Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician and judge. February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Educated at Glasgow University he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878. The University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ...

He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire from 1895 to 1913. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1897. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by Letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of...

He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1905 to 1909, and as Lord Advocate from 1909 to 1913. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Lloyd George's 1909-10 budget. Her Majestys Solicitor General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-lagha a Chrùin an Alba) 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. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January 17, 1863 – March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

On leaving Parliament he was raised to the bench and appointed Lord Justice General, a post he held until 1920. He was raised to the Peerage as Baron Strathclyde in 1914. He is said to have been skilled in cross-examination, and was more suited to life as an advocate than as a judge. 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 peerage became extinct on his death.

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