Ministers of St Leonard's Church from 1512 to the present

The date of the founding of the parish is unknown; the first mention of it is in 1413. It appears to have been served by clergy from the Cathedral till the foundation of St Leonard's College in 1512. Thereafter the church had its own incumbent.
The following are the names of the clergy who have served St Leonard's parish from 1512 to the present day. (M) indicates Moderators of the General Assembly.

1512-1550 Thomas Fyffe 1550-1562 John Fyffe 1578-1590 James Wilkie 1591-1611 Robert Wilkie                 (M)1600 1611-1629 Peter Bruce DD 1630-1647 Andrew Bruce DD 1648-1662 Walter Comrie MA 1662-1689 James Wemyss DD 1691-1695 William Tullideph MA 1696-1697 George Hamilton MA      (M)1699 (in Edinburgh) 1697-1708 John Anderson MA 1708-1738 Joseph Drew 1739-1777 Thomas Tullideph           (M)1742 1778-1781 Robert Watson LL.D 1782-1799 Joseph McCormick DD   (M)1782 1800-1819 James Playfair DD 1820-1824 Francis Nicoll DD             (M)1809 1825-1845 James Hunter LL.D 1845-1863 John Cook DD                  (M)1859 1864-1898 Matthew Rodger DD 1898-1932 Robert W. Wallace MA 1933-1959 William L. Coulthard BD HCF (1939-1945 George Higgs M.A. Locum Tenens) 1960-1979 Andrew B. McLellan MA BD 1980-1997 Lawson R. Brown MA 1998-         Alan D McDonald DD Dlitt         (M) 2006-2007