NEW LORD OF APPEAL.
MR. THOMAS SHAW, K.C., APPOINTED. lor TELEGEAPH—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.)' ■' Londonj February 13. The Right Hon. Thomas Shaw, K.C., who has been Lord Advocate for Scotland since 1905, has resigned,, and .becomes' a Lord'of. Appeal in succession; to the lata Baron Robertson, whose death was-announced on February 2. •' ; v..:-; Ha is succeeded as Lord Advocate by-Mr. Alexander , Ure, who , has been. 'SolicitorGeueral for Scotland since 1905.
Mr. Thomas Shaw was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in .1850, and educated at Dunformlii\e High Soliooi; and Edinburgh University. He was Hamilton Fellow in Mental Philosophy and Lord Hector's; Historical Prizeman at S .He • entered , Parliament ui 1592. He has been Lord Advocate for Scotland since .1905. 1 His article in;, the' "'Nineteenth Century", advocating free university, .eduoation •is said to'have suggested to Mr. : Carneirie his ~£2,000,000 gift to the Scotch Universities. , Mr. Ure, K.C., was born in Glasgow, 1853, and was educated at . Glasgow and Edinburgh 'University. -Ho was called to the Scottish car in 18/8; and became ..lecturer on ; Constitutional Law and History at Glasgow University; . He.entered Parliament as member for Linlithgowshire ,'in 1895. ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 7
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184NEW LORD OF APPEAL. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 7
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