William Watson, Baron Thankerton
William Watson, Baron Thankerton, PC (8 December 1873 – 13 June 1948), was a Scottish politician and judge.
Born in Edinburgh, Watson was the son of William Watson, Baron Watson, and was educated at Winchester and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with a Third in Law in 1895.[1] He was admitted as an advocate in 1899,[citation needed] taking silk in 1914.[2] He was Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1918–22, and was an advocate depute in 1919.
Watson was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Lanark South from 1913 to 1918[3] and for Carlisle from 1924 to 1929,[4] he held office as Solicitor General for Scotland from July 1922[5] to November 1922, and as Lord Advocate from November 1922[6] to February 1924 and from November 1924[7] to May 1929. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1922. He was raised to the bench as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and created a life peer as Baron Thankerton, of Thankerton in the County of Lanarkshire on 1 May 1929, holding the post until his death at 74 in 1948.
References
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- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12633. p. 57. 13 January 1914. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32728. p. 5193. 11 July 1922. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13863. p. 1718. 3 November 1922. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 14076. p. 1439. 18 November 1924. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Watson
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for South Lanarkshire 1913 – 1918 |
Constituency abolished |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Carlisle 1924 – 1929 |
Succeeded by George Middleton |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Solicitor General for Scotland 1922 |
Succeeded by David Pinkerton Fleming |
Preceded by | Lord Advocate 1922–1924 |
Succeeded by Hugh Pattison MacMillan |
Preceded by | Lord Advocate 1924–1929 |
Succeeded by Alexander Munro MacRobert |
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