James Weatherhead

James L. Weatherhead is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1993-1994.

James Leslie Weatherhead was born in Dundee in 1931. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, where he was President of the Students' Representative Council.

He was minister at Trinity Church, Rothesay, Isle of Bute until 1969, when he became minister at the Old Parish Church, Montrose. He demitted his charge in 1985 to become Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a post he held until his retirement in 1996. He was succeeded as Principal Clerk by the Reverend Dr Finlay Macdonald.

During his Moderatorial year he sparked controversy over a sermon he gave in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, where spoke in support of Dr David Jenkins (the former Bishop of Durham) in his interpretation of the account of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

He appointed a Chaplain to the Queen in 1990 and was awarded the CBE in the New Year's Honours List of January 1997 for ecumenical work and public service.

Following the end of his Moderatorial year, his official title is the Very Reverend Dr James Leslie Weatherhead CBE MA LLB DD.