David Railton is an English-born Anglican bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Railton was born in Yorkshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Bradford.
After university, he worked as a pharmacist in Derby, where he married his wife, Sarah, in 1991.
[2] He was a curate in Derbyshire, then was incumbent in a three-church benefice based in Hazelwood and assistant chaplain to the bishop of Derby.
[1][3] In May 2024, Railton was elected bishop of Argyll and the Isles in succession to Keith Riglin, who had died in November 2023.