Robert MacGregor Mitchell, Lord MacGregor Mitchell
Robert MacGregor Mitchell (1875 – 25 April 1938)[1] was a Scottish lawyer and judge, Liberal Member of Parliament and University Rector.
Mitchell was the son of a solicitor from Perth. He was educated at Perth Academy and the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
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. From 1934 under his death he sat as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court[2] and was known by the judicial title of the Honourable Lord Macgregor Mitchell.[3]
He was elected Liberal MP for Perth at the 1923 general election in a straight fight against the Tory incumbent Noel Skelton but lost it back in 1924. He did not stand for Parliament again.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 15118. p. 901. 2 November 1934. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Who was Who, OUP 2007
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p643
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert MacGregor Mitchell
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| Preceded by | Member for Perth 1923–1924 |
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| Preceded by | Rector of the University of St Andrews 1937–1938 |
Succeeded by Sir David Munro |
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