Craigie Mason Aitchison KC (26 January 1882 – 2 May 1941) was a Scottish politician and judge. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
Educated at Falkirk High School and Edinburgh University, where he was the Vans Dunlop Scholar in Mental Philosophy and Muirhead Prizeman in Civil Law, he became an advocate in 1907 and was made a King's Counsel in 1923. The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of Lawyers who have been admitted to practise as Advocates before the Courts of Scotland, especially the Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign &ndash are
An unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire in November 1922 and December 1923, he joined the Labour Party and contested Hartlepool at the October 1924 general election and Glasgow Central in May 1929. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922 It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish The UK general election of 1923 was held on 6 December 1923 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats but Labour, led by The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Hartlepool is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 1924 UK general election was held on 29 October 1924 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin performed dramatically better in electoral terms than in Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) Kilmarnock at a by-election in October 1929, and sat for the constituency until October 1933 as a Labour then National Labour member. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Kilmarnock was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983 The Kilmarnock by-election 1929 was a By-election held on 27 November 1929 for the British House of Commons constituency of The Kilmarnock by-election 1933 was a By-election held on 2 November 1933 for the British House of Commons constituency of The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The National Labour Party was a group founded around the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after he was expelled from the Labour Party
He served as Lord Advocate from June 1929 until October 1933, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1929. Her Majesty's Advocate (or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Advocate) known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. He was raised to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in October 1933, with the judicial title Lord Aitchison. The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior Judge in Scotland behind the Lord President of the Court of Session.
His son Craigie (born 1926) is a noted painter, and a member of the Royal Academy. Craigie Aitchison, RA, CBE (born 13 January 1926) is a Scottish painter. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation.
References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). Frederick Walter Scott Craig ( December 10, 1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Climie |
Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock 1929–1933 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Martin Lindsay |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Alexander Munro MacRobert |
Lord Advocate 1929–1933 |
Succeeded by Wilfrid Guild Normand |
| Preceded by Lord Alness |
Lord Justice Clerk 1933–1941 |
Succeeded by Lord Cooper |
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