Wallace Williamson

Andrew Wallace Williamson KCVO,[1] (29 December 1856 – 10 July 1926) was a Church of Scotland minister who was Dean of the Thistle.

[7][8] Williamson was largely responsible for co-ordinating the huge rebuilding project at St Cuthbert's by architect Hippolyte Blanc in 1892-4.

As a somewhat immodest part of the rebuilding he included a plaque to himself on the outer west face and to Rev James MacGregor the first charge minister balancing his memorial on the opposite side of the tower.

[9] An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he died on 10 July 1926[10] and is buried on the central path of the northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.

[12][13] His more noteworthy roles included conducting the funeral of Sir Hector MacDonald and being on the committee for the design and building of the Scottish National War Memorial.