David Dundas, Lord Dundas
Judge, Deceased Person
1854 – 1922
Who was David Dundas, Lord Dundas?
David Dundas, Lord Dundas was a Scottish politician and judge.
The youngest son of George Dundas, one of the Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland, and of late Elizabeth Mackenzie, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Balliol College, Oxford and Edinburgh University.
He was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1878, and was an Advocate Depute from 1890–1892, Interim Sheriff of Argyllshire from 1896-1898. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1897.
Unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for Linlithgowshire at the 1900 General Election, he held office as Solicitor General for Scotland in the Conservative government from 1903 until 1905, when he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice with the judicial title Lord Dundas.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1854
- Also known as
- Judge David Dundas, Lord Dundas
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 14, 1922
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on July 23, 2013
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