- George Grubb
George D. W. Grubb is since May 2007 the Lord Provost and
ex officio Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. He is also a Liberal Democrat councillor of theCity of Edinburgh Council for Almond ward.He is a
Church of Scotland minister, and was minister at Craigsbank Parish Church,Corstorphine ,Edinburgh from 1971 until his retirement in 2001 after thirty years. He is married to wife Liz and has two children.Early life
George Grubb was born in Edinburgh (in 1935) and was educated at James Gillespie’s Boys School, Edinburgh, the Royal High School, Edinburgh, the
Open University (BA, 1974 and BPhil, 1983), theUniversity of Edinburgh (BD, 1978) andSan Francisco Theological Seminary (DMin, 1993). He was ordained a minister by theMethodist Church inStoke-on-Trent in 1962, later transferring to the Church of Scotland. From 1962 until 1970 he served as aChaplain in theRoyal Air Force .George once called for the monarchy to be scrapped and in 1998 criticised the Church of Scotland for being out of touch saying that the only growth the
Kirk was looking for was in bureaucracy. [ [http://www.scottishchristian.com/monitor/archives/2007/05/entry_531.shtml Ex-Kirk minister favourite in Provost race] ]Council career
George Grubb was first elected to the Council in 1999 as is a member of the Liberal Democrats and was chairperson of the party's group on the Council from 2000 to 2007.
George was chosen as Lord Provost of Edinburgh in May 2007 after the Liberal Democrats became the largest party on the council after the 2007 council elections. The Liberal Democrats selected him for the post after fellow councillor
Marilyne MacLaren withdrew from contention and therefore became the first Liberal Democrat Lord Provost of Edinburgh. [ [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1064&id=760232007 Ex-church minister is city's new Provost] ] ]References
* [http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/internet_homepage/Council_news/Edinburgh%20elects%20new%20Lord%20Provost City of Edinburgh Council press release, 17 May 2007]
*Church of Scotland Yearbook, 2006-06 edition, ISBN 0-86153-367-4External links
* [http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk City of Edinburgh Council]
* [http://living.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=799312007 "George hopes to grow into role of Lord Provost" Profile in The Scotsman]
* [http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1009162007 George Grubb "Why city is envy of the world", Edinburgh Evening News 28 June 2007]
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