James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde

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James Latham McDiarmid Clyde Lord Clyde , PC , KC (* 30th October 1898 ; † 30th June 1975 ) was a British lawyer and politician of Scottisch Unionist Party , among others 1950-1954 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) and from 1951 to 1954 as Lord Advocate was Chief Legal Counsel of the Scottish Executive and the Crown in Scotland for Civil and Criminal Law. He was then from 1955 to 1972 as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of the Session Chief Justice of Scotland.

Life

Clyde was the son of James Avon Clyde , who was also a Member of the House of Commons between 1909 and 1920, Lord Advocate from 1916 to 1920 and then Lord President of the Court of the Session from 1920 to 1935 . After attending the Edinburgh Academy, founded in 1824, he himself studied at Trinity College at the University of Oxford and at the University of Edinburgh . In 1924 he received his lawyer admitted as Advocate in Scotland and became the basis of his legal experience 1936 Attorney (King's Counsel) appointed. After being in the elections on July 5, 1945 in the constituency of Midlothian South and Peebles had a candidate unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons, he was in the elections on 23 February 1950 for the Scottisch Unionist Party in the constituency Edinburgh North as a member of the House ( House of Commons ) and was a member until December 31, 1954.

On November 2, 1951, Clyde was appointed Lord Advocate by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his third cabinet and was thus chief legal advisor of the Scottish Executive and the Crown in Scotland for civil and criminal law until his replacement by William Rankine Milligan on December 30, 1954 . At the same time he became a member of the Secret Privy Council on November 6, 1951 ( Privy Council ) appointed. After leaving the government and the House of Commons, he became a judge at the Supreme Court of Scotland on January 11, 1955 (Senator of the College of Justice of Scotland) . At the same time he replaced Thomas Cooper, Lord Cooper as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of the Session on January 11, 1955 . In this capacity he was the Chief Justice of Scotland until his replacement by George Emslie, Lord Emslie in 1972.

From his 1928 marriage with Margaret Letitia Dubuisson, the lawyer and later Lord Judge (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) James Clyde, Baron Clyde emerged.

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SURNAME Clyde, James Latham, Lord Clyde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clyde, James Latham McDiarmid, Lord Clyde (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1898
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1975