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Ivor Reginald Guild, CBE, FRSE (2April 1924 – 3January 2015) was a Scottish solicitor and genealogist, often called the 'Duke of Princes Street'.

Early life
Guild was born in Dundee on 2April 1924, the second son of Colonel Arthur Guild and Phyllis Cox. His father was a stockbroker and had a distinguished record in the First World War. His mother came from the Cox family of textile manufacturers.

Siblings
Guild had a brother Nigel and sister Valerie. Nigel settled in Kenya and died "many years" before Ivor Guild. Valerie settled in South Africa and survived Ivor Guild, living in Cape Town where Guild visited her several times.

Education
Guild went to prep school at Cargilfield in Cramond from where he obtained a major scholarship to Rugby. Having failed the medical for call-up in the Second World War he went to New College, Oxford with an exhibition. He also obtained a law degree at the University of Edinburgh.

Business Life
He worked for 43 years at, and became a partner of, Shepherd and Wedderburn, an Edinburgh firm of solicitors. Through his work at Shepherd and Wedderburn, Guild was appointed director of several investment trusts.

Residence
Early in his career, Guild made The New Club in Edinburgh his home. He had his own rooms, rarely leaving except for occasional travels and holiday closures.

Interests
Guild had many interests outside of his work, including:
 * fundraising for New College, Oxford
 * supporting St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh
 * acting as councillor and meeting secretary for the Royal Society of Edinburgh
 * golf
 * genealogy

Memberships and Appointments
Guild was a member of:
 * Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
 * a Golf Club in Barton
 * the Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield
 * the Speculative Society of Edinburgh

Guild was appointed:
 * Registrar of the Episcopal Synod of the Episcopal Church in Scotland
 * Chancellor of the Diocese of Edinburgh
 * Chancellor of the Diocese of St Andrews
 * a Baillie of Holyroodhouse with responsibility for Queen’s House for 15 years until the opening of the Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh in 2002
 * Procurator fiscal at the Court of the Lord Lyon
 * chairman of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland from 1981 until 1985 when it was amalgamated with The Royal Scottish Museum to form the National Museum of Scotland

Death and afterward
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Philosophical and/or political views
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Published works

 * Guild, Ivor Reginald, ed. History of the Speculative Society. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by T. and A. Constable, 1968. Print.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
Guild was:
 * appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1985
 * made an honorary fellow of New College, Oxford
 * elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1991