fbpx
Wikipedia

Solicitor General for Scotland

January 26, 2023

His Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law. They are also responsible for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service which together constitute the Criminal Prosecution Service in Scotland.

Solicitor General for Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba
Incumbent
Ruth Charteris KC
since 22 June 2021
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
AppointerMonarch on the advice of the First Minister
WebsiteScottish Government | Solicitor General

Until 1999, when the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive were created, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland advised Her Majesty's Government. Since their transfer to the Scottish Government, the British Government has been advised on Scots Law by the Advocate General for Scotland.

The current Solicitor General is Ruth Charteris KC, who is the deputy to the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC since June 2021. This is the first time in history both offices have been filled by two women.

List of Solicitors General for Scotland

List from 1696. Until 1764, the office was at times held jointly.

Pre-Union

  • 1696–1700: Sir Patrick Hume
  • 1701–1706: Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes
  • 1701–1709: William Carmichael

Post-Union

* = served later as Lord Advocate

Sources

  • Most of the above list is taken from Haydn's Book of Dignities, 12th edition (1894, reprinted 1969) and from Oxford Companion to Law, Clarendon Press, 1980.

References

  1. ^ "No. 11770". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 October 1905. p. 1001.
  2. ^ "No. 11787". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 1313.
  3. ^ "No. 12118". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 173.
  4. ^ "No. 12242". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 April 1910. p. 444.
  5. ^ "No. 12414". The Edinburgh Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 1293.
  6. ^ "No. 12613". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 November 1913. p. 1143.
  7. ^ "No. 13583". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 April 1920. p. 1008.
  8. ^ "No. 13797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 March 1922. p. 511.
  9. ^ "No. 32728". The London Gazette. 11 July 1922. p. 5193.
  10. ^ "No. 13867". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1922. p. 1779.
  11. ^ "No. 13909". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 April 1923. p. 579.
  12. ^ "No. 14000". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 February 1924. pp. 291–292.
  13. ^ "No. 14076". The Edinburgh Gazette. 18 November 1924. p. 1439.
  14. ^ "No. 14193". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1926. p. 1.
  15. ^ "No. 33492". The London Gazette. 7 May 1929. p. 3007.
  16. ^ "No. 14558". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 650.
  17. ^ "No. 14809". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 November 1931. p. 1226.
  18. ^ "No. 15005". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 October 1933. p. 809.
  19. ^ "No. 15174". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1935. p. 424.
  20. ^ "No. 15231". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 December 1935. p. 1021.
  21. ^ "No. 34301". The London Gazette. 3 July 1936. p. 4225.
  22. ^ "No. 15820". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 305.
  23. ^ "No. 16266". The Edinburgh Gazette. 21 September 1945. p. 323.
  24. ^ "No. 16424". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 March 1947. p. 123.
  25. ^ "No. 16486". The Edinburgh Gazette. 31 October 1947. p. 453.
  26. ^ "No. 16906". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 1951. p. 565.
  27. ^ "No. 17251". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 January 1955. p. 19.
  28. ^ "No. 17822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1960. p. 295.
  29. ^ "No. 18240". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 April 1964. p. 271.
  30. ^ "No. 18292". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1964. p. 671.
  31. ^ "No. 18398". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 713.
  32. ^ "No. 18612". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1967. p. 887.
  33. ^ "No. 18892". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 June 1970. p. 567.
  34. ^ "No. 19151". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 November 1972. p. 993.
  35. ^ "No. 46248". The London Gazette. 26 March 1974. p. 3898.
  36. ^ "No. 20497". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 May 1979. p. 559.
  37. ^ . BBC News. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  38. ^ "Holyrood approves James Wolffe and Alison Di Rollo as top legal officers". The Scotsman. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

External links

  • Solicitor General on the Scottish Government website
  • Law officers on the Scottish Parliament website

January 26, 2023
solicitor, general, scotland, majesty, scottish, gaelic, Àrd, neach, lagha, chrùin, alba, officers, crown, deputy, lord, advocate, whose, duty, advise, scottish, government, scots, they, also, responsible, crown, office, procurator, fiscal, service, which, tog. His Majesty s Solicitor General for Scotland Scottish Gaelic Ard neach lagha a Chruin an Alba is one of the Law Officers of the Crown and the deputy of the Lord Advocate whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law They are also responsible for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service which together constitute the Criminal Prosecution Service in Scotland Solicitor General for ScotlandScottish Gaelic Ard neach lagha a Chruin an AlbaIncumbentRuth Charteris KCsince 22 June 2021Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal ServiceAppointerMonarch on the advice of the First MinisterWebsiteScottish Government Solicitor GeneralUntil 1999 when the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive were created the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland advised Her Majesty s Government Since their transfer to the Scottish Government the British Government has been advised on Scots Law by the Advocate General for Scotland The current Solicitor General is Ruth Charteris KC who is the deputy to the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC since June 2021 This is the first time in history both offices have been filled by two women Contents 1 List of Solicitors General for Scotland 1 1 Pre Union 1 2 Post Union 2 Sources 3 References 4 External linksList of Solicitors General for Scotland EditList from 1696 Until 1764 the office was at times held jointly Pre Union Edit 1696 1700 Sir Patrick Hume 1701 1706 Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes 1701 1709 William CarmichaelPost Union Edit 1709 1714 Thomas Kennedy amp Sir James Steuart Bt 1714 1716 John Carnegie of Boyseck 1714 1717 Sir James Steuart Bt 1717 1720 Robert Dundas the elder 1720 1721 Walter Stewart 1721 1733 John Sinclair 1721 1725 Charles Binning 1725 1737 Charles Erskine 1737 William Grant of Prestongrange 1742 Robert Dundas the younger 1746 Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles amp Alexander Hume 1755 Andrew Pringle of Alemore 1759 Thomas Miller 1760 James Montgomery amp Francis Garden 1764 James Montgomery 1766 Henry Dundas 1775 Alexander Murray 1783 Ilay Campbell amp Alexander Wight 1784 Robert Dundas 1789 Robert Blair 1806 John Clerk 1807 David Boyle 1811 David Monypenny 1813 Alexander Maconochie 1816 James Wedderburn 1822 John Hope 1830 Henry Cockburn 1834 Andrew Skene 1834 Duncan McNeill 1835 John Cunninghame 1837 Andrew Rutherfurd 1839 James Ivory 1840 Thomas Maitland 1841 Duncan McNeill 1842 Adam Anderson 1846 Thomas Maitland 1850 James Moncreiff 1851 John Cowan 1851 George Deas 1852 John Inglis 1852 Charles Neaves 1853 Robert Handyside 1853 James Craufurd 1855 Thomas Mackenzie 1855 Edward Maitland 1858 Charles Baillie 1858 David Mure 1859 George Patton 1859 Edward Maitland 1862 George Young 1866 Edward Strathearn Gordon 1867 John Millar 1868 George Young 1869 Andrew Rutherfurd Clark 1874 John Millar 1874 William Watson 1876 John Macdonald 1880 John Balfour 1881 Alexander Asher 1885 James Robertson 1886 Alexander Asher 1886 James Robertson 1888 Moir Tod Stormonth Darling 1890 Sir Charles Pearson 1891 Andrew Murray 1892 Alexander Asher 1894 Thomas Shaw 1895 Andrew Murray 1896 Charles Dickson 1903 David Dundas 1905 Edward Theodore Salvesen October 1905 James Avon Clyde 1 December 1905 Alexander Ure 2 February 1909 Arthur Dewar 3 April 1910 William Hunter 4 December 1911 Andrew Anderson 5 October 1913 Thomas Brash Morison 6 1920 Charles David Murray 7 March 1922 July 1922 Andrew Constable 8 July 1922 November 1922 William Watson 9 November 1922 David Fleming 10 April 1923 Frederick Thomson 11 February 1924 John Charles Fenton 12 November 1924 David Fleming 13 1925 Alexander Munro MacRobert 14 1929 Wilfrid Normand 15 1929 John Charles Watson 16 1931 Wilfrid Normand 17 1933 Douglas Jamieson 18 1935 Thomas Mackay Cooper 19 1935 Albert Russell 20 1936 James Reid 21 1941 Sir David King Murray 22 1945 Daniel Blades 23 1947 John Wheatley 24 1947 Douglas Johnston 25 1951 William Rankine Milligan 26 1955 William Grant 27 1960 David Anderson 28 1964 Norman Wylie 29 April to October 1964 James Graham Leechman 30 1965 Henry Wilson 31 1967 Ewan George Francis Stewart 32 1970 David William Robert Brand 33 1972 William Stewart 34 1974 Lord McCluskey 35 1979 Nicholas Fairbairn 36 1982 Peter Fraser 1989 Alan Rodger 1992 Thomas Dawson 1995 Donald Mackay 1995 Paul Cullen 1997 Colin Boyd 2000 Neil Davidson 2001 Elish Angiolini 2006 John Beckett 2007 Frank Mulholland 2011 Lesley Thomson 37 2016 Alison Di Rollo 38 2021 Ruth Charteris served later as Lord AdvocateSources EditMost of the above list is taken from Haydn s Book of Dignities 12th edition 1894 reprinted 1969 and from Oxford Companion to Law Clarendon Press 1980 References Edit No 11770 The Edinburgh Gazette 20 October 1905 p 1001 No 11787 The Edinburgh Gazette 19 December 1905 p 1313 No 12118 The Edinburgh Gazette 19 February 1909 p 173 No 12242 The Edinburgh Gazette 26 April 1910 p 444 No 12414 The Edinburgh Gazette 8 December 1911 p 1293 No 12613 The Edinburgh Gazette 4 November 1913 p 1143 No 13583 The Edinburgh Gazette 2 April 1920 p 1008 No 13797 The Edinburgh Gazette 21 March 1922 p 511 No 32728 The London Gazette 11 July 1922 p 5193 No 13867 The Edinburgh Gazette 17 November 1922 p 1779 No 13909 The Edinburgh Gazette 13 April 1923 p 579 No 14000 The Edinburgh Gazette 26 February 1924 pp 291 292 No 14076 The Edinburgh Gazette 18 November 1924 p 1439 No 14193 The Edinburgh Gazette 1 January 1926 p 1 No 33492 The London Gazette 7 May 1929 p 3007 No 14558 The Edinburgh Gazette 21 June 1929 p 650 No 14809 The Edinburgh Gazette 17 November 1931 p 1226 No 15005 The Edinburgh Gazette 3 October 1933 p 809 No 15174 The Edinburgh Gazette 17 May 1935 p 424 No 15231 The Edinburgh Gazette 3 December 1935 p 1021 No 34301 The London Gazette 3 July 1936 p 4225 No 15820 The Edinburgh Gazette 13 June 1941 p 305 No 16266 The Edinburgh Gazette 21 September 1945 p 323 No 16424 The Edinburgh Gazette 28 March 1947 p 123 No 16486 The Edinburgh Gazette 31 October 1947 p 453 No 16906 The Edinburgh Gazette 9 November 1951 p 565 No 17251 The Edinburgh Gazette 14 January 1955 p 19 No 17822 The Edinburgh Gazette 17 May 1960 p 295 No 18240 The Edinburgh Gazette 28 April 1964 p 271 No 18292 The Edinburgh Gazette 23 October 1964 p 671 No 18398 The Edinburgh Gazette 29 October 1965 p 713 No 18612 The Edinburgh Gazette 7 November 1967 p 887 No 18892 The Edinburgh Gazette 30 June 1970 p 567 No 19151 The Edinburgh Gazette 7 November 1972 p 993 No 46248 The London Gazette 26 March 1974 p 3898 No 20497 The Edinburgh Gazette 25 May 1979 p 559 First minister Alex Salmond unveils enlarged cabinet BBC News 19 May 2011 Archived from the original on 22 May 2011 Retrieved 8 January 2016 Holyrood approves James Wolffe and Alison Di Rollo as top legal officers The Scotsman 1 June 2016 Retrieved 5 June 2016 External links EditSolicitor General on the Scottish Government website Law officers on the Scottish Parliament website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solicitor General for Scotland amp oldid 1115233287, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.