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Encyclopedia > Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin (21 November 184921 August 1942) was a Scottish politician and judge. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ...


Member of Parliament for Buteshire from 1891 to 1905, he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1891-1892 and from 1895-1896, and Lord Advocate 1896-1903. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1896. He was Secretary for Scotland in the Balfour government from 1903-1905. 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. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ...


On leaving Parliament in 1905, he was appointed to the bench as Lord Justice General and created Baron Dunedin on 9 Mar 1905. He held this post until 1913, when he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He retired in 1932. 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 Lord Lieutenant of Buteshire from 1901 to 1905.


He was created Viscount Dunedin on 17 Feb 1926, with both the Barony and Viscountcy becoming extinct on his death.



Preceded by:
Charles John Pearson
Solicitor General for Scotland
1891–1892
Succeeded by:
Alexander Asher
Preceded by:
Thomas Shaw
Solicitor General for Scotland
1895–1896
Succeeded by:
Charles Scott Dickson
Preceded by:
Charles John Pearson
Lord Advocate
1896–1903
Succeeded by:
Charles Scott Dickson
Preceded by:
Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Secretary for Scotland
1903–1905
Succeeded by:
Marquess of Linlithgow
Preceded by:
Lord Balfour
Lord Justice General
1905–1913
Succeeded by:
Lord Strathclyde


Sir Charles John Pearson (1843 - 1910) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... 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. ... Alexander Asher (1835 – 1905) was a Scottish politician. ... Thomas Shaw, Baron Shaw of Dunfermline (1850 - 28 June 1937) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... 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. ... Sir Charles John Pearson (1843 - 1910) was a Scottish politician and judge. ... 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. ... Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, KT, GCMG (January 13, 1849) - (July 6, 1921) was a Scottish Conservative politician and statesman. ... The Secretary for Scotland was the former title of the chief minister in charge of the Scotland Office in the United Kingdom government. ... Missing image Lord Linlithgow John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (25 September 1860 - 29 February 1908), first Governor-General of Australia, was born at Queensferry, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, on 25 September 1860, the eldest son of the sixth Earl of Hopetoun. ... The Right Honourable John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, PC, QC (July 11, 1837 - January 22, 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. ... 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. ... Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician and judge. ...


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Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (186 words)
Andrew Graham Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin (21 November 1849–21 August 1942) was a Scottish politician and judge.
Member of Parliament for Buteshire from 1891 to 1905, he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1891-1892 and from 1895-1896, and Lord Advocate 1896-1903.
He was created Viscount Dunedin on 17 Feb 1926, with both the Barony and Viscountcy becoming extinct on his death.
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