James Robertson, Baron Robertson
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James Patrick Bannerman Robertson, Baron Robertson (1845 - 1909), was a Scottish politician and judge.
He studied at Edinburgh University (MA 1864, hon LLD 1890), and was Rector of the University in 1893. He passed to the Scottish bar in 1867 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1885.
He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1885 and again in 1886. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Buteshire from 1885 to 1886 and from 1886 to 1891. He was appointed Lord Advocate in 1888 and was made a Privy Counsellor in the same year. He carried the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.
He was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session in 1891, and was appointed a Law lord and Life peer as Baron Robertson, of Forteviot in the County of Perthshire, and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1899. He was Chairman of the Irish University Commission. In later life he retired to live in Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by Alexander Asher |
Solicitor General for Scotland 1885-1886 |
Succeeded by Alexander Asher |
| Preceded by Alexander Asher |
Solicitor General for Scotland 1886-1888 |
Succeeded by Moir Tod Stormonth Darling |
| Preceded by John Macdonald |
Lord Advocate 1888-1891 |
Succeeded by Charles John Pearson |
| Preceded by Lord Glencorse |
Lord Justice General 1891-1899 |
Succeeded by Lord Balfour |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by George Goschen |
Rector of the University of Edinburgh 1893–1896 |
Succeeded by Lord Balfour of Burleigh |
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