Douglas Jamieson (14 April1880 - 31 May1952) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...
Educated at Cargilfield School, Fettes College, Glasgow University and Edinburgh University, he was admitted as an advocate in 1911 and became a King's Counsel in 1926. Fettes College is a public school located in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. ... 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 an unsuccessful candidate for Stirling and Falkirk in 1929 and was elected for Glasgow Maryhill in October 1931, holding the seat until his retirement in 1935. He was Solicitor General for Scotland from October 1933 until March 1935, and Lord Advocate from March to October 1935. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in May 1935. Glasgow Maryhill was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. ... Her Majestys Solicitor General for Scotland (Ãrd-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. ...
On his resignation, he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Session, with the judicial title Lord Jamieson. He held this post until his death. The Court of Session is the supreme civil court in Scotland. ...