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Sir Frederick Charles Thomson Bt (27 May 1875 - 21 April 1935) was a Scottish Unionist politician and lawyer. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1935 was a common 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. ...


The third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno, Midlothian, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, University College, Oxford and at Edinburgh University. He was called to the Scottish bar in 1901, and to the English bar in 1904. Balerno is a town located near the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ... The Edinburgh Academy The Edinburgh Academy is a private school that was founded in 1824 to stimulate classical learning in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is a contender for the claim to be the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the... 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. ... The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ...


He served in Egypt with as a Lieutenant with the Scottish Horse and in Salonika with the Lovat Scouts, where he was severely wounded.


He was Unionist Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 1918 until his death. Aberdeen South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Robert Horne, 1919-1922, and a Junior Lord of the Treasury from February-April 1923. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1923 and appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1923-1924. He was again a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1924-1928, Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household, 1928-1929 and September-November 1931, and Treasurer of the Household from 1931 until his death in 1935. A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... In the United Kingdom, there are at least six Lords of the Treasury who serve concurrently. ... 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... 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. ... A junior whip in the House of Commons and an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Stewards Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the governments majority whips. ...


He was created a Baronet in 1929.

Preceded by:
David Pinkerton Fleming
Solicitor General for Scotland
1923-1924
Succeeded by:
John Charles Fenton


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. ...


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