Press release

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Baron Hope of Craighead is appointed as Her Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2015.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 26 November 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The Queen has approved that The Right Honourable Sir James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, KT, PC, be appointed as Her Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2015.

Notes for editors

The Lord High Commissioner is the Sovereign’s personal representative to the Annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He attends the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on behalf of the Sovereign. He makes the opening and closing addresses to the Assembly, and carries out a number of official functions as the Lord High Commissioner.

Published 26 November 2014