[1] He was educated at Ayr Academy and at the University of Edinburgh where he graduated with an MA in 1886 and an LLB in 1889.
[2] He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Govan Division of Lanarkshire from 1910 to 1911 and was Solicitor General for Scotland also from April 1910[3] to 1911.
[1] He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in December 1911,[4] replacing the deceased Lord Ardwall.
He also chaired the Committee of Inquiry into the Amritsar massacre which condemned the conduct of General Reginald Dyer.
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