William Watson, Baron Watson

William Watson, Baron Watson

William Watson, Baron Watson PC (born August 25, 1827 (according to other sources: 1828 ) in Covington , Lanarkshire , † September 14, 1899 ) was a Scottish - British politician of the Conservative Party and lawyer who was a member of the House of Commons for several years and most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Watson, a minister's son, graduated after school to study law at the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh and received his legal approval to the Scottish 1851 Bar Association ( Scots Bar ). He then took up an activity as a lawyer ( Advocate ) and was between 1874 and 1876 Solicitor General of Scotland and at the same time from 1875 to 1876 Head of the Scottish Bar ( Dean of Faculty of Advocates ).

On November 14, 1876, Watson was elected as a candidate of the Conservative Tories to the House of Commons and represented in this until March 31, 1880 the constituency of Aberdeen and Glasgow Universities . At the same time he was from 1876 to 1880 as Lord Advocate Attorney General of Scotland and was also in 1878 Privy Councilor . As MP and Lord Advocate, he succeeded Edward Gordon .

Last Watson was a Letters Patent from 28 April 1880 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Watson , of Thankerton in the County of Lanark to the House of Lords member in the nobility called and worked until his Death in 1899 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary .

His son William Watson, Baron Thankerton, was also a Member of the House of Commons, Solicitor General and Lord Advocate of Scotland and most recently Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

Web links

• William Watson at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages