Businessman John Bullough MBE was chairman of the SCAA, which has seen thousands of callouts since it was founded a decade ago.

The former army officer - who was instrumental in the campaign to bring the Stone of Destiny back to Perth - died in London last week.

He was married to Lady Georgina Bullough, daughter of the late Earl of Mansfield.

SCAA vice chair Mike Beale said: "John will be sadly missed by everyone at SCAA and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time."

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In 2020, Mr Bullough was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of his services to emergency healthcare in Scotland and to the community of Perth.

Mr Bullough, who was a long-serving special constable with Police Scotland, received his honour from HRH Princess Anne at Holyrood Palace last year.

Mr Beale added: "His brand of enthusiasm for fundraising was to be admired. And over the 10-year history of SCAA he saw over £50m raised, crews responding to nearly 5,000 callouts and thousands of lives saved or impacted upon."