Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan GCVO PC KC ( February 20, 1873 - September 5, 1952 ) was a British lawyer who was last as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer also a member of the House of Lords was.
Life
Attorney and Lord Advocate
After attending the Collegiate School in Greenock , Macmillan first studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Philosophy). He then completed a law degree at the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and was admitted to the Bar of Scotland in 1897 ( Scots Bar ). He then took up an activity as a lawyer ( Advocate ) and was appointed Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) for legal services in 1912 .
In February 1924, Macmillan was appointed Lord Advocate ( Attorney General ) of Scotland by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald as successor to William Watson and held this office until he was replaced by Watson in November 1924. At the same time he was appointed Privy Councilor in 1924 and took office after termination resumed his legal practice after his tenure as Lord Advocate.
After Black Thursday of October 24, 1929 and the resulting global economic crisis , he was chairman of the Macmillan Committee named after him , an advisory body to the government for economic and industrial questions, which included Ernest Bevin , John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury , John Maynard Keynes and Reginald McKenna were members. He also served as Chairman of the Council of the University of London between 1929 and 1943 .
Lord Judge, House of Lords and Minister of Information
By a Letters Patent of 3 February 1930 Jurisdiction Act was Russell 1876 as a Life Peer entitled due to the Appellate Baron Macmillan , of Aberfeldy in the County of Perthshire to the House of Lords member in the nobility appointed and worked initially until 1939 Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). He was one of the few Law Lords who had not previously held a judicial office, but were appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary directly from the legal profession.
In 1933 he was appointed chairman of the Macmillan Commission , also named after him , which advised the government of Canada on monetary policy under the official name of the Royal Commission on Banking and Currency . In addition to politicians such as the former Canadian Treasury Secretary William Thomas White and the then Prime Minister of Alberta John Edward Brownlee, the commission also included well-known bank managers. He was also chairman of the Pilgrims Trust charity fund from 1935 to 1952 and chairman of the BBC's advisory board from 1936 to 1946 . For his services he was knighted Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937 .
On September 5, 1939, he resigned from his post as a judge after being appointed Minister of Information by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain . He held this ministerial office until he was replaced by John Reith , who was the BBC's first director general for many years, on January 5, 1940.
Most recently, Lord Macmillan was reappointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on July 18, 1941 and this time held the office until his resignation on January 6, 1947.
Memberships
In 1938 Macmillan was elected as an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Publications
- A Man of Law's Tale , autobiography , 1952
Web links
- Mr Hugh Macmillan at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 27, 2015
- ^ Honorary Members: Hugh P. Macmillan. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 14, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macmillan, Hugh, Baron Macmillan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Macmillan, Hugh Pattison, Baron Macmillan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1873 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1952 |