board, 1993-2006; 

Community Councillor, Eddleston, 1999-2005, and since 

2012; Royal Navy, 1963-93; commanded: HM Submarines 

Grampus, 1974-75; Orpheus, 1975-77; Spartan, 1980-82; 

HM Ship London, 1989-90; Chief of Staff, Submarine 

Flotilla, 1990-92; Member, Royal College of Defence 

Studies, 1992. Recreations: country sports; history; music 

and dance; classic cars; travel. Address: Stewarton House, 

Eddleston, Peebles EH45 8PP. 

Taylor, Rt. Rev. John Mitchell, MA. Bishop of Glasgow 

and Galloway, retired 1998; b. 23.5.32, Aberdeen; m., Edna 

Elizabeth Maitland; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Banff Academy; 

Aberdeen University; Theological College, Edinburgh. 

Curate, St. Margaret’s, Aberdeen; Rector: Holy Cross, 

Knightswood, Glasgow, St. Ninian’s, Pollokshields, 

Glasgow, St. John the Evangelist, Dumfries; Canon, St. 

Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow. Recreations: angling; hillwalking; 

sketching; music. Address: (h.) 10 St Georges, 

Castle Douglas DG7 1LN. 

Taylor, Malcolm John, TD, MA (Hons), FRICS, ACIArb. 

Chartered Surveyor/Land Agent; Director, Bell Ingram; b. 

21.11.61, Glasgow; m., Helen McKay; 2 s. Educ. Dumfries 

Academy; Aberdeen University. Chairman, RICS in 

Scotland, 2004-05. Recreations: field sports; music; natural 

history. Address: (b.) Bell Ingram, Manor Street, Forfar; T.- 

01307 462516. 

Taylor, Margie, MSc, MBA, FDSRCSEd, 

FDSRCPS(Glasg), FFPHM, FFGDP (UK). Chief Dental 

Officer, Scottish Government; Honorary Senior Lecturer, 

Glasgow University; Dundee University; b. Edinburgh. 

Educ. James Gillespie's High School for Girls; Edinburgh 

University; Heriot-Watt University. Consultant in dental 

public health, NHS Lanarkshire, 1994-2007; formerly Chief 

Administrative Dental Officer, Fife Health Board, and 

Honorary Senior Lecturer, St. Andrews University. Board 

Member, Health Scotland; Past President, Royal Odonto- 

Chirurgical Society of Scotland. Recreations: calligraphy; 

cooking. Address: (b.) Scottish Government, Room IR.08, 

St. Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG. 

Taylor, Martin, MBE, DUniv (Paisley). Guitarist/ 

Composer, since 1972; b. 20.10.56, Harlow, Essex; m., 

Elizabeth Kirk; 2 s. Educ. Passmores Comprehensive 

School, Harlow. Self-taught guitarist (began playing aged 

four); became professional musician at 15, touring UK, 

Europe and USA; solo recording debut, 1978 (for Wave 

Records); toured world with Stephane Grappelli, 1979-90; 

recorded eight solo albums for Linn Records, 1990s, 

becoming biggest selling British jazz recording artist in the 

UK; became first British jazz artist to sign recording 

contract with Sony Jazz (Columbia) in over 30 years; 

currently tours the world as solo artist and records and 

composes music for television and film. Founder, 

Kirkmichael International Guitar Festival; Founder, Guitars 

for Schools Programme. Best Guitarist, British Jazz 

Awards, eleven times; Grammy nomination, 1987; Gold 

Badge of Merit, British Academy of Composers and 

Songwriters, 1999; Freedom of the City of London, 1998; 

received the BBC Radio 2 “Heart of Jazz” Award in 

recognition of his career in music, 2007; presented with a

Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Wales Jazz 

Guitar Festival for his “Contribution to Jazz Guitar 

Worldwide”, 2007; 2010 BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Original 

Composition’ nomination; 2010 Doctor of Music (honoris 

causa), Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 

(RSAMD). Publication: Kiss and Tell (autobiography), 

1999. Recreations: horse racing; horse drawn gypsy 

wagons; collects vintage and rare American guitars and 

mandolins. 

Taylor, Dr. Mary. Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of 

Housing Associations, since 2010. Over thirty years 

working in the Scottish housing sector; career ranges from a 

Housing Management Trainee at SSHA to Senior Teaching 

Fellow at the University of Stirling; worked with 

committees of various housing associations as well as 

previously sitting on the Board of the SFHA. Fellow of the 

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). Address: (b.) 375 

West George Street, Glasgow G2 4LW. 

Taylor, Rt. Rev. Maurice, STD. Bishop Emeritus of 

Galloway, since 2004; Bishop of Galloway, 1981-2004; b. 

5.5.26, Hamilton. Educ. St. Aloysius College, Glasgow; 

Our Lady’s High School, Motherwell; Pontifical Gregorian 

University, Rome. Royal Army Medical Corps, UK, India, 

Egypt, 1944-47; Assistant Priest: St. Bartholomew’s, 

Coatbridge, 1951-52, St. Bernadette’s, Motherwell, 1954- 

55; Lecturer, St. Peter’s College, Cardross, 1955-65; 

Rector, Royal Scots College, Spain, 1965-74; Parish Priest, 

Our Lady of Lourdes, East Kilbride, 1974-81. Vice 

President, Progressio (formerly Catholic Institute for 

International Relations). Publications: The Scots College in 

Spain, 1971; Guatemala, A Bishop’s Journey, 1991; El 

Salvador: Portrait of a Parish, 1992; Opening Our Lives to 

the Saviour (Co-author), 1995; Listening at the Foot of the 

Cross (Co-author), 1996; Being a Bishop in Scotland, 

2006; It’s the Eucharist, Thank God, 2009. Address: 41 

Overmills Road, Ayr KA7 3LH; T.-01292-285865. 

web: www.bishopmauricetaylor.org.uk 

Taylor, Peter Cranbourne, MA, CA. Chairman, 

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Association, 1995- 

2010; b. 11.8.38, Yeovil; m., Lois Mary; 1s.; 1d Educ. 

Edinburgh University. Chartered Accountant/Partner: 

Romanes and Munro, Edinburgh, 1964-74; Deloitte 

Haskins and Sells, 1974-90; Coopers and Lybrand, 

1990-95. Member, Scottish Dental Practice Board, 1991- 

2001. Recreations: country pursuits. Address: (h.) 

Totleywells House, Winchburgh, West Lothian EH52 

6QJ. 

Taylor, Professor Samuel Sorby Brittain, BA, PhD, 

Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques. 

Professor of French, St. Andrews University, 1977-95, 

now Professor Emeritus; b. 20.9.30, Dore and Totley, 

Derbyshire; m., Agnes McCreadie Ewan (deceased 

2007); 2 d. Educ. High Storrs Grammar School, 

Sheffield; Birmingham University; Paris University. 

Royal Navy, 1956-58 (Sub Lt., RNVR); Personnel 

Research Officer, Dunlop Rubber Co. (“Sickness- 

Absence in Rubber Industry”), 1958-60; Research 

Fellow, Institut et Musee Voltaire, Geneva, 1960-63; St. 

Andrews University: Lecturer, 1963, Reader, 1972, 

Professor, 1977, retired, 1995; Chairman, National 

Council for Modern Languages, 1981-85; Member, 

Executive Committee, Complete Works of Voltaire, 

1970-85; Project Leader, Inter-University French 

Language Teaching Research and Development Project 

("Le Francais en Faculte”"en fin de compte”), 1980-88; 

Director, Nuffield Foundation project ("Nuffield French 

for science students"), 1991-99; Chairman, Scottish Joint 

Working Party for Standard Grade in Modern 


Languages, 1982-84; Chairman, St Andrews Green Belt 

Forum, since 2008. Publications: definitive text of 

Voltaire's Works, 1974; definitive iconography of 

Voltaire, completed. Recreations: athletics timekeeping; 

photography; Liberal Democrats; Franco-Scottish 

Society. St Andrews Preservation Trust. Address: (h.) 

11 Irvine Crescent, St. Andrews KY16 8LG; T.-01334 

472588; e-mail: ssbt423@btinternet.com 

Taylor, Scott, BA (Hons) Marketing. Chief Executive, 

Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, since 2004; b. 

20.06.62, Manchester; m., Carol; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Clayton High School; University of Strathclyde. Has 

been general manager of three Glasgow city centre 

hotels, as well as brand manager for two of Forte Hotels’ 

brands; joined Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist 

Board in 1998 as Director-Convention Bureau, later 

becoming Director of Marketing, encompassing both 

Leisure and Discretionary Business Tourism; took over 

as Chief Executive in July 2004, and then established 

Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB). Council 

Director of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, is on its 

Board of Management, is a Board Member of City of 

Glasgow College and Chair of the Glasgow Strategic 

Major Events Forum; has previously held a number of 

directorships in Glasgow. Recreations: travelling; hill 

walking; mountain biking. Address: (b.) Glasgow City 

Marketing Bureau, Exchange House, 229 George Street, 

Glasgow G1 1QU; T.-0141 566 0826. 

E-mail: scott.taylor@seeglasgow.com 

Taylor, William James, QC (Scotland), QC (England and 

Wales), MA, LLB, FRSA. Advocate, since 1971; Barrister, 

since 1990; b. 13.9.44, Nairn. Educ. Robert Gordon's 

College, Aberdeen; Aberdeen University. Standing Junior 

Counsel to DHSS, 1978-79, to Foreign and Commonwealth 

Office, 1979-86; Temporary Sheriff, 1997-99; Member, 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, 1997-2000; 

Member, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, 

1999-2004. Parliamentary candidate (Labour), West 

Edinburgh, February and October, 1974; Lothian Regional 

Councillor, 1973-84 (Secretary, Labour Group); Chairman, 

COSLA Protective Services Committee; Part-time Sheriff, 

since 1999; Chairman, Scottish Opera, 2004-07; Past 

Chairman, Traverse Theatre; previous Board Member, 

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh; Past Chairman, 

Federation of Scottish Theatres. Recreations: the arts; 

sailing; skiing; Scottish mountains; restoring a garden. 

Address: (b.) Parliament House, Parliament Square, 

Edinburgh EH1 1RF; T.-0131-556 0101; e-mail: 

qc@wjt.org.uk 

Teasdale, Sir Graham Michael, Kt, MB, BS, FRCP, 

FRCSEdin, FRCSGlas, FRCSLond, FACSHon, FMedSci, 

FRSE. Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, 

Glasgow University, 1981-2003; Consultant Neurosurgeon, 

Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, 1975-2003; 

President, Society of British Neurological Surgeons, 2000- 

02; b. 23.9.40, Spennymoor; m.; 3 s.; 3 d. Educ. Johnston 

Grammar School, Durham; Durham University. 

Postgraduate clinical training, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

London and Birmingham, 1963-69; Assistant Lecturer in 

Anatomy, Glasgow University, 1969-71; specialist training 

in surgery and neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, 

Glasgow, 1971-75; Senior Lecturer, then Reader in 

Neurosurgery, Glasgow University, 1975-81. President, 

International Neurotrauma Society, 1993-2000; Chairman, 

European Brain Injury Consortium, 1995-2003; President, 

Section of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Society of 

Medicine, 1998-99; former President, Royal College of 

Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2003-06; Chairman 

of Board, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, 2006-10. 

Address: Duchal Road, Kilmacolm PA13 4AY.


Telfer, Andrew. Joint Senior Partner, Baillie Gifford, 

since 2012. Address: (b.) Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, 

Edinburgh EH1 3AN. 

Temple-Smithson, James. Head of the European 

Parliament Office in Scotland, since 2009; b. Sussex. Educ. 

University of Bath. Career: working for the European 

Parliament, since 1999; moved from Brussels to London in 

2002. Responsible for the media, outreach and political 

work of the European Parliament’s Office in Scotland. 

Recreations: trekking; cricket; golf. Address: (b.) European 

Parliament Office in Scotland, The Tun, Holyrood Road, 

Edinburgh EH8 8PJ; T.-0131-557 7866. 

Templeton, Professor Allan, CBE, MBChB, MD (Hons), 

FRCOG, FRCP, FRCPE, FACOG, FMedSci. Professor of 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, since 

1985; President, Royal College of Obstetricians and 

Gynaecologists, 2004-07; Hon. Director, Office for 

Research and Clinical Audit, RCOG, since 2008; b. 28.6.46, 

Glasgow; m., Gillian Penney; 3 s.; 1 d. Educ. Aberdeen 

Grammar School; University of Aberdeen. Junior hospital 

posts, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary; Lecturer, then Senior 

Lecturer, University of Edinburgh. Former Member, 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. 

Publications: books and scientific papers on human 

infertility. Recreation: mountaineering. Address: (b.) 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of 

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Foresterhill, 

Aberdeen AB25 2ZD; T.-01224 550590; e-mail: 

allan.templeton@abdn.ac.uk 

Tennant, David. Actor; b. 18.4.71, Bathgate, Lothian. 

Educ. RSAMD. Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company; 

Theatre includes: Touchstone in As You Like It (RSC), 

1996, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (RSC), 2000, Antipholus 

of Syracuse in Comedy of Errors (RSC), 2000, Jeff in The 

Lobby Hero (Donmar Warhouse and New Ambassadors), 

2002 (nominated Best Actor Laurence Olivier Theatre 

Awards, 2003); Television includes: Casanova in Casanova 

2005, The Doctor in Doctor Who, 2005-2010 (tenth 

Doctor); Films include: Bright Young Things, 2003, Harry 

Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005. Address: (b.) c/o 

Independent Talent Group, Oxford House, 76 Oxford 

Street, London W1D 1BS. 

Terry, Nicholas Graham, BSc (Econ), MSocSci, 

MPhil. Principal and Vice Chancellor (Acting), 

University of Abertay Dundee; b. 18.2.53, Bishop 

Auckland; m., Marietta Diciacca. Educ. Marlowe Hall 

School; Universities of Hull, Birmingham and Bath. 

Management Trainee and Budget Controller with Black 

& Decker and Cummins Diesel Engine Company, 1969- 

75; Full-Time Student, 1975-81; various academic posts 

with the Universities of Northumbria and Edinburgh, 

1981-2000; Head of Dundee Business School, 2000-04; 

Depute Principal (Planning and Resources), University 

of Abertay Dundee, 2004-05. Non-Executive Director of 

several companies, including University Spin-Outs and 

Advanced Management Programme in Scotland Ltd. 

Recreation: classic cars. Address: (b.) Bell Street, 

Dundee DD1 1HG; T.-01382 308016. 

E-mail: n.terry@abertay.co.uk 

Terry, Sheila M., BSc (SocSci), MBA, DipTRP, DipPL, 

MRTPI, FRSA. Chartered Town Planner, since 1976; 

Non Executive Director, Registers of Scotland, since 

2007; Historic Scotland Audit Committee Member, since 

2007; b. 24.10.49, Edinburgh; m., John Terry. Educ. 

George Watson’s Ladies College; Edinburgh University. 

Pre 1975: various planning posts in Cherwell DC, 

Northamptonshire County Council and Dunfermline 

Burgh Council; Senior Planning Officer, Warwick 

District Council, 1975-79; Assistant Borough Planning 

Officer and Senior Planning Officer, LB Hillingdon, 

1979-88; Head of Planning/Principal Officer (Planning), 

Stirling District Council, 1988-96; Head of Planning and 

Transportation, Falkirk Council, 1996-2007. Trustee, 

New Lanark Trust, since 2008; Board Member, Planning 

Aid for Scotland, since 2008. Recreations: travel; art 

and architecture; theatre; swimming. 

Theodossiou, Professor Ioannis, BSc, MPhil, PhD. 

Professor, Economics, University of Aberdeen Business 

School, since 1998; b. 03.07.54, Athens, Greece; m., 

Eleni Mente-Theodossiou; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. University of 

Piraeus (The Graduate School of Industrial Studies of 

Piraeus); The University of Glasgow. Bank Employee, 

1976-81; Tutor in Economics, 1982-86; Teaching 

Assistant, 1987-88; Teaching Fellow, 1988-90; Lecturer 

in Economics, 1990-95; Senior Lecturer in Economics, 

1995-98; Reader in Economics, 1998. Participated in and 

coordinated several European Commission funded 

projects on issues of health inequalities, low pay, wellbeing 

and job satisfaction. Fellow, Royal Statistical 

Society; Member, Council of the Scottish Economic 

Society. Publications: ‘Wage Inflation and the Two Tier 

Labour Market’ (book); edited volumes, chapters in 

books and research papers in many economic journals. 

Recreations: motorcycles; hill walking. Address: (b.) 

University of Aberdeen Business School, Edward 

Wright Building, Aberdeen AB24 3QY; T.-01224 

272183; e-mail: theod@abdn.ac.uk 

Thewliss, James, BSc (Hons). Head Teacher, Harris 

Academy, Dundee, since 1997; b. 24.4.53, Motherwell; 

m., Ann White; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Dalziel High School, 

Motherwell; Glasgow University. Geography Teacher, 

Braidhurst High School, Motherwell, 1976 -85; Principal 

Teacher, Geography, Perth High School, 1986-89; 

Assistant Rector, Perth High School, 1989-91; Assistant 

Head Teacher, Carluke High School, 1991-93; Depute 

Rector, Wallace High School, Stirling, 1993-97. Vice 

Convener, General Teaching Council Scotland, 2005-09; 

President, School Leaders Scotland, 2010-2011. 

Recreations: supporting Motherwell Football Club; 

football purist. Address: (b.) Harris Academy, Perth 

Road, Dundee, DD2 1NL; T.-01382 435700; 

james.thewliss@dundeecity.gov.uk 

Thin, Andrew, BSc (Hons), MBA, DipM. Chairman, 

Scottish Natural Heritage, since 2006; Non Executive 

Director, Scottish Government, since 2010; Board Member, 

Children's Hearings Scotland, since 2011; b. 21.1.59, 

Edinburgh; m., Frances Elizabeth; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Glenalmond College; Edinburgh University. Director, 

James Thin Booksellers, 1985-89; Team Leader, Highlands 

and Islands Development Board, 1989-91; Chief Executive, 

Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise, 1991-95. Chairman, 

John Muir Trust, 1997-2003; Board Member, Crofters 

Commission, 2001-06; Convener, Cairngorms National 

Park Authority, 2003-06. Recreations: long-distance 

running; canoeing; hill-walking. Address: (h.) Wester 

Auchterflow, by Munlochy, Ross-shire IV8 8PQ; T.-01463 

811632; e-mail: andrew.thin@hotmail.co.uk 

Thin, David Ainslie, BSc. Chairman, James Thin Ltd., 

1992-2002; b. 9.7.33, Edinburgh; m., Elspeth J.M. Scott; 1 

s.; 2 d. Educ. Edinburgh Academy; Loretto School; 

Edinburgh University. James Thin Ltd., 1957-2002; 

President, Booksellers Association of GB and Ireland, 

1976-78; Chairman, Book Tokens Ltd., 1987-95. 

Recreations: golf; travelling; reading. Address: (h.) Balfour

House, 21/1 East Suffolk Park, Edinburgh EH16 5PN; T.- 

0131-667 2725. 

Thomaneck, Emeritus Professor Jurgen Karl Albert, 

MEd, Drphil. Professor in German, Aberdeen University, 

1992-2001; Aberdeen City Councillor, 1996-2003 

(Convener, Education and Leisure Committee, 1999-2003); 

b. 12.6.41, Germany; m., Guinevere Ronald; 2 d. Educ. 

Universities of Kiel, Tubingen, Aberdeen. Lecturer in 

German, Aberdeen University, since 1968. Grampian 

Regional Councillor, 1984-96; President, Aberdeen Trades 

Council, 1982-2001; Convenor, Grampian Joint Police 

Board, 1995-98; Board Member, Grampian Enterprise Ltd., 

until 1995; President, KIMO UK, 1996-2003; author/editor 

of 10 books, 15 contributions to books, 30 articles in 

learned journals, all in German studies. Recreation: football. 

Address: (h.) 17 Elm Place, Aberdeen AB25 3SN. 

Thompson, Professor Alan Eric, MA (Hons), PhD, FRSA, 

FSA(Scot). Emeritus Professor of the Economics of 

Government, Heriot-Watt University; b. 16.9.24; m., Mary 

Heather Long; 3 s.; 1 d. Educ. Kingston-upon-Hull 

Grammar School; Edinburgh University. Edinburgh 

University: Assistant in Political Economy, 1952-53, 

Lecturer in Economics, 1953-59 and 1964-71; Professor of 

the Economics of Government, Heriot-Watt University, 

1972-87; Parliamentary Labour candidate, Galloway, 1950, 

1951; MP (Labour), Dunfermline, 1959-64; Member, Royal 

Fine Art Commission for Scotland, 1975-80; Chairman, 

Northern Offshore Maritime Resources Study, 1974-83; 

Governor, Newbattle Abbey College, 1975-85 (Chairman, 

1980-83); Member, Local Government Boundaries 

Commission for Scotland, 1975-80; Member, Scottish 

Council for Adult Education in HM Forces, 1973-2000; 

BBC National Governor for Scotland, 1975-79; Governor, 

Leith Nautical College, 1981-85; Trustee, Bell’s Nautical 

Trust, 1981-85; Parliamentary Adviser, Scottish 

Pharmaceutical General Council, 1984-2000. Publications: 

Development of Economic Doctrine (Co-author), 1980; 

articles in academic journals. Address: (h.) 11 Upper Gray 

Street, Edinburgh EH9 1SN. 

Thompson, Professor Alastair Mark, ALCM, 

MBChB, MD, FRSCEd. Professor of Surgical 

Oncology, University of Dundee, since 2002, Director of 

Breast Cancer Research; b. 18.11.60. Educ. 

Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh 

University. Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, 1991-96; 

Senior Lecturer/Reader, University of Dundee, 1996- 

2002; Visiting Professor of Surgical Oncology, MD 

Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, 2010; Chairman: 

National Cancer Research Institute Breast Clinical 

Studies Group, since 2009, Breast Cancer Campaign 

Tissue Bank Board, since 2009. Address: (b.) Dundee 

Cancer Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, 

Dundee DD1 9SY; T.-01382 383223. 

E-mail: a.m.thompson@dundee.ac.uk 

Thompson, Bruce Kevin, MA. Headmaster, Strathallan 

School, since 2000; b. 14.11.59, Bath; m., Fabienne; 2d. 

Educ. Newcastle High School; New College, Oxford 

University. Cheltenham College: Assistant Master, 

1983-94; Head of Classics, 1986-94; Assistant 

Housemaster, 1990-94; Depute Rector, Dollar Academy, 

1994-2000. Chairman: Scottish HMC, 2011, Scottish 

Rugby Council. Recreations: rowing; weight training; 

music; literature. Address: (b.) Strathallan School, 

Forgandenny, Perth, PH2 9EG; T.-01738 815000. 

Thompson, David George, Dip in Consumer Affairs, 

MTSI. MSP (SNP), Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, 


since 2011, Highlands and Islands, 2007-2011; b. 

20.9.49, Lossiemouth; m., Veronica; 1 s.; 3 d. Educ. 

Lossiemouth High Secondary. Trading Standards 

Officer (TSO), Banff Moray & Nairn CC, 1971-73; 

Assistant Chief TSO, Ross & Cromarty County Council, 

1973-75; Chief TSO, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, 1975- 

83; Depute Director of Trading Standards, Highland 

Regional Council, 1983-86, Director of Trading 

Standards, 1986-95; Director of Protective Services, 

Highland Council, 1995-2001. Member of Church of 

Scotland; Member of GMB. Recreations: DIY; golf; 

hillwalking. Address: (h.) Balnafettack Farm House, 

Leachkin Road, Inverness IV3 8NL; T.-01349 864701. 

E-mail: dave.thompson.msp@scottish.parliament.uk; 

web: www.davethompsonmsp.org 

Thompson, Frank, MA (Hons), MPhil, PGCE, NPQH. 

Principal, Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn, Perth, since 

2012; b. 5.7.66, Hartlepool; m., Tara; 2 d. Educ. 

Ampleforth College, York; Cambridge University. Head of 

Economics and Business, St Mary’s, Astley, 1998-2002; 

Assistant Headteacher, All Saints Catholic College, 

Manchester, 2002-06; Deputy Headmaster, Mount St. 

Mary’s College, Derbyshire, 2006-2012. Member, Girls’ 

School Association. Recreations: running; walking; surfing. 

Address: (h. & b.) Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn, Perth 

PH2 9BQ; T.-01738 815512. 

E-mail: fthompson@kilgraston.com 

Thompson, Keith John, BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA. 

Executive Director, NHS National Services Scotland, 

since 2004; Director, Scottish National Blood 

Transfusion Service, 2004-2011; b. 02.05.57, Ormskirk; 

m., Helen Valerie; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Maghull Grammar 

School; Birmingham University; Edinburgh University. 

Career: Vice President, Global Manufacturing, 

Serologicals Corp; Vice President, Diagnostics and 

Biotechnology Serologicals Corp; Managing Director, 

Bioscot Ltd. Director, European Blood Alliance; 

Chairman, UK Blood Forum; Member, Scottish 

BioIndustry Association Committee. Recreations: 

rugby; gardening; motoring. Address: (b.) Gyle Square, 

1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9EB; T.-0131 

275 6000. 

Thompson, Simon, BA (Politics and Economics), 

MBA. Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Bankers 

in Scotland, since 2007. Educ. University of Newcastleupon-Tyne; 

University of Edinburgh. Lived and worked 

in Poland and the Czech Republic from 1994 to 2000, 

teaching and then managing a series of international 

education and training businesses; managed the 

International Accounting Education Standards Board 

(IAESB), an independent standards-setting board 

established by the International Federation of 

Accountants (IFAC), developing and promoting 

International Education Standards for Professional 

Accountants; previously worked for the Association of 

Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), establishing 

ACCA in 25 countries in Central & Eastern Europe, and 

leading a number of EU and other donor-funded 

accounting education and reform programmes. Address: 

(b.) The Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, 

Drumsheugh House, 38b Drumsheugh Gardens, 

Edinburgh EH3 7SW; T.-0131 473 7777; e-mail: 

simon@charteredbanker.com 

Thomson, Ben. Chairman, The National Galleries of 

Scotland. Educ. Edinburgh University. Career: started 

work for Kleinwort Benson in London, then joined 

Noble Group, the UK investment bank, 1990; Chief 

Executive of Noble Group, 1997 and became Chairman


in 2007, until its merger with Execution Limited in 2010. 

Chairman: Urbicus Ltd (property debt fund management 

company), Inverleith Capital LLP (a corporate finance 

firm), Reform Scotland (an independent think tank 

researching and promoting policies to improve the 

Scottish economic environment and the efficiency of the 

public sector), Barrington Stoke (a Scottish publishing 

company that publishes books for reluctant readers). 

Non-Executive Director of two quoted investment trusts, 

Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust plc and Fidelity 

Special Values plc; also a Non-Executive Director, 

Edinburgh Science Festival. Recreations: enjoys opera 

and art; former Scottish international athlete, and enjoys 

most sports, especially skiing and triathlon. Address: 

(h.) 33 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 5NU. 

Thomson, David. Chief Superintendent, Head of 

Training, Scottish Police College, since 2007; b. 6.4.56, 

Greenock; m., Denise; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Greenock 

Academy; Glasgow Caledonia University. Quantity 

Surveyor, 1974-82; Police Constable, Greenock, 1982- 

89; Police Sergeant, Paisley and Scottish Police College, 

1989-94; Police Inspector, Glasgow Southside, 1994- 

2000; Chief Inspector, Planning, 2000-04; 

Superintendent, Hamilton, Glasgow City Centre, 2004- 

07. Home Office Research Award. Recreations: golf; 

running; music. Address: (b.) Tulliallan Castle, 

Kincardine, Fife FK10 4BE; T.-01259 73 2154; e-mail: 

davidbp@thomson@hotmail.co.uk 

Thomson, David Mark, BA. Artistic Director/joint 

Chief Executive, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 

since 2003; b. 26.4.64, Bellshill; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Caldervale High School, Airdrie; Strathclyde University. 

Arts worker, Maryhill Arts Centre, Glasgow; Assistant 

Director, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London; 

Assistant Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; 

Associate Director, Nottingham Playhouse; Artistic 

Director, Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. Author of four 

professionally produced plays for theatre; Fringe First 

Award. Recreation: music. Address: (b.) Royal Lyceum 

Theatre, Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AX; T.-0131 

248 4800. 

Thomson, Sir (Frederick Douglas) David, Bt, BA. 

Director, Through Transport Marine Mutual Assurance 

Association (Bermuda) Ltd., since 1973; Chairman, S.A. 

Meacock & Co. Ltd., since 1996; Chairman, The 

Investment Company plc, since 2004; Member, Royal 

Company of Archers (Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland); b. 

14.2.40, Edinburgh; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Eton; University 

College, Oxford. Recreations: shooting; skiing; tennis. 

Address: (h.) Holylee, Walkerburn, Peeblesshire; T.-01896 

870673; e-mail: sirdthomson@holyee.go-plus.net 

Thomson, George. Chief Executive, Volunteer 

Development Scotland. Address: (b.) Jubilee House, 

Forthshire Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ; T.-01786 479593. 

Thomson, George Buchanan, FCIBS; b. 10.1.24, 

Glasgow; m. (1), Margaret I. Williams (deceased); (2), 

Margaret R.H. Campbell. Educ. Eastwood Secondary 

School. Joined Union Bank of Scotland, 1940; War Service, 

1942-46 with RAF (Navigator, Bomber Command); held 

various banking appointments, 1947-86; retired as Assistant 

General Manager (Branch Administration, West), Bank of 

Scotland; Past President, Institute of Bankers in Scotland; 

Director and Chairman, Association for the Relief of 

Incurables; Lately Hon. Treasurer, Scottish Civic Trust; 

former Convener, Board of Stewardship and Finance, 

Church of Scotland; Director, Ian Skelly Holdings Ltd., 

1986-89; Director, Clydesdale Development Company, 

1988-95; Moderator, Dumbarton Presbytery, Church of 

Scotland, 2000-01. Recreations: music; reading; church. 

Address: (h.) Kingswood, 26 Waverley Avenue, 

Helensburgh G84 7JU; T.-01436 672915. 

Thomson, Rev. Iain Urquhart. Minister, Parish of Skene, 

1972-2011 (retired); b. 13.12.45, Dundee; m., Christine 

Freeland; 1 s.; 2 d. Educ. Harris Academy, Dundee; 

Inverness Royal Academy; Aberdeen University; Christ's 

College, Aberdeen. Assistant Minister, Castlehill Church, 

Ayr, 1970-72. Clerk, Presbytery of Gordon, 1988-2000; 

Clerk and Treasurer, Synod of Grampian Trusts Committee, 

since 1993. Recreations: golf; theatre. Address: 4 Keirhill 

Gardens, Westhill, Aberdeenshire AB32 6AZ; T.-01224 

746743; e-mail: ianuthomson@googlemail.com 

Thomson, Professor James Alick, MA, PhD. Professor of 

Psychology, Strathclyde University, since 2000, Head of 

Department of Psychology; b. 9.12.51, Inverness; m., Dana 

O'Dwyer; 1 d. Educ. Inverness Royal Academy; Edinburgh 

University. Research Scholar, Uppsala University, Sweden, 

1973; Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Paris, 1977-78; 

Strathclyde University: Lecturer, 1979-91, Senior Lecturer, 

1992-94, Reader, 1995-99. Publications: The Facts About 

Child Pedestrian Accidents, 1991; Child Development and 

the Aims of Road Safety Education (Co-Author), 1996; 

Child Safety: Problem and Prevention from Pre-School to 

Adolescence (Co-Author), 1996; Kerbcraft: A Manual for 

Road Safety Professionals, 1997; Studies in Perception and 

Action V (Co-Editor), 1999; Crossroads: Smart Strategies 

for Novice Pedestrians, 2005; 80 scientific articles and 

government reports. Recreations: rock climbing; 

hillwalking; mountaineering; photography; travel; Gaelic 

language and literature. Address: (b.) Department of 

Psychology, Strathclyde University, 40 George Street, 

Glasgow G1 1QE; T.-0141-548 2572; e-mail: 

j.a.thomson@strath.ac.uk 

Thomson, Sir John Adam, GCMG; b. 27.4.27, Bieldside, 

Aberdeen; m., 1, Elizabeth Anne McClure (deceased); 3 s.; 

1 d.; 2, Judith Ogden Bullitt. Educ. Aberdeen University; 

Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined Foreign Office, 1950; 

seconded to Cabinet Office as Chief of Assessment Staff, 

1968-71; Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative, 

NATO, 1972; Head of UK Delegation, MBFR Exploratory 

Talks, Vienna, 1973; Assistant Under Secretary for Defence 

and Disarmament, 1973-76; British High Commissioner in 

India, 1977-82; British Permanent Representative and 

Ambassador to UN, 1982-87; Principal Director, 21st 

Century Trust, 1987-90; Director, ANZ Grindlays, 1987-96; 

International Adviser, ANZ Grindleys Bank, 1996-98; 

Chairman, Felmings Emerging Markets Investment Trust, 

1990-97; Chairman, Minority Rights Group, 1991-99; 

Director's Visitor, Institute for Advanced Studies, 

Princeton, 1995-96. Trustee, National Museums of 

Scotland, 1990-99; Member, Council, International Institute 

of Strategic Studies, 1987-96; Trustee, Indian National 

Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 1988-2010; Research 

Affiliate, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Foreign 

Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and 

Sciences. Recreations: hill-walking; tennis. 

Thomson, Rev. John Morria Arnott, TD, JP, BD, ThM. 

Minister, Hamilton Old Parish Church, since 2001; b. 

27.02.49, Buckhaven; m., Marlene Jeffrey Logan; 1 s.; 1 d. 

Educ. Irvine Royal Academy; University of Glasgow; 

Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, USA. Career: 

Journalist, Irvine Herald; Executive Officer, Natural 

Environment Research Council; Admin Officer, Irvine 

Development Corporation; Assistant Project Co-ordinator, 

Wiltshire County Council; Minister: Houston and

Killellankirk, 1978-88, St Nicholas Parish, Lanark, 1988- 

2001; Chaplain, RNR (Clyde Division), 1986-92; Chaplain, 

TA, 105 Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1992-2005; Justice of 

the Peace, since 2001. Chaplain, Royal British Legion, 

Hamilton. Publication: “Can These Bones Live?”, 2006. 

Recreations: sailing; music; writing; travel; history. 

Address: 1 Chateau Grove, Hamilton ML3 7DS; T.-01698 

422511; e-mail: jt@john1949.plus.com 

Thomson, Professor Joseph McGeachy, LLB, FRSE, 

FRSA, HonFSALS; b. 6.5.48, Campbeltown. Educ. Keil 

School, Dumbarton; Edinburgh University. Lecturer in 

Law, Birmingham University, 1970-74; Lecturer in Laws, 

King’s College, London, 1974-84; Professor of Law, 

Strathclyde University, 1984-90; Regius Professor of Law, 

Glasgow University, 1991-2005; Commissioner, Scottish 

Law Commission, 2000-09. Recreations: bridge; food and 

wine. Address: (h.) Askomel End, Low Askomil, 

Campbeltown PA28 6EP; T.-01586 554 930. 

Thomson, Ken. Director General for Strategy & 

External Affairs, Scottish Government; International and 

Constitution Director. Career history: Private Secretary 

to Scottish Office Ministers in the early 1990s; involved 

in work to prepare for devolution in 1997; Principal 

Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Donald Dewar MP 

MSP, 1997-99; senior lead on constitutional policy, 

since 2005; other experience includes work in private 

offices, on public health, managing legislation, on 

secondment to the Scottish Prison Service and to the 

financial services sector, and on transport, natural 

heritage and economic development policy. Address: 

Scottish Government, St. Andrew's House, Regent Road, 

Edinburgh EH1 3DG. 

Thomson, Lesley. Solicitor General for Scotland, since 

2011. Twenty five years' experience as a prosecutor, 

including as district procurator fiscal for Selkirk, district 

procurator fiscal for Edinburgh, and interim area 

procurator fiscal for Lothian & Borders, and led on trial 

advocacy and deaths investigation within COPFS; 

appointed area procurator fiscal for Glasgow in May 

2008. Acknowledged specialist in the prosecution of 

serious crime, including organised crime and financial 

crime, and an expert in the proceeds of crime legislation, 

having authored a textbook on criminal confiscation. 

Address: (b.) The Herald Building, 155 Albion Street, 

Glasgow G1 1RU; T.-0141 548 5181. 

Thomson, Lesley Ann. Managing Director, Liddell 

Thomson Management Consultants; Director, Spreng & Co; 

b. 11.2.59, Glasgow. Member, Academy of Urbanists; 

Trustee: Dewar Arts Awards, Birmingham Royal Ballet. 

Address: (b.) 225 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2ND; 

T.-0141-221 5775. 

Thomson, Malcolm George, QC, LLB. Practice at Scottish 

Bar, since 1974; Temporary Judge, Court of Session, since 

2002; b. 6.4.50, Edinburgh; m. (1), Susan Gordon (m. 

dissolved); 2 d.; m. (2), Maybel King. Educ. Edinburgh 

Academy; Edinburgh University. Standing Junior Counsel, 

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Forestry 

Commission, 1982-87; QC (Scotland), 1987; called to the 

Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1991; Chairman, National Health 

Service Tribunal, Scotland, 1995-2005; Member, Scottish 

Legal Aid Board, 1998-2006; Editor, Scots Law Times 

Reports, 1989-99; Scottish Case Editor, Current Law, 1977- 

97. Recreations: sailing; skiing. Address: (h.)12 Succoth 

Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 6BT; T.-0131-337 4911. 

Thomson, Professor Neil Campbell, MBChB, MD, 

FRCPGlas, FRCPLond. Emeritus Professor, University 

of Glasgow, since 2011; Professor of Respiratory 

Medicine, Glasgow University, 2001-2011; b. 3.4.48, 

Kilmarnock; m., Lorna Jean; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Speir's 

School, Beith; Glasgow University. Junior hospital 


doctor, Glasgow teaching hospitals, 1972-80; Research 

Fellow, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1980- 

81; Consultant Respiratory Physician, Western Infirmary 

& Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, 1982-2011; 

Honorary Professor, Glasgow University, 1996-2001; 

Chair, British Lung Foundation Scientific Committee, 

2001-2004; Member, Committee on Safety of Medicine, 

1999-2001. Publications: Asthma and COPD: Basic 

Mechanisms and Clinical Management, 2009; Manual of 

Asthma Management (2nd edition), 2001. Recreations: 

reading; walking; gardening. Address: (b.) Department 

of Respiratory Medicine, Gartnavel General Hospital, 

Glasgow; T.-0141-211 3241. 

Thomson, Paul William, BSc (Hons), PhD, DipEd. Rector, 

Jordanhill School, Glasgow, since 1997; b. 25.7.57, 

Glasgow; m., Dr. Mary Thomson (deceased); 2 s. Educ. 

Dollar Academy; University of Glasgow. Teacher of 

Physics, Boclair Academy, 1983-87; Principal Teacher of 

Physics, Chryston High School, 1987-90; Assistant Head 

Teacher, Vale of Leven Academy, 1990-94; Depute Head 

Teacher, Hermitage Academy, 1994-97. Member, Board, 

Scottish Examinations Board, 1990-98; Member, SQA 

Advisory Council, 2003-2010; Member, Board, Scottish 

Qualifications Authority, since 2010; Member, RSE 

Education Committee; Winner, Becta ‘ICT in Practice 

Leadership Award’, 2006. Recreations: tennis; golf. 

Address: (b.) 45 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow G13 1SP; T.- 

0141-576 2500. 

E-mail: PThomson@jordanhill.glasgow.sch.uk 

Thomson, Rev. Peter David, MA, BD. Minister, Comrie 

with Dundurn, 1978-2004; b. 4.11.41, St. Andrews; m., 

Margaret Celia Murray; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Dundee High 

School; Edinburgh University; Glasgow University; 

Tubingen University. Minister, Balmaclellan with Kells, 

1968-78; Moderator, Kirkcudbright Presbytery, 1974-75; 

Convener, Nomination Committee, General Assembly, 

1982-85. Chairman, New Galloway and Kells Community 

Council, 1976-78; Moderator, Perth Presbytery, 1988-89 

and 2012-13. Recreations: haphazardly pursued interests in 

photography, wildlife, music, theology, current affairs. 

Address: 34 Queen Street, Perth PH2 0EJ. 

E-mail: peterthomson208@btinternet.com 

Thomson, Professor Richard Ian, MA, DipHistArt 

(Oxon), MA, PhD, FRSE. Watson Gordon Professor of Fine 

Art, Edinburgh University, since 1996; Director, Visual 

Arts Research Institute, Edinburgh, 1999-2004; Trustee, 

National Galleries of Scotland, 2002-2010; b. 1.3.53, 

Tenterden; m., Belinda Jane Greaves; 2 s. Educ. Dragon 

School, Oxford; Shrewsbury School; St. Catherine's 

College, Oxford; Courtauld Institute of Art, London 

University. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader, Manchester 

University, 1977-96; Curator or Co-Curator of several 

exhibitions: The Private Degas, 1987, Camille Pissarro: 

Impressionist Landscape and Rural Labour, 1990, Monet to 

Matisse, 1994; Seurat and the Bathers, 1997; Theo van 

Gogh, 1999; Monet: the Seine and the Sea 1878-1883, 

2003; Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, 2005; Degas, 

Sickert, Toulouse-Lautrec, 2005; Monet, 1840-1926, 2010. 

Publications: Toulouse-Lautrec, 1977; Seurat, 1985; Degas: 

The Nudes, 1988; Edgar Degas: Waiting, 1995; Framing 

France (Editor), 1998; Soil and Stone (Co-Editor), 2003; 

The Troubled Republic. Visual Culture and Social Debate 

in France, 1889-1900, 2004. Van Gogh Visiting Fellow, 

University of Amsterdam (2007); Slade Professor of Fine 

Art, University of Oxford (2009); Conseil Scientifique, 

Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, since 2008; Conseil 

Scientifique, Musée d'Orsay, since 2010. Recreations: jazz; 

gardening. Address: (b.) History of Art, School of Arts, 

Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh, 20 

Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JZ; T.-0131-650 4124.


Thomson, S. Kenneth, MHSM, DipHSM. Chief Executive, 

Yorkhill NHS Trust, 1997-2000; Conductor, Glasgow 

Gaelic Musical Association, since 1983; Board Member, 

National Waiting Times Special Health Board, 2003-09; 

Lay Member, Employment Tribunals; Lay Member, Royal 

Pharmaceutical Society of GB Investigating Committee, 

since 2007; Chair, Scottish Advisory Committee on 

Distinction Awards, since 2010; b. 20.8.49, Campbeltown; 

m., Valerie Ferguson (deceased 2009); 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Keil 

School, Dumbarton. Administrative trainee, Scottish Health 

Service; various administrative and management posts, 

Glasgow and West of Scotland; Chief Executive, Law 

Hospital NHS Trust, 1997-2000. National Mod Gold 

Medallist, 1979. Publication: Slighe an Airgid - 20 Songs 

for Gaelic Choirs. Recreations: opera; Gaelic language and 

culture; theatre; The Archers; swimming; composing and 

arranging music. Address: (h.) 14 Cleveden Drive, 

Glasgow G12 0SE; T.-0141-334 7773. 

Thomson, William P. L., OBE, MA, MUniv, DipEd; b. 

9.5.33, Newmilns; m., Elizabeth Watson; 1 s.; 3 d. Educ. 

Dundee High School; St. Andrews University. Teacher of 

History and Geography/Deputy Head Teacher, Anderson 

High School, Shetland, 1958-71; Rector, Kirkwall 

Grammar School, Orkney, 1971-91; Historian. Honorary 

Sheriff. Publications: The Little General and the Rousay 

Crofters, 1981; Kelp-Making in Orkney, 1983; History of 

Orkney, 1987; Lord Henry Sinclair's 1492 Rental of 

Orkney, 1996; New History of Orkney, 2001; Orkney: Land 

and People, 2008. Address: (h.) South Manse, Burray, 

Orkney KW17 2SS; T.-01856 731330. 

Thorburn, David John, LLB, FCIBS. Chief Executive, 

Clydesdale Bank PLC, since 2011; b. 9.1.58, Glasgow; 

m., Maureen. Educ. Hamilton Academy; Glasgow 

University; Harvard Business School. Clydesdale Bank 

PLC, 1978-83; TSB Group PLC, 1984-93; Clydesdale 

Bank PLC, since 1993. Address: (b.) Clydesdale Bank 

Exchange, 20 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 6DB. 

Thornhill, Professor Christopher John, BA, MA 

(Cantab), PhD. Professor of European Political Thought, 

Head of Politics, University of Glasgow, since 2006; b. 

08.06.66, Shipley, West Yorkshire; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Oakbank Grammar School, Keighley; Bradford College; 

Cambridge University. Lecturer: University of Sussex, 

1993-95, King’s College London, 1995-2003; Reader, 

King’s College London, 2003-04, Professor, 2004-05. 

Publications include: Political Theory in Modern 

Germany, 1999; Karl Jaspers: Politics and Metaphysics, 

2002; Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Politics and Law 

(Co-Author), 2003; German Political Philosophy: The 

Metaphysics of Law, 2006; A Sociology of Constitutions 

and State Legitimacy in Historical-Sociological 

Perspective, 2011. Recreations: classical music; hillwalking; 

travel; cricket. Address: (b.) Department of 

Politics, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow 

G12 8RT; T.-0141 330 5076. 

E-mail: c.thornhill@lbss.gla.ac.uk 

Thornton, Philip John Roger, WS, MA, DipALP, NP. 

Consultant, Russel and Aitken, Solicitors, since 2012; b. 

28.7.47, Prestbury; m., Alexandra Janet Taylor; 2 d. Educ. 

Manchester Grammar School; Edinburgh University. 

Assistant Solicitor, Cuthbertson, Riddle and Graham, WS, 

1972-73, Russel and Aitken, WS, 1973-75; Partner, Russel 

and Aitken, 1975-2012. Tutor, Edinburgh University; 

Examiner, Society of Messengers at Arms and Sheriff 

Officers; Secretary, Edinburgh Family Planning Trust. 

Recreations: family holidays; art history; hill-walking; 

cinema; football; tennis. Address: (b.) 27 Rutland Square, 

Edinburgh EH1 2BU; T.-0131 228 5500. 

Thurso, 3rd Viscount Sir (John Archibald Sinclair), BT. 

MP (Liberal Democrat), Caithness, Sutherland and Easter 

Ross, since 2001; Spokesman for Business, Innovation and 

Skills, 2009-2010; b. 10.9.53; m.; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Eton. 

Chairman, Scrabster Harbour, 1997-2001; Non-Executive 

Director: Lochdhu Hotels, since 1975 (Chairman, since 

1995), Sinclair Family Trust, since 1976 (Chairman, since 

1995), Thurso Fisheries, since 1979 (Chairman, since 

1995); Ulbster Holdings, since 1994 (Chairman, since 

1994), Mossimans Ltd., 1998-2002; President, Academy of 

Food and Wine Service, since 1998; President, British 

International Spa Association; Member, House of 

Commons Commission, since 2010. Address: Thurso East 

Mains, Thurso. 

Tiefenbrun, Ivor Sigmund, MBE. Executive Chairman, 

Linn Products Ltd., Glasgow; Director, IST Marine Ltd; b. 

18.3.46, Glasgow; m., Evelyn Stella Balarksy; 2 s.; 1 d. 

Educ. Strathbungo Senior Secondary School; Strathclyde 

University (Sixties dropout). Worked overseas, 1971-73; 

founded Linn Products, 1973. Chairman, Federation of 

British Audio, 1983-87; Council Member, Design Council, 

1995-98; Founder Member, Entrepreneurial Exchange; 

Honorary Fellow, Glasgow School of Art, since 1999; 

Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001; established 

registered charity Cure Crohn’s Colitis to raise funds for 

patient centric research into Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 

2006. Appointed Visiting Professor at Strathclyde 

University by the Department of Design, Manufacture and 

Engineering Management, 2004; inducted to 

Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame, 2011; appointed 

Member of the William Robertson Society, The University 

of Edinburgh, 2011; appointed Founder Member, 

Strathclyde University’s Academy of Distinguished 

Entrepreneurs, 2011. Recreations: thinking; music; reading; 

sailing. Address: (b.) Linn Products Ltd., Glasgow Road, 

Waterfoot, Eaglesham, Glasgow G76 0EQ; T.-0141-307 

7777; e-mail: ivor@linn.co.uk 

Tierney, Professor Stephen (Joseph Anthony), LLM 

(Toronto), LLM (Liverpool), LLB Hons (Glas), DipLP 

(Edin). Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of 

Edinburgh, since 2008; British Academy Senior Research 

Fellow, 2008-09; Director, Edinburgh Centre for 

Constitutional Law, since 2009; Constitutional Adviser to 

the Scottish Parliament, 2011; Independent Adviser to the 

Scottish Government on the referendum process, since 

2012; b. 11.03.67, Glasgow; m., Ailsa Barbara Henderson; 

3 s. Educ. Our Lady of Lourdes Primary, East Kilbride; St. 

Bride’s Secondary, East Kilbride; Universities of Glasgow, 

Liverpool, Toronto and Edinburgh. Solicitor in Scotland, 

1992-95; Lecturer in Law: University of Hull, 1995-97, 

Brunel University, 1997-99; University of Edinburgh: 

Lecturer in Law, 1999-2005, Reader in Law, 2005-08. 

Publications: Constitutional Referendums: The Theory and 

Practice of Republican Deliberation, 2012; Europe's 

Constitutional Mosaic (Co-Author), 2011; Public Law and 

Politics: The Scope and Limits of Constitutionalism (Co- 

Author), 2008; Multiculturalism and the Canadian 

Constitution, 2007; Accommodating Cultural Diversity: 

Contemporary Issues in Theory and Practice, 2007; 

Towards an International Legal Community? The 

Sovereignty of States and the Sovereignty of International 

Law (Co-Author), 2006; Constitutional Law and National 

Pluralism, 2004; Accommodating National Identity: New 

Approaches in International and Domestic Law, 2000. 

Adviser to the Scottish Parliament Scotland Bill Committee, 

2011; Editorial Board, European Public Law; International 

Law Association Committee on Theory and International 

Law, since 1999 (Rapporteur, 2002-05); Society of Legal 

Scholars; Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of 

Scotland. Recreations: travelling; hill-walking; family 

recreation; reading. Address: School of Law, University of 

Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 

9YL; T.-0131 650 2070; e-mail: s.tierney@ed.ac.uk 

Tilley, Catrin, BSc (Econ), FCMI, MInstF. Partner, More, 

Fundraising Consultants, since 2012; b. 29.06.55, St. Neots; 

m., Prof. Rick Maizels; 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. Hinchingbrooke

School, Huntingdon; University College London. Head, 

Fundraising, Membership, Publications, CND London, 

1982-88; Assistant Director (Admin), Greenpeace UK, 

London, 1988-91; Deputy Director, Comic Relief, London, 

1992-95; Director of Development and Alumni, University 

of Edinburgh, 1996-2003. Trustee, UK Institute of 

Fundraising, 2005-08; Executive Committee, Scottish 

Institute of Fundraising, 2005-08; Director of External 

Affairs, National Galleries of Scotland, 2003-2012. 

Address: (b.) More Partnership, 31 Exchange Street, 

Dundee DD1 3DJ; T.-0797 101 9226. 

E-mail: ctilley@morepartnership.com 

Timms, Peter. Former Chairman, David MacBrayne 

Limited; Chairman: Schroder UK Mid Fund Plc, since 

1989, HIE Ventures Ltd., since 1999, Flexible Technology 

Ltd., since 1981; Director, Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd., 

2001-06; Chairman, NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries 

Ltd., since 2002; David MacBrayne Ltd.: Chairman: 

NorthLink Ferries Ltd., since 2006, David MacBrayne HR 

(UK) Limited, since 2006, CalMac Ferries Ltd., since 2006, 

Argyll Ferries Ltd., since 2011. Address: (b.) Flexible 

Technology Trust, Townhead, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 

9JH. 

Tindall, Benjamin Hemsley, DipSocSci, RIAS, RIBA, 

FSA (Scot). Principal, Benjamin Tindall Architects, since 

1982; b. 21.12.53, Scotland; m., Jill Watson. Educ. 

University of Edinburgh; University of Pennsylvania. 

Notable architectural commissions in Edinburgh include, 

The Queen’s Gallery Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Hub, 

Edinburgh’s Festival Centre; Fringe Shop and Offices. 

Elsewhere, housing on Barra, Melgund Castle, Forfar, An 

Camas Mòr, Rothiemurchus and projects on Orkney, Jersey, 

etc (see www.benjamintindalarchitects.co.uk). Elected 

Trustee for National Trust for Scotland; former Chairman, 

Sir Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust. Recreations: owner and 

harbourmaster, Cove, Berwickshire. Address: 17 Victoria 

Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL; T.-0131 220 3366. 

Titterington, Professor (Donald) Michael, BSc, PhD, 

DipMathStat, FRSE. Honorary Senior Research Fellow, 

Glasgow University, since 2011; Professor of Statistics, 

Glasgow University, 1988-2011; b. 20.11.45, Marple, 

Cheshire; m., Mary Hourie Philp; 1 s. Educ. High School of 

Stirling; Edinburgh University; Cambridge University. 

Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Titular Professor, then 

Professor, Department of Statistics, Glasgow University, 

1972-2011; visiting appointments: Princeton University, 

1978, State University of New York, 1980, Wisconsin 

University, 1982, Australian National University, 1982, 

1994, 1995; Associate Editor, Biometrika, 1979-85, Annals 

of Statistics, 1983-85 and 1995-96, Journal, American 

Statistical Association, 1986-88 and 1991-96, and IEEE 

Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 

1994-96; Joint Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical 

Society, Series B, 1986-89, and Statistical Science, 1992- 

94; Editor, Biometrika, 1996-2007; Council Member, Royal 

Statistical Society, 1987-92; Council Member, Institute of 

Mathematical Statistics, since 2009; elected Fellow, 

Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1986; elected Member, 

International Statistical Institute, 1991; Royal Statistical 

Society Guy Medal in Silver, 2006. Publications: Statistical 

Analysis of Finite Mixture Distributions (Co-author); many 

journal articles. Address: (b.) School of Mathematics and 

Statistics, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ. 

E-mail: michael.titterington@gla.ac.uk 

Tobin, Professor Alyson Kim, BSc (Hons), PhD, FSB. 

Dean of The Faculty of Science, University of St Andrews, 

2007-2011, Acting Vice-Principal (Learning and Teaching) 

2011, Professor in Biology, since 2008; b. 7.9.56, Coventry; 


m., Tim Tobin; 2 s. Educ. John Cleveland College, 

Hinckley, Leics; University of Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Royal Society Alfred Spinks Research Fellow, 1982-87; 

Royal Society University Research Fellow, 1987-97; 

Reader in Plant Sciences, University of St Andrews, 1997- 

2008. Fellow of the Society of Biology, 2010; Council 

Member, Society of Biology (Scotland Branch), since 2011; 

Member, International Advisory Board Indus Foundation 

Indo-American Education Summit, 2013; Executive 

Committee, UK Deans of Science; Director, Dundee 

Science Centre Board, since 2010; Plant and Microbial 

Sciences Committee, Biotechnology and Biological 

Sciences Research Council, 2002-06; Executive Committee 

of The Federation of The European Societies of Plant 

Biology, 2007-09; Member (Scotland Representative), 

Biosciences Federation Education Committee, 2008-10; 

Spencer Industrial Arts Trust Scholar, 1978; Plant Science 

Scotland, Board Member, since 2005; Convener, Plant 

Metabolism Group, Society for Experimental Biology, 

1995-2000; Honorary Research Fellow, Scottish Crops 

Research Institute, since 2005; Director, St Andrews 

Botanic Garden Education Trust, 2005-07. Publications: 

‘Plant Biochemistry’ (Co-Author), 2008 and academic 

journal publications in plant physiology and biochemistry. 

Recreations: piano; hill walking. Address: (b.) University 

of St Andrews, School of Biology, BMS Building, St 

Andrews KY16 9ST; T.-01334 463375; e-mail: a.tobin@standrews.ac.uk 

Todd, Alison, BSc (Hons), DipAppSocSci, HND. Director 

of Children and Family Services, Policy and Practice, since 

2009; b. 21.3.66, Forfar. Educ. Brechin High School; 

Robert Gordon University; Open University. Various 

residential care positions, 1993-95; State Support Offficer, 

Ministry of Defence, 1995-98; Community Development 

Officer, Ormiston Housing Cooperative, 1998-2001; Centre 

Manager, Rathbone Charity, 2001; Services Manager, 

ChildLine Scotland and NorthWest, 2001-06; Assistant 

Director, NSPCC North of England, 2006-07; North of 

England Business Workstream Leader (Seconded), NSPCC, 

2007-09. Voluntary Experience - Girl Guides Association 

Rainbow Leader, 1990-93; Homestart Volunteer, 1995-98; 

Children’s Panel Member, 2000-01; Director, Scottish 

Alliance of Children’s Rights, Angus Summer Playscheme. 

Recreations: reading; walking; overseas holidays. Address: 

(b.) Children 1st, 1 Boroughloch Square, Edinburgh EH8 

9NJ; T.-0131 319 8078; 0795 151 6265. 

E-mail: alison.todd@children1st.org.uk 

Todd, Professor Janet, MA, PhD. Professor of English 

Literature, University of Aberdeen, since 2005; President, 

Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, since 2008; b. 

Llandrindod; m., Derek Hughes; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Dr 

Williams' School, Dolgellau; Newnham College, 

Cambridge; University of Florida. Lecturer in English, 

University of Cape Coast, 1964-67, University of Florida, 

1969-71; Assistant Professor of English, University of 

Puerto Rico, 1972-74; Assistant, Associate, Full Professor 

of English, Rutgers University, 1974-83; Fellow in English, 

Sidney Sussex College, 1983-90; Chair in English, 

University of East Anglia, 1990-2000; Francis Hutcheson 

Professor of English Literature, Glasgow University, 2000- 

04. Publications: many books, most recently Mary 

Wollstonecraft: a revolutionary life, 2000; Rebel Daughters: 

Ireland in Conflict 1798, 2003; ed. Cambridge edition of 

Jane Austen, 2005-08; ed. Jane Austen in Context, 2005; 

Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen, 2006; Death and 

the Maidens, 2007; Connell Guide to Pride and Prejudice 

2011; Cambridge Companion to Pride and Prejudice, 2013. 

Address: (b.) Department of English, University of 

Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX; Lucy Cavendish College, 

Cambridge CB3 0BU; e-mail: J.Todd@abdn.ac.uk; 

jt272@cam.ac.uk 

Toft, Anthony Douglas, CBE, LVO, BSc, MD, FRCPE, 

FRCPGlas, FRCPLond, FRCPI, FACP(Hon),


FRACP(Hon), FRCSE, FRCPC(Hon), FRCGP(Hon), 

FFPM (Hon), FFAEM (Hon), FCPS Pakistan (Hon), FCPS 

Bangladesh (Hon), FAM Singapore (Hon), MAM Malaysia 

(Hon). Consultant Physician, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 

1978-2009; Physician to the Queen in Scotland, 1996-2009; 

Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Equitable Life Assurance 

(now Aegon UK), since 1987; b. 29.10.44, Perth; m., 

Maureen Darling; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Perth Academy; 

Edinburgh University. President, British Thyroid 

Association, 1996-99; Chairman, Professional and 

Linguistic Assessment Board, 1999-2006; President, Royal 

College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1991-94; Chairman, 

Collegiate Members’ Committee, Royal College of 

Physicians of Edinburgh, 1978; Vice-President, Royal 

College of Physicians, 1989-91; Chairman, Scottish Royal 

Colleges, 1992-94; Chairman, Joint Committee of Higher 

Medical Training, 1993-96; Member, Health Appointments 

Advisory Committee, 1994-2000. Recreations: golf; 

gardening. Address: (h.) 41 Hermitage Gardens, Edinburgh 

EH10 6AZ; T.-0131-447 2221; e-mail: toft41@hotmail.com 

Toley, Richard, BA (Hons), MPhil, PGCE. 

Headmaster, Lathallan School, Johnshaven, since 2009; 

b. 28.6.71, Kingston-Upon-Thames; m., Indrani; 1 s.; 1 

d. Educ. Chatesmore; St David’s University College, 

Lampeter; University of St Andrews; University of 

Strathclyde. Teacher of History/Classics/Rugby: 

Merchant Taylors School, Liverpool, 1996-99, Careers 

Co-ordinator, High School of Dundee, 1999-2004, 

Teacher of History, Director of Co-Curriculum, 2004-06; 

Head of Senior School, Lathallan School, 2006-09 (led 

development of only new Senior Independent School in 

country); while Headmaster, introduced ‘Civilianship 

Programme from age 5-18 developing ‘Confidence 

Without Arrogance’. Advanced Higher History Setter, 

2007-09; made Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, 2012; 

Board member, SCIS (Scottish Council of Independent 

Schools). Recreations: Scottish Provincial Silver, 

‘Warhammer’; cricket. Address: Brotherton Castle, 

Johnshaven, Angus DD10 0HN; T.-01561 362220. 

E-mail: richardtoley@lathallan.org.uk 

Tolley, David Anthony, MB, BS (Lond), FRCS, 

FRCSEdin, FRCPEdin. Consultant Urological Surgeon, 

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, since 1980; 

Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery/Urology, 

Edinburgh University, since 1980; Director, Scottish 

Lithotriptor Centre; President, Royal College of Surgeons 

of Edinburgh, formerly Treasurer and Director of 

Standards; formerly President, European Intrarenal Surgery 

Society, European Association Academic Urologists; b. 

29.11.47, Warrington; m., Judith Anne Finn; 3 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Manchester Grammar School; Kings College Hospital 

Medical School, London University. House Surgeon and 

Physician, Kings College Hospital; Lecturer in Human 

Morphology, Southampton University; Lecturer in 

Anatomy and Fulbright Fellow, University of Texas at 

Houston; Surgical Registrar, Hammersmith and Ealing 

Hospitals, London; Senior Surgical Registrar (Urology), 

Kings College Hospital, London; Senior Urological 

Registrar, Yorkshire Regional Training Scheme. Previously 

Member: MRC Working Party on Urological Cancer; MRC 

Working Party on Superficial Bladder Cancer; Editorial 

Board, British Journal of Urology; Council, British 

Association of Urological Surgeons; Standing Commitee on 

Postgraduate Education; Board, Minimal Access Therapy 

Training Unit Scotland; Education Committee, Royal 

College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Member, Specialty 

Advisory Committee in Urology; former President, British 

Society for Endourology; Past Chairman, Scottish 

Urological Oncology Group; formerly Chairman, Specialty 

Advisory Board in Urology, Royal College of Surgeons of 

Edinburgh; former Member, Council, Royal College of 

Surgeons of Edinburgh; formerly Chairman, Section of 

Endourology, British Association of Urological Surgeons; 

Examiner, Intercollegiate Board in Urology; Member, 

Board, European Society for Urotechnology; Member, 

Editorial Board, Journal of Endourology; Member, Editorial 

Board, Hungarian Endourology; Honorary Member, 

Romanian Society for Endourology; Honorary Member, 

Romanian Urological Association; Editor, Surgeons' News; 

Chairman, Quincentenary Board, Royal College of 

Surgeons Edinburgh. Address: (b.) Murrayfield Hospital, 

Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh; T.-0131-334 0363. 

Tomkins, Professor Adam, LLB (UEA), LLM (Lond). 

John Millar Professor of Public Law, University of 

Glasgow, since 2003 and Legal Adviser to the House of 

Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, since 2009; 

b. 28.06.69, Newbury; m., Lauren J. Apfel; 3 s.; 1 d. 

Educ. Gillingham School, Dorset; University of East 

Anglia; London School of Economics. Career History: 

Lecturer in Law, King’s College London; Fellow and 

Tutor in Law, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. 

Publications: Author of: “The Constitution After Scott”, 

1998; “Public Law”, 2003; “Our Republican 

Constitution”, 2005; “European Union Law”, 2006; 

“British Government and The Constitution”, 2011. 

Recreations: whisky; guitar music; Arsenal FC. 

Address: (b.) School of Law, University of Glasgow, 

Glasgow G12 8QQ; T.-0141 330 4180; e-mail: 

adam.tomkins@glasgow.ac.uk 

Tomlinson, Professor Alan, MSc, PhD, DSc, 

FCOptom, FAAO. Professor of Vision Science, Glasgow 

Caledonian University, since 1992; b. 18.3.44, Bolton; 

partner, Professor Daphne McCulloch; 1 s. Educ. 

Lampton Grammar School, North London; Bradford 

University; Manchester University Institute of Science 

and Technology. Fellowship, British Optical 

Association, 1966; Registration, General Optical 

Council, 1966; Lecturer, Opthalmic Optics: Bradford 

University, 1967-68; UMIST, 1968-77; Director, 

Clinical Research, Wesley Jesson Inc, Chicago, USA, 

1977-79 and 1983-86; Professor of Optometry: Indiana 

University, 1980-83, Southern California College of 

Optometry, 1986-91; Council Member, General Optical 

Council, 1999-2009; Member, British Universities 

Committee of Optometry, 1992-2009, Chair, 1997-99; 

Council Member, College of Optometry (UK), 1994-98; 

Member, Advisory Committee, American Academy of 

Optometry, 1993-98. Publications: 140 papers in 

scientific journals; Complications of Contact Lens Wear, 

1992. Recreations: tennis; running; theatre; music. 

Address: (b.) Vision Science, Department of Life 

Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, 

Glasgow G4 0BA; T.-0141-331 3380. 

Toole, Mark, MA, FRSA. Director of Information 

Services, University of Stirling, since 2008; Vice Chair, 

SCURL; Chair, UK Access Management Policy Board; 

Chair, SCONUL Shared and Collaborative Services 

Strategy Group; Chair, Libraries in Central Scotland 

(LICS); b. 15.9.60, Nottingham; m. Susi. Educ. Nottingham 

High School; Churchill College, Cambridge. User Services 

Manager, IT Services, London School of Economics, 1992- 

96; Director of Information Resources, Richmond, The 

American International University in London, 1996-99; 

Head of Computing Service, University of Kent, 1999- 

2002; Director of Information Services, University of 

Brighton, 2002-08. Recreations: travelling, reading, 

watching football and cricket. Address: The Library, 

University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA; T.-01786 467227. 

E-mail: mark.toole@stir.ac.uk 

Topping, Professor Barry H.V., BSc, PhD, DSc (hc), 

CEng, CMath, CITP, MBCS, MICE, MIStructE, MIMechE, 

FIMA. Emeritus Professor, Heriot-Watt University, 

Edinburgh; Director, Computational Technology Solutions, 

Stirlingshire; Honorary Professor, University of Pecs,

Hungary; b. 14.2.52, Manchester. Educ. Bedford Modern 

School; City University, London. Lecturer in Civil 

Engineering, Edinburgh University, 1978-88; Von- 

Humboldt Research Fellow, Stuttgart University, 1986-87; 

Senior Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University, 1988-89, Reader, 

1989-90, Professor of Structural Engineering, 1990-95, 

Professor of Computational Mechanics, 1995-2006. Co- 

Editor, Computers and Structures; Co-Editor, Advances in 

Engineering Software; Senior Editor, Civil-Comp 

Conference Series. Address: (b.) Dun Eaglais, Station Brae, 

Kippen, Stirlingshire FK8 3DY. 

Topping, Professor Keith James, BA, MA, PhD, 

CPsychol, FBPsS. Professor of Educational and Social 

Research, University of Dundee, since 2002; b. 1.10.47, 

Stockport; m., Mei; 4 s. Educ. Marple Hall Grammar 

School; Universities of Sussex, Nottingham and Sheffield. 

After substantial practice as an educational psychologist for 

social services, health and education, moved to Dundee in 

1992 to establish a training course for eucational 

psychologists; went on to establish a professional doctorate 

and become a professor specializing in research on peer 

learning, parental involvement and behaviour problems. 

Over 300 publications including over 20 books. 

Recreation: mountaineering. Address: Nethergate, Dundee 

DD1 4HN; e-mail: k.j.topping@dundee.ac.uk 

Torphichen, 15th Lord (James Andrew Douglas 

Sandilands); b. 27.8.46; m.; 4 d. Address: Calder House, 

Mid Calder, West Lothian. 

Torrance, David. MSP (SNP), Kirkcaldy, since 2011. 

Born in Kirkcaldy. Studied mechanical engineering at 

Adam Smith College. Employed by British Gas and 

other companies before going into politics full-time in 

2007, working for Chris Harvie MSP. Fife councillor. 

Assistant district commissioner, Kirkcaldy Scouts. 

Address: (b.) Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP. 

Torrance, Very Rev. Professor Iain Richard, TD, MA, 

BD, DPhil, Hon DD, Hon DTheol, Hon LHD, CorrFRSE. 

Pro-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen, since 2013. Hon 

Professor of Early Christian Doctrine and Ethics, University 

of Edinburgh, since 2013; a Chaplain-in-Ordinary to HM 

The Queen in Scotland, since 2001; President Emeritus and 

Professor of Patristics Emeritus, Princeton Theological 

Seminary, since 2013; Professor in Patristics and Christian 

Ethics (Emeritus), University of Aberdeen, since 2004; 

Master of Christ’s College, Aberdeen, 2001-04; Moderator, 

General Assembly, Church of Scotland, 2003-04; Co- 

Editor, Scottish Journal of Theology, since 1982; b. 13.1.49, 

Aberdeen; m., Morag Ann MacHugh; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. 

Edinburgh Academy; Monkton Combe School, Bath; 

Edinburgh University; St. Andrews University; Oriel 

College, Oxford University. Minister, Northmavine, 

Shetland, 1982-85; Lecturer in New Testament and 

Christian Ethics, Queen's College, Birmingham, 1985-89; 

Lecturer in New Testament and Patristics, Birmingham 

University, 1989-93; Aberdeen University: Lecturer, 1993- 

97, Senior Lecturer in Divinity, 1997-99, Professor in 

Patristics and Christian Ethics (Personal Chair), 1999-2004, 

Head, Department of Divinity with Religious Studies, 2000- 

01, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Divinity, 2001-03; President 

and Professor of Patristics, Princeton Theological Seminary, 

2004-12. Chaplain to the Moderator of the General 

Assembly, 1976; Member, International Dialogue between 

the Orthodox and the Reformed Churches, since 1992, cochair 

since 2005; Member, General Assembly's Panel on 

Doctrine, 1993-2002; Member, Ethics Committee, 

Grampian Health Board, 1996-2000; Hon. Secretary, 

Aberdeen A.U.T., 1995-98, Hon. President, 1998-99; 

Secretary, Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, 1995- 


98; Judge, Templeton (UK) Awards, 1994-99; Templeton 

Advisory Board, 2008-11; TA Chaplain, 1982-97; ACF 

Chaplain, 1996-2000; Member, Academie Internationale 

des Sciences Religieuses, since 1997; Convener, General 

Assembly's Committee on Chaplains to HM Forces, 1998- 

2002; Senate Assessor to Aberdeen University Court, 1999- 

2003; Member, Committee of Highland TAVRA, 1999- 

2004; Member, QAA's Benchmarking Panel for Degrees in 

Theology and Religious Studies, 1999-2000; Member of the 

C-1 Religious Leader Commission, since 2010; Select 

Preacher, University of Oxford, 2004, University of 

Aberdeen, 2009; Free Burgess of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 

2004; Friend for Life Award 2004, Equality Network, 

Scotland; Honorary Doctor of Divinity (St Andrews, 2005; 

Aberdeen, 2005; Edinburgh, 2012); Honorary Doctor of 

Theology (Debrecen, 2006); Honorary Doctor of Humane 

Letters (King Coll, TN, 2007); Corresponding Fellow, 

Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2007; Honorary Distinguished 

Alumnus, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2012. 

Publications: Christology after Chalcedon, 1988; Human 

Genetics: a Christian perspective (Co-Author), 1995; Ethics 

and the Military Community, 1998; To Glorify God: Essays 

on Modern Reformed Liturgy (Co-Author), 1999; Bioethics 

for the New Millennium (Editor), 2000; Oxford Handbook 

of Systematic Theology (Co-Editor), 2007; Cambridge 

Dictionary of Christian Theology (Co-Editor), 2011; The 

Correspondence of Severus and Sergius, 2011. Recreations: 

historical Scottish culture (buildings, literature, art). 

Address: (h.) 17 St Bernard’s Crescent, Edinburgh EH4 

1NR; T.-0131-315-3746. 

E-mail: iain.torrance@oriel.oxon.org 

Torrie, Steven, QFSM. Chief Inspector of Fire and Rescue 

Authorities. Address: (b.) Fire and Rescue Advisory Unit, 

St. Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG; 

T.-0131-244 2342. 

E-mail: steven.torrie@scotland.gsi.gov.uk 

Tosh, Murray, MA. MSP (Conservative), West of 

Scotland, 2003-07, South of Scotland, 1999-2003 

(Deputy Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament, 2001- 

07); b. 1.9.50, Ayr; m., Christine (deceased); 2 s.; 1 d. 

Educ. Kilmarnock Academy; Glasgow University; 

Jordanhill College of Education. Principal Teacher of 

History, Kilwinning Academy, 1977, Belmont Academy, 

Ayr, 1984; Councillor, Kyle and Carrick District 

Council, 1987-96 (Convener of Housing, 1992-96); 

Chairman, Central Ayrshire Conservative and Unionist 

Association, 1980-83, Ayr Conservative and Unionist 

Association, 1985-90. Recreations: hill-walking; 

reading; watching football and cricket; family history; 

visiting mediaeval castles; foreign holidays. Address: 

(h.) 24/4 Lochend Close, Edinburgh EH8 8BL. 

Toth, Emeritus Professor Akos George, Dr. Jur., PhD. 

Professor of Law, Strathclyde University, 1984-2001; Jean 

Monnet Chair of European Law, 1991-2001; b. 9.2.36, 

Mezotur, Hungary. Educ. Budapest University; Szeged 

University; Exeter University. Strathclyde University: 

Lecturer in Law, 1971-76, Senior Lecturer, 1976-82, 

Reader, 1982-84; British Academy Research Readership, 

1993-95. Publications: Legal Protection of Individuals in 

the European Communities, 1978; The Oxford 

Encyclopaedia of European Community Law: Vol. I: 1990, 

Vol. II: 2005, Vol. III: 2008. Recreations: travel; music; 

opera; theatre; swimming; walking. Address: (b.) 

Strathclyde University, Law School, Graham Hills 

Building, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE; T.-0141-548 

3594; e-mail: toth@strath.ac.uk 

Totten, Sheriff William John, LLB (Hons). Sheriff of 

Glasgow and Strathkelvin, since 1999; b. 11.9.54,


Paisley; m., Shirley Ann Morrison; 1 s. Educ. John 

Neilson Institute, Paisley; Glasgow University. 

Apprentice, Tindal, Oatts and Rodger, Solicitors, 1977- 

79; admitted as Solicitor, 1979; Procurator Fiscal 

Service, 1979-83; Assistant, then Partner, Beltrami and 

Co., 1983-88; admitted to Faculty of Advocates, 1989; 

Advocate Depute, 1993-96. Address: (b.) Glasgow 

Sheriff Court, 1 Carlton Place, Glasgow; T.-0141-429 

8888. 

Townley, Professor Barbara, BA, MSc, PhD. Professor, 

Chair of Management, St Andrews University; Director, 

Institute for Capitalising on Creativity; b. 9.10.54, 

Manchester. Educ. Worsley Wardley Grammar School; 

Lancaster University; London School of Economics. 

Lecturer: Lancaster University, 1983-85, University of 

Warwick Business School, 1985-90; Professor, Faculty of 

Business, University of Alberta, Canada, 1990-2000; Chair 

of Management and Organization, Edinburgh University, 

2000-05. Publications: author of four books and many 

articles on management, organisation, performance 

measurement. Currently researching the creative industries. 

Recreation: travel. Address: (b.) Management School, 

Gateway, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St 

Andrews, Fife KY16 9RJ; T.-01334 462808. 

Trainer, Emeritus Professor James, MA, PhD, DLitt. 

Professor of German, Stirling University, 1969-97 

(Emeritus) (Acting Principal, 1975, Deputy Principal, 1973- 

78, 1981-87, 1989-92); b. 2.3.32; m., Barbara Herta 

Reinhard (deceased); 2 s.; 1 d. Educ. St. Andrews 

University; Free University of Berlin. Lecturer in German, 

St. Andrews University, 1958-67; Visiting Professor, Yale 

University, 1964-65; Visiting Scholar, University of 

California at Santa Barbara, 1989; Vice-Convener, SUCE, 

1987-94; Convener, SUCE Modern Languages Panel, 1979- 

86; Member, Inter University and Polytechnic Council, 

since 1983; Member, Scottish Examination Board, 1975-82; 

Chairman, SED Postgraduate Awards Committee, since 

1989; Member, UK Fulbright Commission, 1985-93; 

Trustee, National Library of Scotland, 1986-91; Chairman, 

Scottish Conference of University Teachers of German, 

1978-80; Member, National Academic Audit Unit; 

Member, SHEFCO Quality Assessment Committee; 

Member Overseas Research Students Awards Committee, 

CVCP; Governor, Morrison's Academy, Crieff, 1994-98. 

Recreations: music; cricket; translating. Address: (h.) 5 

Pathfoot Avenue, Bridge of Allan FK9 4SA; T.-01786 

833422; e-mail: jt4@stirling.ac.uk 

Trainor, Professor Sir Richard Hughes, KBE (2010), 

BA, MA, DPhil, FRHistS, AcSS, FRSA, FKC. Principal 

and Professor of Social History, King’s College London, 

since 2004; b. 31.12.48, New Jersey; m., Dr. Marguerite 

Wright Dupree; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Calvert Hall High School, 

Maryland; Brown University; Princeton University; Merton 

and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford University. Junior Research 

Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, 1977-79; Lecturer, 

Balliol College, Oxford, 1978-79; Glasgow University: 

Lecturer in Economic History, 1979-89, Senior Lecturer in 

Economic and Social History, 1989-95, Director, Design 

and Implementation of Software in History Project, 1985- 

89, Professor of Social History, 1995-2000, Co-Director, 

Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for History, 1989- 

2000, Dean of Social Sciences, 1992-96, Vice-Principal, 

1996-2000, Senior Vice-Principal, 1999-2000; Vice- 

Chancellor and Professor of Social History, Greenwich 

University, 2000-04. Honorary Fellow, Trinity College of 

Music, since 2003; Honorary Fellow, Merton College, 

Oxford, since 2004; Rhodes Scholar; Chair, Advisory 

Council, Institute of Historical Research, 2004-09; 

Honorary Secretary, Economic History Society, 1998-2004; 

President, Universities UK, 2007-09; Convener, Steering 

Group, Universities UK/DfES Review of Student Services, 

2002; Member, US/UK Fulbright Commission, 2003-09; 

Council Member, Arts and Humanities Research Council, 

2006-2011; Member, University of London Board of 

Trustees, since 2009; Joint Editor, Scottish Economic and 

Social History, 1989-94; Governor, St Paul’s School, since 

2012. Publications: Black Country Elites: the exercise of 

authority in an industrialised area 1830-1900, 1993; 

University, City and State: the University of Glasgow since 

1870 (Joint Author), 2000. Recreations: parenting; 

observing politics; tennis. Address: (h.) 45 Mitre Road, 

Glasgow G14 9LE; T.-0207 848 3434. 

Trees, Professor Alexander (Sandy). Chairman, Moredun 

Research Institute, since 2011. Educ. Edinburgh’s Royal 

(Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Has made an 

enormous contribution to research into livestock health and 

is internationally recognised for this knowledge of 

veterinary parasitology; appointed Senior Lecturer, 

University of Liverpool in 1980, before being appointed 

Head of the Parasite and Vector Biology Division and then 

subsequently Dean of Liverpool’s Faculty of Veterinary 

Science, until retirement in 2008. President, Association of 

Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers, 1996-97; 

President, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 2009; 

formerly Council member of the Royal Society of Tropical 

Medicine and Hygiene; a founding Diplomate of the 

European Veterinary Parasitology College; Executive 

Board member, World Association for Veterinary 

Parasitology. Over 120 scientific papers and numerous 

presentations at regional, national and international 

conferences. Address: The Moredun Group, Pentlands 

Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ; 

T.-0131 445 5111. 

Trew, Professor Arthur Stewart, BSc, PhD, FRSE, 

FRSA. Professor of Computational Science, University of 

Edinburgh, since 2006, Head of the School of Physics and 

Astronomy; b. 20.10.57, Belfast, Northern Ireland; m., 

Lesley Margaret Trew (nee Smart); 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Royal 

Belfast Academical Institution; University of Edinburgh. 

Computing Officer, University of Edinburgh, 1983-85; 

Lecturer, Department of Clinical Sciences, Glasgow, 1985- 

86; Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Edinburgh, 

1986-90, Programme Manager, EPCC, 1990-94, Director, 

EPCC, 1994-2010, Deputy Director, NESC, since 2001. 

Director, UoE HPCx Ltd. Recreations: running; cycling; 

hill walking. Address: (b.) School of Physics and 

Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell 

Building, King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh; T.- 

0131 650 5025; e-mail: a.s.trew@ed.ac.uk 

Trewavas, Professor Anthony James, BSc, PhD, FRS, 

FRSE, FRSA, FWIF, Academia Europea. Professor, 

Institute of Plant Molecular Science, Edinburgh University, 

since 1990; b. 17.6.39, London; m., Valerie; 1 s.; 2 d. Educ. 

Roan Grammar School; University College, London. 

Lecturer/Reader, Edinburgh University; Visiting Professor, 

Universities of Michigan State, Calgary, California (Davis), 

Bonn, Illinois, North Carolina, National University of 

Mexico; University of Milan. Publications: 260 scientific 

papers; two books. Recreations: music (particularly choral); 

reading. Address: (h.) Old Schoolhouse, Croft Street, 

Penicuik EH26 9DH; e-mail: Trewavas@ed.ac.uk 

Trickett, Dr. Anthony Robert, MBE, MRCS, LRCP, DL. 

Lord Lieutenant for Orkney, since 2007; m. Practiced in 

several hospitals in Manchester, 1964-66; Anatomy at 

University of Manchester, 1966-67; General Practitioner in 

Pembroke in Dyfed, 1967-73; Hoy and Walls, 1973-2000. 

Honorary Medical Advisor of Longhope Lifeboat, since 

1973, and since 1995 its Honorary Secretary. Chairman of

the Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust, since 2000; 

Divisional Medical Advisor; Member of the Medical and 

Survival Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat 

Institution (RNLI) and received the Institution's Silver 

Badge in 1994 and the Gold Badge in 2004. Trustee of the 

Hoy Trust since 1984, becoming its chairman in 1992; 

Trustee of the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall, since 2003; 

Director of Orkney Enterprise, 2000-06; Director of the 

Gable End Theatre in Hoy and is chairman of the Hoy Half 

Marathon. Deputy Lieutenant of Orkney, 1999-2005; Vice 

Lord Lieutenant, 2005-07. 

Trotter, Alexander Richard, OStJ, JP, FRSA. Lord 

Lieutenant of Berwickshire, since 2000; Chairman, 

Thirlestane Castle Trust, 1996-2007; b. 20.2.39, London; 

m., Julia Henrietta Greenwell; 3 s. Educ. Eton College; City 

of London Technical College. Royal Scots Greys, 1958-68; 

Member, Berwickshire County Council, 1969-75 

(Chairman, Roads Committee, 1974-75); Manager, 

Charterhall Estate and Farm, since 1969; Chairman, 

Meadowhead Ltd. (formerly Mortonhall Park Ltd.), since 

1974; Director, Timber Growers' GB Ltd., 1977-82; Vice 

Chairman, Border Grain Ltd., 1989-2003; Council Member, 

Scottish Landowners' Federation, 1975-2004 (President, 

1996-2001, Chairman, Land Use Committee, 1975-78, 

Convener, 1982-85); Member, Department of Agriculture 

Working Party on the Agricultural Holding (Scotland) 

Legislation, 1981-82; Member, Nature Conservancy 

Council, and Chairman, Scottish Committee, 1985-90; 

Member, UK Committee for Euro Year of the Environment, 

1986-88; Member, Scottish Tourist Board Graded Holiday 

Parks Overseeing Committee, since 1993; Brigadier, 

Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of 

Archers). Recreations: skiing; golf; shooting. Address: 

Charterhall, Duns, Berwickshire, TD11 3RE; T.-01890 

840210; e-mail: alex@charterhall.net 

Trotter, Christopher H. Food Writer/Food Consultant; 

b. 21.09.57, Aberdeen; m., Caroline; 2 s. Educ. 

Marlborough College; Oxford Polytechnic. Career: 

Manager, Chef, Portsonachan Hotel; Founder and 

Proprietor, “Scotland’s Larder”, Scottish Food Shop and 

Demonstration Facility; Founder, Momentum Food 

Consultancy; Author. Chair, Pioneer Health Foundation; 

Member, Board of SFAC. Publications: The Scottish 

Kitchen; Scottish Cooking; The Whole Hog; The Whole 

Cow. Recreations: squash; tennis; food and drink; 

walking. Address: Buckthorns House, Upper Largo, 

Leven KY8 6EA; T.-01333 360 219; e-mail: 

ct@christophertrotter.co.uk 

Troughton, Jamie Michael, DipArch, MA (Cantab), 

RIBA. Director: Tulliemet Ltd, since 1999, Ristol Ltd., 

since 2007; b. 8.11.50, Hambleden; m., Sarah Campbell- 

Preston; 1 s.; 2 d. Educ. Trinity College Cambridge. 

Qualified Architect, RIBA, 1977; Foster Associates, 

1975-78; Richard Rogers and Partners, 1978-82; 

Founding Partner, Troughton McAslan Architects, 1983; 

Chairman, John McAslan and Partners, 1996-98; Award 

winning buildings for British Rail; London 

Underground; Apple Computers; Yapi Kredi Banksi, 

Istanbul; Canary Wharf FC3, London. Trustee, National 

Musuems of Scotland, 2011. Address: Atholl Estates 

Office, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry PH18 5TH; T.-01796 

481355. 

Troup, Colin Andrew, DPhil, LLB. Legal Secretary to 

the Lord Advocate; b. 23.05.61, Glasgow; m., Niamh 

Mary Hartnett; 2 d.; 1 s. Educ. Dumfries Academy; 

University of Glasgow; Balliol College, Oxford. 

Solicitor, Paisner & Co, London, 1991-99; Scottish 

Executive Solicitor’s Office, 1999-2005, 2008-09; Legal 


Secretary to the Lord Advocate, 2005-08, 2009-. 

Address: (b.) Lord Advocate’s Chambers, 25 Chambers 

Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LA; T.-0844-561-2000. 

Truman, Donald Ernest Samuel, BA, PhD, FSB, CBiol. 

Higher Education Consultant; b. 23.10.36, Leicester; m., 

Kathleen Ramsay; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Wyggeston School, 

Leicester; Clare College, Cambridge. NATO Research 

Fellow, Wenner-Grenn Institute, Stockholm, 1962-63; 

MRC Epigenetics Research Group, Edinburgh, 1963-72; 

Lecturer, Department of Genetics, Edinburgh University, 

1972-78; Senior Lecturer, 1978-89, Head of Department, 

1984-89, Director of Biology Teaching Unit, 1985-89; 

Vice-Dean and Vice-Provost, Faculty of Science and 

Engineering, 1989-98; Assistant Principal, Edinburgh 

University, 1998-2002; Aneurin Bevan Memorial Fellow, 

Government of India, 1978; Chairman, Edinburgh Centre 

for Rural Research, 1993-2002; Member, Council, Scottish 

Agricultural College, 1995-2002; Director, Edinburgh 

Technopole Company Ltd., 1996-2002; Member, Board of 

Directors, Edinburgh Lifelong Learning Partnership, 1999- 

2002. Publications: The Biochemistry of 

Cytodifferentiation, 1974; Differentiation in Vitro (Joint 

Editor), 1982; Stability and Switching in Cellular 

Differentiation, 1982; Coordinated Regulation of Gene 

Expression, 1986. Recreations: gardening; books; birds. 

Address: (h.) 36 Ladysmith Road, Edinburgh EH9 3EU. 

Truscott, Ian D., QC, LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD. 

Advocate; Barrister; Visiting Professor of Law, 

Strathclyde University, 1998-2010; Part-time 

Employment Judge, Employment Tribunal (England and 

Wales), since 2002; b. 7.11.49, Perth; m., Julia; 4 s. 

Educ. Perth Academy; Edinburgh University; Leeds 

University; Strathclyde University. Solicitor, 1973-87; 

Advocate, since 1988; Barrister, since 1995; QC, since 

1997. Address: (b.) Advocates' Library, Parliament 

Square, Edinburgh; T.-0131-260 5697. 

Tucker, Professor John Barry, BA, MA, PhD, FRSE. 

Professor Emeritus, University of St. Andrews, since 2006, 

Professor of Cell Biology, 1990-2006; b. 17.3.41, Arundel; 

m., Janet Stephen Murray; 2 s. Educ. Queen Elizabeth 

Grammar School, Atherstone; Peterhouse, Cambridge 

(State Scholar and Kitchener National Memorial Scholar). 

Fulbright Travel Scholar and Research Associate, 

Department of Zoology, Indiana University, 1966-68; 

SERC Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, 

Cambridge, 1968-69; Lecturer in Zoology, St. Andrews 

University, 1969-79 (Chairman, Zoology Department, 

1982-84); Reader in Zoology, 1979-90. Member: SERC 

Advisory Group II, 1977-80, SERC Molecular Biology and 

Genetics Sub-committee, 1986-89, Editorial Board of 

Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology, 

1979-88. Recreations: cycling; hill-walking; astronomy; 

reluctant gardener. Address: (b.) School of Biology, Bute 

Building, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife 

KY16 9TS; T.-01334 839596; e-mail: jbt@st-and.ac.uk 

Tulloch, William Alexander. Farmer, since 1968; 

Chairman, NFUS LFA Committee, 2007-2012; North 

Scotland Area Advisor for Moredun Research Institute; 

Regional Advisor for NFU Mutual; b. 22.03.52, Aberdeen; 

m., Madeleine Frances; 1 s.; 1 d. Educ. Disblair Primary; 

O’Neil Corse Primary; Alford Academy; Clinterty 

Agricultural College. Formerly active Member of the 

Young Farmers movement; posts included Secretary; 

Treasurer and finally Club Chairperson; became Proficiency 

Test Chairman (3 years); also Secretary/Treasurer for the 

Cromar and Upper Deeside Ploughing Association. 

Address: Milton Bank, Corse, Lumphanan, Banchory AB31 

4RY; T.-013398 83654; e-mail: tulloch.s@btinternet.com


Turley, Mark John, BSc (Hons), MBA, MCIOH. Director, 

Services for Communities, since 2006; Director of Housing, 

City of Edinburgh Council, since 1996; Executive Director 

of Housing, City of Edinburgh District Council, since 1993; 

b. 25.6.60, Dudley. Educ. High Arcal Grammar School, 

Sedgley; Leicester University. Sheffield City Council, 

1981-91; Head of Tenant Services, York City Council, 

1991-93. Recreations: playing violin and guitar; reading. 

Address: (b.) Level 2.6, Waverley Court, 4 East Market 

Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG; T.-0131-529 7325. 

Turmeau, Professor William Arthur, CBE, FRSE, Dr. 

h.c. (Edinburgh University), Doctor of Education (Napier 

University), BSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE. Chairman, 

Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 1995-99; 

Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Napier University, 1982-94; 

b. 19.9.29, London; m., Margaret Moar Burnett; 1 d. Educ. 

Stromness Academy, Orkney; Edinburgh University; Moray 

House College of Education; Heriot-Watt University. Royal 

Signals, 1947-49; Research Engineer, Northern Electric Co. 

Ltd., Montreal, 1952-54; Mechanical Engineer, USAF, 

Goose Bay, Labrador, 1954-56; Contracts Manager, 

Godfrey Engineering Co. Ltd., Montreal, 1956-61; 

Lecturer, Bristo Technical Institute, Edinburgh, 1962-64; 

Napier College: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, 1964-68, 

Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1968-75, 

Assistant Principal and Dean, Faculty of Technology, 1975- 

82. Member, IMechE Academic Standards Committee; 

Vice Chairman, ASH (Scotland). Recreations: modern jazz; 

Leonardo da Vinci. Address: (h.) 132 Victoria Street, 

Stromness, Orkney KW16 3BU; T.-01856 850500; e-mail: 

profwaturmeau@aol.com 

Turnbull, The Hon. Lord (Alan). Senator of the College 

of Justice, since 2006. Address: (b.) Parliament House, 11 

Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ. 

Turnbull, Wilson Mark, DipArch (with distinction in 

design), MLA (Penn), MBCS, RIBA, FRIAS, FLI. 

Principal, Mark Turnbull Landscape Architect; Chairman 

and Director, Turnbull Jeffrey Partnership, Landscape 

Architects, 1999-2001 (Principal, 1982-98); Chairman and 

Director, Envision 3D Ltd, since 1999; b. 1.4.43, 

Edinburgh. Educ. George Watson’s; Edinburgh College of 

Art; University of Pennsylvania. Assistant Professor of 

Architecture, University of Southern California, 1970-74; 

Partner, W.J. Cairns and Partners, Environmental 

Consultants, 1974-82; Partner, Design Innovations 

Research, 1976-81; Council Member, Cockburn 

Association (Edinburgh Civic Trust), 1986-95; 

Commissioner, Countryside Commission for Scotland, 

1988-92; Commissioner, Royal Fine Art Commission for 

Scotland, 1996-2005; Chairman, Edinburgh Greenbelt 

Initiative, 1988-91; Director, Edinburgh Greenbelt Trust 

(the Edinburgh Greenspace Trust, since 2007), since 1991, 

Vice-Chairman, 1993-2002; Chair, Landscape Institute 

Scotland, since 2011; Member, Landscape Institute 

Technical Committee, since 1994; Awards: Andrew Grant 

Travel Scholarships; Edinburgh Corporation Medal for 

Civic Design; Faculty Medal, Department of Landscape 

Architecture, University of Pennsylvania; Fulbright 

Scholarship. Recreation: sailing. Address: (b.) Creag an 

Tuirc House, Balquhidder, Perthshire FK19 8NY; T.-01877 

384 728. 

Turner, Professor Charles Michael R., BSc, PhD, FSB. 

Professor of Parasitology, University of Glasgow, since 

2004, Deputy Dean of Graduate School; b. 04.12.58, 

Lapford, Devon; m., Judith; 2 d. Educ. Queen Elizabeth 

Comprehensive, Crediton, Devon; Kings College London. 

Beit Memorial Fellow, Glasgow, 1986-89, Royal Society 

Research Fellow, 1989-97, Leverhulme Research Fellow, 

2005-06, Assistant Dean, 2001-04, Head of Infection and 

Immunity, 2006-08. Interests in tropical infectious 

diseases, particularly African sleeping sickness. 

Recreations: fishing; Partick Thistle. Address: (b.) 

Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, 120 University 

Place, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA; T.-0141 

330 6629; e-mail: mike.turner@glasgow.ac.uk 

Turner, John. Chief Executive, NHS 24, since 2008. 

Career in health service management and leadership, with 

experience in service delivery management as well as at 

government level; joined the NHS in 1987 as a National 

General Management Trainee in England, working in the 

East Midlands and Yorkshire areas; worked in general and 

teaching hospitals, as well as in community, mental health, 

and learning disabilities services; became a Director of the 

Bassetlaw Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust in 

Nottinghamshire in 1992; moved to Scotland in 1994 and 

spent eight years as the Chief Executive of the Community 

Health NHS Trust, and then the Primary Care NHS Trust, in 

the Scottish Borders; joined the Scottish Government 

Health Department in 2003 as Pay Modernisation Director, 

leading the national implementation of the new General 

Medical Services contract for GPs, before then taking on 

the national lead role for the implementation of Agenda for 

Change (the grading and pay system for NHS staff); former 

member of the NHS 24 Independent Review Team; Acting 

Chief Executive of NHS Western Isles, 2007-08. Address: 

(b.) Caledonia House, Fifty Pitches Road, Cardonald Park, 

Glasgow G51 4EB; T.-0141 337 4501. 

ChairmanandChiefExecutivesOffice@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk 

Turner, John R., MA, HonMA, MusB, FRCO. Organist 

and Director of Music, Glasgow Cathedral, 1965-2010; 

Lecturer, Royal Scottish Academy of Music, 1965-2007; 

Organist, Strathclyde University, 1965-2010; b. Halifax. 

Educ. Rugby; Jesus College, Cambridge. Recreations: 

reading; travel. Address: (h.) Binchester, 1 Cathkin Road, 

Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 4SE; T.-0141-634 7775. 

Turner, Professor Kenneth John, BSc, PhD. Professor of 

Computing Science, Stirling University, since 1987; b. 

21.2.49, Glasgow; m., Elizabeth Mary Christina; 2 s. Educ. 

Hutchesons’ Boys Grammar School; Glasgow University; 

Edinburgh University. Data Communications Designer, 

International Computers Ltd., 1974-76; Senior Systems 

Analyst, Central Regional Council, 1976-77; Data 

Communications Consultant, International Computers Ltd., 

1977-87. Recreations: choral singing; craft work; sailing. 

Address: (b.) Department of Computing Science and 

Mathematics, Stirling University, Stirling, FK9 4LA; T.- 

01786 467423. 

Tweeddale, 14th Marquis of (Charles David Montagu 

Hay); b. 6.8.47; succeeded to title, 2005. 

Twist, Benjamin. Carbon Consultant, Director, Creative 

Carbon Scotland; b. 17.4.62, London; m., Margaret Corr. 

Educ. Crown Woods Comprehensive School; University of 

Edinburgh. Freelance Director of Theatre, Music Theatre 

and Opera throughout Scotland, UK, Europe, North 

America and New Zealand; Artistic Director of Contact 

Theatre, Manchester, 1994-98. Member, SAC Capital 

Committee, 1999-2003; Chair: SAC Capital Committee, 

2003-07, SAC Lottery Committee, 2007-10; Member: SAC, 

2003-07, Joint Board of SAC and Scottish Screen, 2007- 

2010. Address: (h.) 39 Rosslyn Crescent, Edinburgh EH6 

5AT; e-mail: ben.twist@blueyonder.co.uk 

Twist (nee Eaves), Rev. Lily Pamela, BSc 

(Physics/Maths), BTh, PGCE. Chair, Synod of Methodist 

Church in Scotland, since 2007; b. 3.7.50, Liverpool. Educ. 

Bristol University; Chester University (Northern Ordination 

Course). Physics educator. Recreations: pianist; 

educational travel; crafts. Address: Methodist Church 

Centre, Scottish Churches House, Dunblane FK15 0AJ; T.- 

01786 820295; e-mail: meth@scottishchurcheshouse.org 

Tyre, The Hon. Lord (Colin Jack Tyre), CBE, LLB, 

DESU. Senator of the College of Justice, since 2010; b.

17.4.56, Dunoon; m., Elaine Patricia Carlin (deceased); 1 s.; 

2 d. Educ. Dunoon Grammar School; Edinburgh University; 

Universite d’Aix Marseille. Lecturer in Scots Law, 

Edinburgh University, 1980-83; Tax Editor, CCH Editions 

Ltd., Bicester, 1983-86; Advocate, 1987-98; QC, 1998- 

2010; Standing Junior Counsel to Scottish Office 

Environment Department in planning matters, 1995-98; 

President, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, 

2007; Member, UK Delegation to CCBE, 1999-2004; Head 

of Delegation, 2004; Scottish Law Commissioner (parttime), 

2003-09. Publications: CCH Inheritance Tax 

Reporter; contributor to Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia; Tax 

for Litigation Lawyers (Co-Author); Chairman, Board of 

Governors, Fettes College, Edinburgh, since 2012. 

Recreations: orienteering; golf; mountain walking; popular 

music. Address: (b.) Supreme Courts, 11 Parliament 

Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ; T.-0131 225 2595. 

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