William Macmillan (minister)

William B. R. Macmillan (3 July 1927 – 16 October 2002) was a minister of the Church of Scotland.

[1] William Boyd Robertson Macmillan (better known as Bill) was born in Keith, Moray in 1927.

He was a graduate of the University of Aberdeen in arts and divinity; he also did National Service in the Royal Navy.

He was appointed a Chaplain to the Queen (1988), received an honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Dundee (1990), an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Aberdeen (1991) and served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1991.

Following his Moderatorial year, his title was the Very Reverend Dr William B. R. Macmillan LLD DD.