Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark, Lord Rutherfurd-Clark
Judge, Deceased Person
1828 – 1899
Who was Andrew Rutherfurd-Clark, Lord Rutherfurd-Clark?
Andrew Rutherfurd Clark, Lord Rutherfurd-Clark LLD was a Scottish judge
The son of Rev. T. Clark, Minister of St Andrew's Church, Edinburgh, and Grizel Rutherfurd. He married his cousin, the daughter of Major James H. Rutherford.
He was called to the Scottish bar in 1849. He served as sheriff of Inverness from 1860 to 1863, and of Haddington and Berwick from 1863, and as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1869 to 1874. He succeeded George Young in all three appointments.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1874 to 1875 and was raised to the bench with the judicial title Lord Rutherfurd Clark. He resigned from the bench in 1896.
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