Former SAS Colonel had just £12.97 in bank when he died
Colonel Clive Fairweather was born in Edinburgh and spent 34 years in the army before he died aged 68 in October last year at the Western General Hospital.
He completed three tours with the SAS and was security adviser to the Iranian and Jordanian Royal Households in 1970/71.
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His home in North Berwick, East Lothian, made up the bulk of his estate, being valued at £290,000.
First Minister Alex Salmond, said: “He brought to the job a unique combination of humanity and common sense.”