He was a Scottish law officer at various stages between 1929 and 1935, and a member of parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1935.
He was admitted as an advocate on 18 March 1910, the same day as the David King Murray, who also became Solicitor General and a Senator of the College of Justice.
He served briefly as Solicitor General for Scotland in 1929 (from May[5] to June[6]) and from 1931[7] to 1933, when he was appointed Lord Advocate.
He is buried with his two wives, Gertrude Lawson (1886–1923), and Marion Cunningham (1880–1972), in the north-west section of the first northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.
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