James Cockburn (minister)

James Hutchison Cockburn DD ThD FSAScot (29 October 1882 – 20 June 1973) was a Scottish scholar and senior Church of Scotland clergyman.

Born in Paisley on 29 October 1882, he was the eldest child of George Hanna Cockburn (a schoolmaster) and Isabella Brodie Marshall.

[1] After receiving his school education in Paisley, he studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating in Arts and Divinity.

[1] During World War I he was a British army chaplain, serving in France, Egypt and East Africa.

[1] In 1944, he became a Chaplain to King George VI,[2] and retained such a position after the accession of his daughter Elizabeth II in 1952.