{"id":9312,"date":"2025-05-16T15:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/?p=9312"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:20:49","slug":"samantha-gillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/2025\/05\/samantha-gillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha &#8211; Dunoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9312\" class=\"elementor elementor-9312\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61e6b5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61e6b5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46ba983\" data-id=\"46ba983\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f8245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f8245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Samantha Gillies \u2013 Registrar of Cowal\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2><p>Based in &#8211; Dunoon<\/p><p>Started in Registration \u2013 October 2007<\/p><p>Holds the Certificate of Proficiency in the Law and Practice of Registration (Scotland)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348da11 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"348da11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve been part of the registration service since 2007, and in that time I\u2019ve learned two things: every couple has their own unique love story \u2014 and no two wedding days ever go according to the weather forecast. Luckily, I\u2019m organised, friendly, and always ready with a plan (and a spare pen) to make sure your ceremony runs smoothly, no matter what the day brings.\n\nI love getting to know couples and creating ceremonies that feel personal, relaxed, and full of fun. My goal is simple: when you stand together to say \u201cI do,\u201d you should feel at ease, supported, and able to enjoy every moment \u2014 even the giggly ones.\n\nI\u2019m also a big fan of an unusual venue. Over the years I\u2019ve conducted ceremonies on hillsides, in forests, aboard the Waverley, and even while sailing with the Majestic Line. If it\u2019s scenic, quirky, or requires sensible footwear, I\u2019m probably already excited about it.\n\nBeing part of the Argyll and Bute Registrars team means working with a brilliant, supportive bunch who share the same passion for making each ceremony special. Wherever your chosen spot may be, I\u2019ll bring enthusiasm, calm organisation, and just the right amount of humour to help make your wedding an adventure to remember.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Samantha Gillies<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cb8809 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cb8809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e786508\" data-id=\"e786508\" 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elementor-element elementor-element-ec21602 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec21602\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bede04a\" data-id=\"bede04a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd2533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dd2533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Loraine Ross Photography<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c01f8b\" data-id=\"0c01f8b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e162b elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"43e162b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">Samantha was the most amazing officiant at our wedding! Could not praise her enough if I tried. My husband &amp; I have had so many people tell us after the wedding that it was one of the best ceremonies they had ever witnessed. She brought both humour &amp; sincerity to the ceremony &amp; kept our guests engaged which is a very tricky thing to do when ceremonies can often feel dragged on &amp; boring. Would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an officiant for their wedding.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10290\" alt=\"2 men in kilts under flower arch with 2 woman all laughing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Starsi-Declan-Wedding_Loraine-Ross-Photography3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Anastasia &amp; Declan<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Carrick Castle Estate<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6176434 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6176434\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d2660a\" data-id=\"9d2660a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c783638 elementor-button-info elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c783638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/2022\/02\/dunoon\/\" title=\"More about Dunoon and Cowal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More about Dunoon and Cowal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5bf2a2\" data-id=\"f5bf2a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d7486 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"07d7486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\" title=\"Book your ceremony\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book your ceremony<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samantha Gillies \u2013 Registrar of Cowal\u00a0 Based in &#8211; Dunoon Started in Registration \u2013 October 2007 Holds the Certificate of Proficiency in the Law and Practice of Registration (Scotland) I\u2019ve been part of the registration service since 2007, and in that time I\u2019ve learned two things: every couple has their own unique love story \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-9312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bute-and-cowal-registrars","tag-registrar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9312"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10629,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions\/10629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}