Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
GBE PC | |
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![]() Alexander Ure c. 1895 | |
Solicitor General for Scotland | |
In office 1905–1909 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Preceded by | James Avon Clyde |
Succeeded by | Arthur Dewar |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 February 1853 |
Died | 2 October 1928 (aged 75) |
Political party | Liberal |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde,
Life
He was the son of John Ure, lord provost of Glasgow, and his wife Isabella.[2]
He studied law at the University of Glasgow he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878.
He was a
He provided as solicitor general for Scotland from December 1905[4] to 1909, and as
He lived at 31 Heriot Row, a large Georgian townhouse, in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[6]
On leaving Parliament, he was raised to the bench as Lord Strathclyde and appointed
He retired to his father's house of Cairndhu in Helensburgh in 1920 and died there in 1928. He is buried in Helensburgh Cemetery.[2]
Notable trials
Ure famously prosecuted alleged murderer,
Family
In 1879, he married Margaret McDowell Steven. Their only child was a daughter, Christobel Helen Ure, who died in 1918, before the Baron's death.
The peerage therefore became extinct on his death.
References
- ^ Whitehead, Andrew (1 May 2011). "God Gave the Land to the People: the Liberal 'Land Song'". History Workshop. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b Fullarton, Donald (13 November 2013). "Cairndhu owner became Lord Provost". Helensburgh Heritage. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "No. 10915". The Edinburgh Gazette. 3 September 1897. p. 849.
- ^ "No. 11787". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 1313.
- ^ "No. 12118". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 February 1909. p. 173.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1905-6.
- ^ Scotland's Murder Mysteries: 4 April 2018.
- ^ The Trial Of Oscar Slater, Wm Roughhead.