Leonard Small served as Moderator of the General Assembly from 1966 to 1967.
12 Facts About Leonard Small
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Leonard Small was educated at North Berwick High School, the state secondary school in his home town.
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Leonard Small studied classics at the University of Edinburgh and theology at New College, Edinburgh.
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Leonard Small was ordained into the Church of Scotland in 1931.
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Leonard Small then translated to West High Church, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, where he was a minister from 1935 to 1944.
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Leonard Small served for a period in mainland Europe with the Church of Scotland's "Huts and Canteens" organisation.
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Leonard Small maintained a link with his war work as Convener of the Committee on Huts and Canteens for HM Forces from 1946 to 1958.
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Leonard Small then translated to St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, a much larger church.
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Leonard Small rose to be head of the Kirk as Moderator of the General Assembly from 1966 to 1967.
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Leonard Small retired from full-time ministry in 1975 and was appointed Extra Chaplain to the Queen.
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Leonard Small was capped by Scotland at amateur level in 1929.
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Leonard Small was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 New Year Honours.