Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross

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Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross PC KC FRSE (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1955) was a Scottish politician, judge and historian.

Background and education

Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of Edinburgh, a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of Dunnet, Caithness. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh.[1]

Political, legal and judicial career

Cooper was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1915 and created a King's Counsel in 1927.[2] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.[1][3] In 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland[4] and later that year he was appointed as Lord Advocate.[5][6] He also became a Privy Counsellor in 1935.[7] In 1941 he became Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper[8][9] and in 1947 Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session.[10][1] He resigned in 1954 and was created a peer as Baron Cooper of Culross, of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.[11]

Personal life

He was educated at George Watson's College and then studied Law at Edinburgh University.

Cooper married Margaret Mackay.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1936, his proposers being John Alexander Inglis, Thomas Henry Holland, Thomas Hudson Beare and Ernest Wedderburn. He served as the Society's Vice President 1945–48.[12]

Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1955, aged 62, when the barony became extinct.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 thepeerage.com Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st and last Baron Cooper of Culross
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33264. p. 2310. 8 April 1927.
  3. ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ealing to Elgin
  4. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 15174. p. 424. 17 May 1935.
  5. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 15222. p. 913. 1 November 1935. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34215. p. 6900. 1 November 1935.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34224. p. 7575. 29 November 1935.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35190. p. 3376. 13 June 1941.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 16401. p. 7. 7 January 1947. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 40246. p. 4523. 3 August 1954.
  12. ↑ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
1935–1941		 Succeeded by
Sir Ian Clark Hutchison
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Preceded by Solicitor General for Scotland
1935		 Succeeded by
Albert Russell
Preceded by Lord Advocate
1935–1941		 Succeeded by
James Reid
Preceded by Lord Justice Clerk
1941–1947		 Succeeded by
Lord Thomson
Preceded by Lord Justice General
1947–1954		 Succeeded by
Lord Clyde
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Cooper of Culross
1954–1955		 Extinct


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