Background
CHISHOLM, John was born in 1857. Son of late John Allan Chisholm, North bank, Perth, N.B.
CHISHOLM, John was born in 1857. Son of late John Allan Chisholm, North bank, Perth, N.B.
Edinburgh and Leipzig Universities. Master of Arts (Edinburgh), Bachelor of Laws (Edinburgh). Gray Essayist, 1877.
Lord Rector’s Prizeman, 1879. Admitted to Scottish Bar, 1SS1. Called to English Bar (Mid.
Temple), 1883; Advocate Depute, 1896-1898. Interim Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, 1900. Contested 373 Conservative Perth City, 1885.
Kirkcaldy District, 1892. Slierill of Chancery (Scotland), 1898-1905. King’s Counsel 1904; Sheriff of Counties of Roxburgh, Berwick, and Selkirk since 1905.
(The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 ...)
Club: Royal Societies.