James Scott Cumberland Reid (30 July 1890 – 29 March 1975) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Jesus College, Cambridge, he was admitted as an advocate in 1914. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1932. The Edinburgh Academy The Edinburgh Academy is a private school that was founded in 1824 to stimulate classical learning in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Full name The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge Motto - Named after Jesus Lane & Jesus Parish Previous names - Established 1496 Sister College Jesus College Master Prof. ... 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 served in the 8th Royal Scots and overseas with MGC in World War I. Categories: Stub | British Army regiments ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

He sat for Stirling and Falkirk from October 1931 until his defeat in November 1935, and for Glasgow Hillhead from Jun 1937 until September 1940. Glasgow Hillhead was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997. ...

He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from June 1936 until June 1941, and as Lord Advocate from June 1941 until July 1945, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1941. From 1945 to 1948 he was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. In 1948 he was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and created Baron Reid, of Drem in East Lothian (a Law Life Peerage). He sat as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until 1975. 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 Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known 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. ... East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... This is a list of Life Peerages in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. ...

He served as Chairman of the Malayan Constitutional Commission in 1956-7, and was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1967. The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order (decoration). ...

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. ... Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross (1892-1955) was a Scottish politician, Judge and historian. ... 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. ...