George Patton, Lord Glenalmond

George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, PC (1803 – 20 September 1869)[1] was a Scottish politician and judge.

Life

He studied law at the University of Edinburgh. He studied at University of Glasgow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, Somerset from 1865 to 1866. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1859 and Lord Advocate in 1866, and appointed himself to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in 1867 with the judicial title Lord Glenalmond, partly to avoid inquiry into charges of bribery in connection with his election to Parliament. He committed suicide in September 1869.

Glenalmond College

The school now known as Glenalmond College was built on land given by George Patton who for the rest of his life, in company with his wife, took a keen interest in its development and success.[3]

Family

On 25 March 1857 in Edinburgh, he married Margaret Bethune (1823-1899).[4] She was the younger daughter of Lieutenant-General Alexander Bethune of Blebo (1771-1847), son of Major-General Sir William Sharp, 6th Baronet and Margaret Bethune, and his wife Maria Low (1794-1886), daughter of Robert James Low of Clatto and his wife Susanna Elizabeth Malcolm.

There were no children. His widow continued to run the Glenalmond estate for the rest of her life and on 2 January 1871 in Edinburgh married Robert Malcolm.[5]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  2. "Patton, George (PTN822G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst10414.html Accessed 3 December 2015
  4. "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYM4-TTT : George Patton and M. Bethune, 25 Mar 1857; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516. Accessed 3 December 2015
  5. Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. (subscription required) Accessed 3 December 2015
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Westropp
Alexander William Kinglake		 Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
1866
With: Alexander William Kinglake		 Succeeded by
Alexander William Kinglake
Philip Vanderbyl
Legal offices
Preceded by
James Moncreiff		 Lord Advocate
1866–1867		 Succeeded by
Edward Gordon
Preceded by
Lord Glencorse		 Lord Justice Clerk
1867–1869		 Succeeded by
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