Scott Brown (Royal Navy chaplain)

The Reverend Scott James Brown, CBE, QHC (born 16 May 1968) is a Church of Scotland minister and former Royal Navy chaplain. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Chaplain of the Fleet and was therefore the senior military chaplain in the Royal Navy.

Brown was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 16 May 1968, the son of Margaret and Jim Brown of Hamilton. Educated at Hamilton Grammar School and Bell College of Technology. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1992.

Following graduation, Brown underwent an assistantship at St Andrew's West, Falkirk from 1992 to 1993. He was ordained by the Church of Scotland in 1993 by the Presbytery of Hamilton.

Brown joined the Royal Navy in April 1993 and served in the ships of the Commodore Minewarfare, Fishery Protection and Diving, HMS Raleigh, HMS Neptune, and HMS Sultan. He then served on exchange with the Royal Australian Navy and then in HMS Cardiff, HMS Kent, and HMS Iron Duke. He then served with the Command Training Group, and was Staff Chaplain to the Chaplain of the Fleet. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Chaplain to the Very Reverend John Cairns during his term as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.