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Encyclopedia > Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable, Lord Constable

Andrew Henderson Briggs Constable, Lord Constable, CBE, KC ,(3 March 1865 - 4 November 1928) was a Scottish Conservative politician and judge. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...


Educated at Dollar Academy and at Edinburgh University, where he was Vans Dunlop Scholar in Political Economy, he was admitted as an advocate in 1889 and appointed a King's Counsel in 1908. The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... 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 was unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for East Fife in 1900, Kirkcaldy Burghs in 1905, Montrose Burghs in 1908 and Glasgow Blackfriars in 1910. Kirkcaldy was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 2005. ... Montrose was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950. ...


He served as Sheriff of Caithness from 1917 to 1920 and of Argyll from February-May 1920, when he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. He briefly served as Solicitor General for Scotland from March to June 1922. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1922, with the judicial title Lord Constable. Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic)[1] is a committee area of Highland Council, Scotland; a lieutenancy area; and a registration county, Caithness was formerly a district within the Highland region from 1975 to 1996 and a local government county with its own county council from 1891 to 1975. ... Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... 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. ... The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ...


He was appointed a CBE in 1920. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are...

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Preceded by:
Charles David Murray
Solicitor General for Scotland
March-June 1922
Succeeded by:
William Watson

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