Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson

The Hon Charles Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson FRSE[1] (13 April 1929 – 18 June 2009) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice and Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.

Davidson was born at Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh on 13 April 1929, the son of Charlotte Brookes Kemp and her husband, Rev Dr Donald Davidson (1892–1970) of St Andrews and St Georges Church.

He read Greats at Brasenose College, Oxford going on to study law at the University of Edinburgh.

[3] From 1953 to 1954 he undertook National Service, as a subaltern in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

He died on 18 June 2009 and was cremated, and his ashes are buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.