Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand

[1] Shand was called to the Scottish Bar in 1853 and was an Advocate Depute at the High Court of Justiciary between 1860 and 1862.

Moving to London for health reasons, he was sworn of the Privy Council.

[3] The same year, he took his place in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as a privy councillor who had held a high judicial position.

Two years later he was raised to the peerage as Baron Shand, of Woodhouse in the County of Dumfries.

Lord Shand married Emily Merelina, daughter of John Clark Meymott, in 1857.