William Campbell, Lord Skerrington

The Rt Hon William Campbell, Lord Skerrington (1855–1927) was a Scottish judge. He was the first Catholic judge in the country since the Reformation.[1]

Life
The grave of William Campbell, Lord Skerrington, St Johns Churchyard, Edinburgh

The son of Robert Campbell, a magistrate in Ayrshire, he was born on 27 June 1855.[1]

From 1905 to 1908, Campbell served as the elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.[2] On 15 October 1908 he was created a Senator of the College of Justice and retained the role until 1926.[3]

In later life, he lived at 12 Randolph Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.[4]

He died on 21 July 1927. He is buried in St Johns Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.[5] The grave is marked by a simple stone cross and lies in the lower section.

His biography was written by Francis Caird Inglis.

Family

He was married to Alice Mary (d.1929).

References
  1. "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of William Campbell". universitystory.gla.ac.uk.
  2. 'SKERRINGTON, 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
  3. http://www.leighrayment.com/misc/lordofsessions.htm
  4. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910
  5. Henderson, Jan-Andrew (15 August 2015). Black Markers: Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries. ISBN 9781445647999.


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