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tabard at the
Scottish Parliament, 2021 A member of the
Faculty of Advocates, Morrow
took silk in September 2015. In 2008 he was appointed President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (demitted office October 2019). He has previously served as Her Majesty's Commissioner for the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (1999–2006), as a First-Tier Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (2002–2013), and as President of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (2010–2014). In 2009, Morrow was appointed as
Vice Lord-Lieutenant of
Dundee, having served as a
Labour councillor for the
Maryfield ward until that year. He held the positions of
Convenor of the Economic Development Committee, Convenor of the Dundee Waterfront Development Board, and was
Deputy Lord Provost during his time as an elected member. Formerly
Chaplain of
Glamis Castle and
Chancellor of the
Diocese of Brechin, Morrow now serves as an
Honorary Canon of
St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. He was a
Freemason who from 2004 to 2005 served as the 108th
Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. In March 2018 he was appointed as the First Grand Principal of the
Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland. On 26 October 2023 he was elected to a further term as the Grand Master Mason and was installed into this role in November 2023. It was announced on 17 September 2024 that he had resigned as Grand Master Mason and was stepping back from all Masonic duties with effect from 16 September 2024, citing personal reasons as the cause. Appointed
Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ) in 2012, in December 2015 he was promoted
Knight of Justice of the Order of St John (KJStJ). In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Edinburgh Napier University. In 2020, Morrow was appointed
Honorary Colonel of
2 (City of Dundee and Highland) Signal Squadron, a sub-unit of
32nd Signal Regiment, a
Royal Signals Army Reserve based in Dundee and Aberdeen, a position he relinquished when the tenure expired in November 2025. Morrow's interests include ecclesiastical history, the practical application of ceremonial to state, civil, military and ecclesiastical areas of Scottish life, together with over thirty years' experience in the field of
heraldry. ==Arms==