| 词条 | Alexander MacRobert (politician) |
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Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873 – 18 October 1930) was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician. He was Lord Advocate of Scotland in 1929. LifeHe was born in 1873 the son of Jean Carmichael and Thomas MacRobert.[1] He was educated at Paisley Grammar School, going on to study law at the University of Edinburgh and then the University of Glasgow graduating MA in 1895 and LLB in 1897.[2] He became an advocate in 1897. In 1910 he was living at 86 Great King Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[3] He worked with the Admiralty in 1917–18 and as an Advocate Depute from 1919 to 1923. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1919.[4] He was Sheriff of Forfar from 1923–24.[5] He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh Leith in 1922, and was elected for East Renfrewshire in October 1924 holding the seat until his death. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in December 1925,[6] and was promoted to serve as Lord Advocate briefly from May 1929[7] to June 1929. He is buried in a line of law lords against the north wall of the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, with his wife Emma Gentles. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/thomas_macrobert|title=Thomas Macrobert - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage|website=www.myheritage.com|access-date=2018-05-13}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH14283&type=P|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Alexander Munro MacRobert|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk|access-date=2018-05-13}} 3. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910-11 4. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 13539 | date = 16 December 1919 |page=4077 | city = Edinburgh }} 5. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 32791 | date = 30 January 1923 |page=690 | city = London }} 6. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 14193 | date = 1 January 1926 |page=1 | city = Edinburgh }} 7. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 33492 | date = 7 May 1929 |page=3007 | city = London }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire | years = 1924–1930 | before = Robert Nichol | after = The Marquess of Clydesdale }}{{s-legal}}{{succession box|title=Solicitor General for Scotland|before=David Fleming |after=Wilfrid Normand|years=1925–1929}}{{succession box|title=Lord Advocate|before=William Watson|after=Craigie Aitchison|years=April–June 1929}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Macrobert, Alexander Munro}}{{Scotland-Conservative-MP-stub}}{{Scotland-law-bio-stub}} 14 : 1873 births|1930 deaths|People educated at Paisley Grammar School|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies|UK MPs 1924–29|UK MPs 1929–31|Scottish sheriffs|Solicitors General for Scotland|Lord Advocates|Place of birth missing|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom |
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