Background
The son of a Glasgow solicitor, he was educated at Glasgow University, of which he was honorary Doctor of Laws He contested South Aberdeen in 1906, and the Elgin Burghs and Islington West in 1910 as a Liberal Unionist.
The son of a Glasgow solicitor, he was educated at Glasgow University, of which he was honorary Doctor of Laws He contested South Aberdeen in 1906, and the Elgin Burghs and Islington West in 1910 as a Liberal Unionist.
He travelled widely in India and the Far East. His First World War work, for which he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire, was especially concerned with V.A.D. committees, disabled officers, and the post-War training of officers. Mr. Black presented to the city of Glasgow in 1930 the re-erected Mercat Cross.
He had written works on Scottish mercat crosses.
He wrote other works on folk-medicine, Glasgow archaeology, and a description of Heligoland and the islands of the North Sea. His law books included works on Lands Agents Acting, local government in Scotland, the parochial ecclesiastical law of Scotland, a digest of decisions in Scottish shipping cases, and the history of teinds.
He was Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London and Scotland), a former president of the Glasgow Archaeological Society. In Glasgow he was vice-chairman of Saint Mungo"s College and chairman of the Ophthalmic Institution, and was active in other educational and charitable institutions.
Attribution
Obituary.
The Times, Friday, December 23, 1932. Issue 46324; pg. 12; colonel Doctorate — Mr. West. G. Black.
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He was formerly a member of the Committee of Management of the Philip Stott College (Unionist Association), and was chairman of the Glasgow Good Government League. He was a trustee and a member of the executive of the Navy League and chairman of the Glasgow and West of Scotland branch.
Spouse 1899, Anna Robertson,daughter of late Robert Blackie, publisher. Contested South. Aberdeen, 1906.