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Henry Charles Whitley CVO (1906–1976) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author.

He was born on 20 March 1906 and educated at George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh, where he gained a Ph.D. in 1953. He was Minister of Newark Parish Church (in Port Glasgow), Old Partick Parish Church and the High Kirk of Edinburgh; and a World War II chaplain with the Seaforth Highlanders. He was Dean of the Thistle from 1969 to 1974 and died on 8 May 1976. He is buried in Southwick Kirkyard in Dumfriesshire.

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Preceded by
Charles Laing Warr
Dean of the Thistle
1969 –1974
Succeeded by
John McIntyre
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