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5 unusual facts about College of Justice


Currie

In 1612 the land went to Ludovic Craig, a Senator of the College of Justice.

Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove

The Right Honourable Hazel Josephine Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, CBE (née Aronson) (born 12 January 1946, Glasgow), is a Scottish lawyer, and was the first woman to be appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts.

In 1996, she became the first woman to be appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts, taking the judicial title, Lady Cosgrove.

Morag Wise, Lady Wise

Morag B. Wise, Lady Wise is a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Scotland's Supreme Courts.

Scots' Dike

The term 'lands Debatable' was still being used as late as 1604 by the Supreme Courts of Justice in Scotland.


Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas

Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, (b. before 1540 - d. after 1587) was also Parson of Glasgow, a Senator of the College of Justice, Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and a notorious intriguer.

Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth

Derek Robert Alexander Emslie, Lord Kingarth QC (born 21 June 1949) is a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session.

Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell

Jean Hepburn (d. before 27 July 1599) whose first husband was John Sinclair, Master of Caithness (d.1578, v.p.), with issue; her second husband was John Stewart, Lord Darnley, Prior of Coldingham, by whom she had Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell; her third husband the notorious Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, a Senator of the College of Justice, and brother of William Douglas of Whittinghame.

Robert Spottiswoode

Sir Robert married in 1629 Bertha Morrison, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Morrison of Preston Grange, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and wife Eleanor Maule.

Sir Robert Spottiswoode (Spottiswood, Spotiswood, Spotswood) (1596 - 20 January 1646) was Lord President of the Court of Session and member of the Privy Council to James I of England, and Lord President of the College of Justice and Secretary for Scotland, appointed by Charles I of England.

Thomas Erskine of Haltoun

It has been suggested that Erskine was a founder of the College of Justice, and he may have been educated at Pavia.


see also

Ian Robertson

Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson (1912–2005), Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1966-88

Lord Malcolm

Colin Campbell, Lord Malcolm (b. 1953), Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice.

Lord Robertson

Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson TD, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1966–1987, chairman of the Merchiston Board of governors, 1970–1996

Robert Spottiswoode

He was later appointed Lord President of the College of Justice by Charles I of England.