Alan Ferguson Rodger, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, (b. 18 September 1944) is a Scottish judge. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was educated at Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, Glasgow University and at New College, Oxford. He was a Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford from 1969 to 1970 and a Fellow of New College from 1970 to 1972. He became an Advocate in 1974 and was Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates from 1976 to 1979. He was a Member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland from 1981 to 1984. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1985. He was an Advocate Depute from 1985 to 1988 and was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1989, being promoted to Lord Advocate in 1992, holding office until 1995 when he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice. He was rapidly promoted to become Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General in 1996. He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2001. Kelvinside Academy is a private day school in the City of Glasgow, founded in 1878. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow is Scotlands largest city, located on the River Clyde in West Central Scotland. ... The University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Full name Balliol College Motto - Named after John de Balliol Previous names - Established 1263 Sister College St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham (academic) Location Broad Street Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford... Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ... Her Majestys Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Executive on Scots Law. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ... The Senators of the College of Justice, also known as the Lords of Council and Session and as the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, are the judges of the Court of Session and of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland. ... The Lord Justice General of Scotland is head of the High Court of Justiciary, Lord President of the Court of Session and head of the judiciary in Scotland. ... The Lord Justice General of Scotland is head of the High Court of Justiciary, Lord President of the Court of Session and head of the judiciary in Scotland. ... Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are Life peers entrusted since the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 with carrying out the judicial functions of the House of Lords. ...

He was made a Life Peer (as Lord Rodger of Earlsferry) and Privy Counsellor in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the British Academy and is Visitor of St Hugh's College, Oxford since 2003. In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotlands national academy of science and letters. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ... St Hughs College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

Her Majestys Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Executive on Scots Law. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ...