The Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the principal legal advisor to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The holder of the office is invariably a King's Counsel in Scotland. Day-to-day advice is given by the Church's own Law Department, headed by the Solicitor to the Church; the Procurator can be called on for specialist advice.
The current procurator is Laura Dunlop KC. Former procurators include Lord Davidson, Lord Penrose and Lord Hodge.
List of Procurators
Incomplete
1638 Archibald Johnston of Warriston (executed 22 July 1663) 1706-1731 John Dundas 1731-1745 Wlliam Grant 1746-1778 David Dalrymple 1778-1806 William Robertson 1806-1831 Sir John Connell 1831-1856 Robert Bell 1856-1869 Alexander Shank Cook 1869-1880 Robert Lee 1880-1886 William Mackintosh 1886-1891 Sir Charles Pearson 1891-1906 Sir John Cheyne 1907-1918 Sir Christopher Nicolson Johnston 1918-1922 William Watson 1929-1936 Sir William Chree KC LLD 1936-1937 Sir Archibald Campbell Black KC 1938-1948 James Frederick Strachan KC 1949-1957 Sir James Randal Philip OBE KC 1958-1968 Thomas Pringle McDonald QC 1969-1972 William Robertson Grieve QC 1972- Charles Kemp Davidson