William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan

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William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan PC KC ( December 12, 1898 - July 28, 1975 ) was a British lawyer and politician of the Unionist Party who was a member of the House of Commons between 1955 and 1960 and a judge at the Supreme Court from 1960 to 1973 of Scotland , the Court of Session .

Life

Milligan made after visiting the Sherborne School during the First World War 1917-1919 military service in the Highland Light Infantry . After that, he began studying law at the University College of the University of Oxford and in 1923 was president of the local sports club during this time Vincent's Club . He later continued his studies at the University of Glasgow and, after being admitted to the bar in 1925, began practicing law . For his legal services he was appointed Crown Attorney (King's Counsel) in 1945.

In the third government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill , Milligan took over on November 2, 1951, the function of Solicitor General for Scotland and thus as the main legal advisor to the Crown and the government in Scotland affairs. On December 30, 1954, he succeeded James Latham Clyde as Lord Advocate , while William Granz was his own successor as Solicitor General for Scotland. As Lord Advocate, he was not only the chief legal advisor to the Crown and the Government on Scotland affairs, but also one of the Great Officers of State as Attorney General of Scotland . In this post he remained in the Eden cabinet and in the Macmillan cabinet until he was replaced on April 5, 1960 by William Grant. In 1955 he was appointed to the Privy Council .

On January 27, 1955, he was elected as a candidate of the Scottish Unionist Party for the first time to the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Edinburgh North until April 30, 1960 .

After leaving the House of Commons and the Government Office, he became a judge at the Highest Civil Court of Scotland (Court of Session) on May 3, 1960 and was a member of this until 1973. Because of this function, he carried the title Lord Milligan .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scottish Lords of Sessions ( Memento February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in Leigh Rayment Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Milligan, William Rankine, Lord Milligan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish judge and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1898
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1975