Charles John Guthrie, Baron Guthrie

Who was Charles John Guthrie, Baron Guthrie?

Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie was a Scottish lawyer.

Guthrie was the son of Rev Thomas Guthrie, editor of the Sunday Magazine. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, and in 1875, was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. From 1881 to 1900, he was legal adviser to the Church of Scotland, and in 1897, became a Q.C. In 1907, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Session and a Lord Advocate. Lord Guthrie was a member of the Royal Commissions on Historical Monuments in Scotland and on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, and was Chairman of the Houseletting Commission.

When he was young, Guthrie had been a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, and published, in 1914, an appreciation of "Cummy," Stevenson's nurse. His other works include John Knox and his House, and an edition of Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland, besides contributions to the memoir of his father, Thomas Guthrie. From 1910 to 1919, he was President of the Boys' Brigade of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a member of various antiquarian societies.