William Campbell, Lord Skerrington
William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927) was a Scottish judge. He was the first Catholic judge in the country since the Reformation.[1]
Life
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The son of Robert Campbell, a magistrate in Ayrshire, he was born on 27 June 1855.[1]
From 1905 to 1908, Campbell served as the elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.[2] On 15 October 1908 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice and retained the role until 1926.[3]
In later life, he lived at 12 Randolph Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.[4]
He died on 21 July 1927. He is buried in St Johns Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.[5] The grave is marked by a simple stone cross and lies in the lower section.
His biography was written by Francis Caird Inglis.
Family
[edit]He was married to Alice Mary (d.1929).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of William Campbell". universitystory.gla.ac.uk.
- ^ 'SKERRINGTON, Hon. Lord', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017
- ^ "Scottish Lords of Session (Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland)". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
- ^ Henderson, Jan-Andrew (15 August 2015). Black Markers: Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries. ISBN 9781445647999.
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