Education
He studied law at Edinburgh University. He studied at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He studied law at Edinburgh University. He studied at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1859 and Lord Advocate in 1866, and appointed himself to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in 1867 with the judicial title Lord Glenalmond, partly to avoid inquiry into charges of bribery in connection with his election to Parliament. He committed suicide in September 1869. There were no children.
His widow continued to run the Glenalmond estate for the rest of her life and on 2 January 1871 in Edinburgh married Robert Malcolm.
19th United Kingdom Parliament.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, Somerset from 1865 to 1866.