William Annand (minister)
William Annand (1633 – 13 June 1689) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland who was the Dean of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. Life. William Annand was born in Ayr, the son of Rev William Annand (d.1663), minister of Ayr, and his wife, Margaret Lindsay. His father was formerly from Kent and had served in both Throwley and Leaveland. He was educated at King's College and the University of Aberdeen, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1649. He then gained a BA degree from University College, Oxford in 1655. He  was ordained in 1656 by an Irish bishop, Thomas, Bishop of Ardfert, and was awarded an MA degree in 1658. He was an Anglican minister at Weston-in-the-Green and the vicar of Leighton Buzzard in 1656, and chaplain to John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton. He returned to Scotland as minister of Tolbooth parish in Edinburgh from 1663 to 1672 (preaching from the north-west quarter of St Giles), and of Tron Kirk in Edinburgh from 1672 to 1675. He became Dean of the High Church (St Giles) Edinburgh in 1675. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of  Divinity (DD) by St Andrew's University in 1685. He died in Edinburgh on 13 June 1689 and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. Family. On 14 January 1670 he married Helen Lundie (d.1687) and they had a daughter, Barbara (d.1687).