Alexander Burns

December 13, 1828 (age 75)

He was a Lord of Session between 1872 and 1890 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 1892 and his death in 1904. Shand was called to the Scottish Bar in 1853 and was an Advocate Depute at the High Court of Justiciary between 1860 and 1862. In 1872 he was appointed a Lord of Session under the judicial title Lord Shand, a post he held until 1890, when he was sworn of the Privy Council. Two years later he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and raised to the peerage as Baron Shand, of Woodhouse in the County of Dumfries. He also sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Apart from his legal and judicial career Shand also held the honorary positions of Sheriff of Kincardineshire in 1862 and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire and Berwickshire in 1869.

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Shand was the son of Alexander Shand, of Aberdeen, and Louisa (née Whyte).

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His Lordship studied law at the University of Edinburgh.

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He was a Lord of Session between 1872 and 1890 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 1892 and his death in 1904. Shand was called to the Scottish Bar in 1853 and was an Advocate Depute at the High Court of Justiciary between 1860 and 1862. In 1872 he was appointed a Lord of Session under the judicial title Lord Shand, a post he held until 1890, when he was sworn of the Privy Council.

Two years later he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and raised to the peerage as Baron Shand, of Woodhouse in the County of Dumfries.

He also sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Apart from his legal and judicial career Shand also held the honorary positions of Sheriff of Kincardineshire in 1862 and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire and Berwickshire in 1869.

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