Charles Laing Warr

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Charles Laing Warr^[1] GCVO^[2] was a Church of Scotland minister^[3][4] and author ^[5] in the 20th century.^[6]

Warr was born into an ecclesiastical family^[7] on 24 July 1892 and educated at Glasgow Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned into the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1914 and served during World War I.^[8] When peace returned he was an assistant minister at Glasgow Cathedral. Later he was the minister of St Paul’s Greenock and then St Giles' Cathedral. He was Dean of the Thistle^[9] and the Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland from 1926 to 1969. A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem^[10] and an Honorary Chaplain to the King^[11][12] (and later an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen).^[13] He died on 14 June 1969^[14] and was interred at Warriston Cemetery, but also has a panel on the family memorial in Rosneath Graveyard.^[15]

Religious titles
Preceded by Andrew Wallace Williamson	Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland 1926–1969	Succeeded by James Boyd Longmuir
	Dean of the Thistle 1926–1969	Succeeded by Henry Charles Whitley

References

1. ^ NPG details
2. ^ London Gazette
3. ^ MCOE
4. ^ National Library of Scotland
5. ^ Amongst others he wrote “The Unseen Host”, 1916; “Alfred Warr of Rosneath”, 1917; “Principal Caird”, 1926; “The Call of the Island”, “The Presbyterian Tradition”, 1933; and “The Glimmering Landscape”, 1960 > British Library website accessed 19:18 GMT 11 March 2011
6. ^ Open Library
7. ^ He was the second son of the Reverend Alfred Warr, sometime minister of Rosneath, “Who was Who” 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 071363457X
8. ^ Historic Scotland
9. ^ Dean Of The Thistle, The Times, 27 February 1926; pg. 12; Issue 44207; col G
10. ^ Order Of St. John, The Times, 22 January 1943; pg. 2; Issue 49433; col E
11. ^ His Majesty's Household Appointments By The King, Full List Of Officers, The Times, 21 July 1936; pg. 11; Issue 47432; col A
12. ^ His Majesty's Household Appointments By The King, Full List Of Officers, The Times, 2 March 1937; pg. 9; Issue 47623; col A
13. ^ The Times, 20 April 1953; pg. 4; Issue 52600; col C University News
14. ^ Very Rev C L Warr Dean of the Thistle, The Times, 16 June 1969; pg. 10; Issue 57587; col F
15. ^ Stone 78

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Name	Warr, Charles Laing
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Date of birth	1892
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Date of death	1969
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