Press release

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2013

Baron Selkirk of Douglas re-appointed as Lord High Commissioner.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 7 February 2013

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

The Queen has approved that The Right Honourable Lord James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC, be re-appointed as Her Majesty’s Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2013.

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 7 February 2013