Sir Charles John Pearson (1843 - 1910) was a Scottish politician and judge. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1890 to 1896. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1890. Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or American common law, or the person who holds such office. ... Renfrew (Rinn Friù in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town and former royal burgh in the Renfrewshire region of Scotland (see main article on the town of Renfrew, Scotland). ... Alternate meaning: Bute (mythology) Bute, sometimes known as Buteshire (Siorrachd Bhòid in Gaelic), is a small traditional county of Scotland. ... Perthshire is an traditional county in central Scotland, which extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... 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 patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ...

He held office in Salisbury's administrations as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1890 to 1891, and as Lord Advocate from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1895 to 1896. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1891. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, as Lord Pearson, in 1896. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (February 3, 1830–August 22, 1903). ... 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. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...

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. ... John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (July 11, 1837) - (January 22, 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. ... John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (July 11, 1837) - (January 22, 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. ... 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. ...