Robert Barbour

Robert Alexander Stewart "Robin" Barbour (11 May 1921 – 18 October 2014 ) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author.

Robin Barbour was born on 11 May 1921 in Edinburgh to George Freeland Barbour and Helen Hepburne-Scott.

After the war, Barbour graduated from Balliol with a double first in classics and philosophy.

In 1981, Barbour was appointed Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland and served this ministry until 1991. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was also a chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.

Barbour married in 1950 and had four children. He retired in 1986, remaining active in church ministry. He died on 18 October 2014 in Perth, Scotland.