James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde

James Latham McDiarmid Clyde, Lord Clyde, PC (30 October 1898 – 30 June 1975) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge.

For other people named James Clyde, see James Clyde (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
Lord Clyde
PC
Lord Justice General
In office
23 December 1954 – 25 April 1972
Preceded byThe Lord Cooper of Culross
Succeeded byThe Lord Emslie
Lord Advocate
In office
7 November 1951 – 6 January 1955
Preceded byJohn Wheatley
Succeeded byWilliam Milligan
Parliamentary Representation
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1955 – 1975
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh North
In office
23 February 1950 – 23 December 1954
Preceded byGeorge Willis
Succeeded byWilliam Milligan
Personal details
Born(1898-10-30)30 October 1898
Died30 June 1975(1975-06-30) (aged 76)
Political partyUnionist

Life

Born on 30 October 1898 at Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Clyde was the eldest son of Anna Margaret McDiarmid (d. 1956), (daughter of Professor Peter Wallwork Latham of Cambridge) and James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde.[1] He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Trinity College, Oxford and the University of Edinburgh, and was admitted as an advocate in 1924[1] and as a King's Counsel in 1936.[2]

He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Midlothian South and Peebles at the 1945 general election,[3] and was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North at the 1950 election,[4] holding the seat until December 1954.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor and Lord Advocate in 1951,[5] and in 1954 was raised to the bench as Lord President,[6] with the judicial title Lord Clyde. He held this office until 1972.[7] His father had previously also served as Lord Advocate and Lord President.

His son, James Clyde, Baron Clyde became a member of the Court of Session and latterly a Law Lord.

Sources

References
  1. "Clyde, James Latham McDiarmid, Lord Clyde (1898-1975), judge". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 10 January 2013. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37295. Retrieved 27 January 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "No. 34310". The London Gazette. 31 July 1936. p. 4884.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 639. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. "No. 16730". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 March 1950. p. 101.
  5. "No. 16906". The Edinburgh Gazette. 9 November 1951. p. 565.
  6. "No. 17246". The Edinburgh Gazette. 28 December 1954. p. 687.
  7. "No. 19080". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 March 1972. p. 241.
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