Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry

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1944 – 2011

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Who was Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry?

Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry FRSE FBA PC was a Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

He served as Lord Advocate, the senior Law Officer of Scotland, before becoming Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, the head of the country's judiciary. He was then appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and became a Justice of the Supreme Court when the judicial functions of the House of Lords were transferred to that Court.

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Born
Sep 18, 1944
Glasgow
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of Glasgow
  • New College, Oxford
  • Balliol College
  • Kelvinside Academy
  • University of Glasgow School of Law
Died
Jun 26, 2011

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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