William Robson, Baron Robson
William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson GCMG PC (* 10. September 1852 in Newcastle upon Tyne , † 11. September 1918 in Battle , East Sussex ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who several years deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently when Lord of Appeal in Ordinary was also a member of the House of Lords as a Life Peer due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 .
Life
Lawyer and Member of the House of Commons
After schooling completed Robson studying law at Gonville and Caius College of the University of Cambridge and received in 1880 his legal approval to the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Inner Temple and took a position as port Barrister on. Five years later, on November 24, 1885, he was elected for the first time as a candidate for the Liberal Party as a member of the House of Commons, where he represented the constituency of Bow and Bromley until he left just under eight months later on July 1, 1886 .
Then he worked again as a barrister and was appointed Crown Attorney ( Queen's Counsel ) for his legal services in 1892 . On July 13, 1895, he was re-elected to the House of Commons and represented the constituency of South Shields there until October 26, 1910 . During this time he was between 1895 and 1905 also recorder (city judge) of Newcastle upon Tyne and was also in 1899 so-called "Bencher" of the Bar Association of Inner Temple.
On December 12, 1905, Robson was appointed as the successor to Edward Carson as Solicitor General of England and Wales. At the same time he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor and from then on carried the suffix "Sir".
Attorney General, Lord Justice and Member of the House of Lords
After completing his work as Solicitor General on January 28, 1908 and being replaced by Samuel Thomas Evans , he succeeded the late John Lawson Walton as Attorney General for England and Wales on January 28, 1908 and held this position until his replacement by Rufus Isaacs on October 7, 1910.
By a letters patent dated October 7, 1910, Robson was raised to life peer as Baron Robson , of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland, under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 , and was thus a member of the House of Lords and served as Lord Judge until his resignation in 1912 ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). He was also Privy Councilor in 1910 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1911 .
Web links
- Mr William Robson at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
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| SURNAME | Robson, William, Baron Robson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robson, William Snowdon, Baron Robson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer and politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1918 |
| Place of death | Battle , East Sussex |