Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson
Charles Scott Dickson FRSE LLD (13 September 1850, Glasgow – 5 August 1922[1]) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge.
Life
Charles was born in Glasgow the son of Dr John Robert Dickson. His elder brother was James Douglas Hamilton Dickson.[2]
Educated at the High School of Glasgow, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh he was admitted to the bar as an advocate in 1877.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Kilmarnock Burghs in 1892, and Glasgow Bridgeton in 1895 and 1897. He was elected to and sat for Bridgeton from 1900 until 1906, when he was defeated. He then sat for Glasgow Central from March 1909 until his appointment as a judge in 1915.
He rose to be Solicitor General for Scotland from 14 May 1896[3] to 1903 and as Lord Advocate from 1903[4] to 1905. From 1908 to 1915, he served as the elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.[5] He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1903.[6] On 1 July 1915[7] he was raised to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk, taking the judicial title Lord Dickson. He was also a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lord Lieutenant[8] for Edinburgh.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1884. His proposers were Sir James Dewar, John Chiene, Alexander Crum Brown, and Peter Guthrie Tait.[2]
In later life he lived at 22 Moray Place a huge Georgian townhouse on the Moray Estate in Edinburgh's affluent West End.[9]
He is buried in the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh with his wife Hester Bagot Banks(d.1934). The monument stands against the north wall.
He was related through marriage to Sir James Dewar (their wives were sisters).[2]
References
- "Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002" (PDF). July 2006. p. 252.
- Edinburgh Gazette Issue 10779 published on 15 May 1896
- Edinburgh Gazette, 20 October 1903
- 'DICKSON, Rt Hon. Lord', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017
- London Gazette, 20 October 1903
- Edinburgh Gazette Issue 12825 published on 2 July 2011
- London Gazette, 18 November 1898
- Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1905-6
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Dickson
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Charles Cameron |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton 1900–1906 |
Succeeded by James William Cleland |
| Preceded by Andrew Mitchell Torrance |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central 1909–1915 |
Succeeded by John McLeod |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Andrew Murray |
Solicitor General for Scotland 1896–1903 |
Succeeded by David Dundas |
| Preceded by Andrew Murray |
Lord Advocate 1903–1905 |
Succeeded by Thomas Shaw |
| Preceded by Lord Kingsburgh |
Lord Justice Clerk 1915–1922 |
Succeeded by Lord Alness |