Daniel Blades, Lord Blades

Judge, Military Person

1888 – 1959

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Who was Daniel Blades, Lord Blades?

Daniel Patterson Blades was a Scottish judge.

The son of Rev. Charles Blades, Minister of Allanton, and Sarah Pow of Armadale, he was educated at Berwickshire High School and at Edinburgh University.

He was admitted as an advocate in 1915, and served in the Cameron Highlanders from 1915-1918. He served as an Advocate Depute from 1929-1932, when he was appointed a King's Counsel and Sheriff of Forfar. In 1934 he moved to be Sheriff of Perth and Angus, a post he held until 1945 when he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland. In 1947 he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, with the judicial title Lord Blades.

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Born
Aug 25, 1888
Also known as
  • Judge Daniel Patterson Blades, Lord Blades
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Education
  • University of Edinburgh
Died
Feb 6, 1959

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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