Gilleasbuig Macmillan

From 1973 until his retirement in September 2013 he served as Minister of the High Kirk of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is sometimes described as the mother church of Presbyterianism.

Macmillan was widely tipped for the selection as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1996 and again in 2002, but failed to win sufficient support.

In October 1991, St Giles held a Service of Repentance in memory of the victims of the First Gulf War, which was also attended by Muslims.

Instead of simply allowing the Muslims to leave the service to carry out their prayers, Reverend Macmillan decided to stop the service twenty minutes after its start and let the Muslims perform their prayers in the Cathedral next to the Holy Table.

He was appointed Honorary Chaplain (Pontifex Maximus) of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and held this position until 2013.