Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell

Robert MacGregor Mitchell KC (11 May 1875 – 25 April 1938)[1] was a Scottish lawyer and judge, Liberal Member of Parliament and University Rector.

Early life
The grave of Lord MacGregor Mitchell, Wellshill Cemetery, Perth

Mitchell was the son of Mary Rollo (1846-1933) and her husband, Robert Mitchell (1842-1892), a solicitor from Perth.[2]

He was educated at Perth Academy, and at the University of St Andrews, where graduated with an MA in 1895. He then studied law at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1895 with an LLB.

Career

He practised as a solicitor in Perth for some years and was called to the Scottish Bar in 1914. He became a King's Counsel in 1924.[3]

He was elected Liberal MP for Perth at the 1923 general election in a straight fight against the Conservative incumbent Noel Skelton but lost it back in 1924. He did not stand for Parliament again.[4]

In October 1934, he was appointed as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court,[5] succeeding Lord St Vigeans, who had resigned.[6] He took the judicial title Lord Macgregor Mitchell,[7] and held the post until his death in 1938.

He is buried with his parents near the summit of Wellshill Cemetery in north Perth.

Sources
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. "Lord Macgregor Mitchell". The Times (Issue 47978). London, England. 26 April 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. "No. 14003". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 March 1924. p. 335.
  4. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p643
  5. "No. 15118". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 November 1934. p. 901.
  6. "News in Brief: Scottish Land Court". The Times (Issue 46899). London, England. 31 October 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. Who was Who, OUP 2007
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Noel Skelton		 Member for Perth
1923–1924		 Succeeded by
Noel Skelton
Academic offices
Preceded by
Guglielmo Marconi		 Rector of the University of St Andrews
1937–1938		 Succeeded by
Sir David Munro


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