James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm

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James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm PC KC (born May 20, 1886 - † June 29, 1964 ) 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

Keith was the son of Sir Henry Shanks Keith (1852-1944), who was from 1901 to 1908 and 1919 as Provost chief municipal official of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire . After attending the prestigious Hamilton Academy, he completed a law degree at the University of Glasgow and was admitted to the bar of Scotland in 1911 ( Scots Bar ). He then took up a position as a lawyer ( Advocate ) and was appointed Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) for his legal services in 1926 . In addition to his work as a lawyer, he was a trustee of the National Library of Scotland from 1925 to 1936 and head of the Scottish Bar from 1936 to 1937 ( Dean of Faculty of Advocates ).

In 1937 Keith moved to the judicial service and served until 1953 as a judge at the Highest Civil Court of Scotland, the Court of Session , and was at the same time Senator of the College of Justice , which consists of the three highest courts of Scotland. In addition to his activities judge he worked from 1942 to 1954 as President of the Council of the National Parks of Scotland and between 1942 and 1945 as chairman of the Youth Advisory Committee in Scotland minister ( Secretary of State for Scotland ). He was also 1943-1950 chairman of the Scottish Council for Probation ( Scottish Probation Council ), 1948 Chairman of the Association of Youth Hostels Scotland ( Scottish Youth Hostels Association ) and in 1951 a member of the Royal Commission on marriage and divorce ( Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce ) .

Most recently, Keith was appointed by a letters patent of November 4, 1953 on the basis of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Keith of Avonholm , of St Bernard's in the City of Edinburgh, a member of the House of Lords in the nobility and worked until his death as Lord Justice ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1953 .

His son Henry Keith was also a lawyer and judge on the Court of Session and was last served as a life peer in 1977 with the title Baron Keith of Kinkel, also Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

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SURNAME Keith, James, Baron Keith of Avonholm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1886
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1964