Background
ORR, Robert Low was born in December 1854 in Glasgow. Son of Robert Orr, Justice of the Peace.
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Robert Low ORR
Robert Low ORR, British Sheriff.
Education
Elgin Academy; George Watson’s College (first dux), and University, Edinburgh. Gottingen University. 1st Class Honours (Classics).
Greek Travelling Fellowship and John Edward Baxter Classical Scholarship. First Prizeman Scots Law Class. Forensic Prize. Advocate, 1881.
Master of Arts; Bachelor of Laws.
Career
Sheriff’ Court Depute, 1892. Extra Advocate-Depute, 1892-1895. Junior Counsel for United Free Church in litigations arising out of Church Union, 1900.
Edited official report of these cases, “ The Free Church of Scotland Appeals, 1903-1904 ”. AdvocateDepute, 1905. Senior Advocate-Depute, 1906. King’s Counsel 1905; Sheriff Substitute of the Lothians and Peebles since 1908.
Membership
Club: Scottish Liberal.
Interests
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Cycling.
Connections
Spouse 1891, Eupliemia,daughter of late John Millar, M.D., Edinburgh.
- Father:
- Robert Orr
- Spouse:
- Eupliemia
