Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson

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Dickson's grave in Dean Cemetery , Edinburgh

Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson FRSE PC KC JP DL (born September 13, 1850 in Glasgow - † August 5, 1922 ) was a Scottish politician and lawyer.

Life

Dickson was born in Glasgow in 1850 to the doctor John Robert Dickson . He attended the High School of Glasgow and then studied mathematics and philosophy at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh . After his master's degree followed by further studies, through which Dickson for Doctor of Law doctorate was. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar.

The following year Dickson began teaching at Glasgow University and was Dean of the Law School in 1910. In 1884 Dickson was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1896 he was appointed King's Counsel and between 1896 and 1903 he was Solicitor General for Scotland . In 1903 he became a member of the Privy Council and was appointed Lord Advocate between 1903 and 1906 . In 1915, Dickson was finally installed as Lord Justice Clerk . Here he took the legal title Lord Dickson . He was also Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of Edinburgh .

Dickson was married to Hester Bagot Banks . James Dewar was his brother-in-law . Dickson died in 1922.

Political career

In the general election in 1892 , Dickson ran for the first time to national elections. For the Conservative Party , he applied for the mandate of the constituency of Kilmarnock Burghs . Here he stood against the liberal Stephen Williamson , who represented the constituency in the British House of Commons since 1886 . He was defeated by the Liberals and thus missed entry into the House of Commons. In the following general election in 1895 , he ran for the mandate of the constituency of Glasgow Bridgeton . This time Dickson lacked 442 votes against George Otto Trevelyan to gain a majority. As a result of Trevelyan's resignation, by-elections were required in the Glasgow Bridgeton constituency, which were held on February 15, 1897. In these, too, Dickson was defeated by the liberal candidate, Charles Cameron , but with a difference of only 125 votes.

For the first time, Dickson won the constituency's majority in the general election in 1900 . He prevailed against the liberal James William Cleland and moved into the British House of Commons for the first time. After heavy loss of votes, Dickson lost the seat to Cleland in the 1906 election . After the death of the Liberal Andrew Mitchell Torrance , who held the mandate of the Glasgow Central constituency , in 1909, by-elections were held. Dickson competed against the liberal Thomas Gibson Bowles and secured the constituency's mandate with a 58.5% share of the vote. In the following general election in January and December 1910 , he defended his mandate against Alexander Falconer Murison . After Dickson was named Lord Justice Clerk in 1915, he resigned his House of Commons mandate. Unionist John MacLeod won the due by-elections .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Information from the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  2. ↑ a b Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 358.
  3. ↑ a b c Liberal Year Book 1908
  4. ^ The West Australian: British Elections , January 21, 1910
  5. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 216.

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personal data
SURNAME Dickson, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickson, Charles, Lord Dickson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1922