David Dundas, Lord Dundas

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The grave of David Dundas, Lord Dundas, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh

David Dundas, Lord Dundas (8 June 1854 – 14 February 1922) was a Scottish politician and judge.

Life

The youngest son of George Dundas (1802–1869), one of the Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland, and of late Elizabeth Mackenzie, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Balliol College, Oxford and Edinburgh University.

He was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1878, and was an Advocate Depute from 1890–1892, Interim Sheriff of Argyllshire from 1896–1898. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1897.[1]

Unsuccessful Conservative parliamentary candidate for Linlithgowshire at the 1900 General Election, he held office as Solicitor General for Scotland in the Conservative government from 1903 until 1905, when he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice (following in his father's footsteps) with the judicial title Lord Dundas.

He is buried with his parents and siblings (including William John Dundas) in Warriston Cemetery in Edinburgh. The grave stands at the north side of the main upper east-west path, towards its western end.

References

  1. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 10915. p. 849. 3 September 1897. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Charles Scott Dickson		 Solicitor General for Scotland
1903–1905 		Succeeded by
Edward Theodore Salvesen
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