Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross

Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross PC KC FRSE (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1955) was a Scottish politician, judge and historian.

Background and education

Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of Edinburgh, a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of Dunnet, Caithness. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh.[1]

Political, legal and judicial career

Cooper was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1915 and created a King's Counsel in 1927.[2] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.[1][3] In 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland[4] and later that year he was appointed as Lord Advocate.[5][6] He also became a Privy Counsellor in 1935.[7] In 1941 he became Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper[8][9] and in 1947 Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session.[10][1] He resigned in 1954 and was created a peer as Baron Cooper of Culross, of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.[11]

Personal life

He was educated at George Watson's College and then studied Law at Edinburgh University.

Cooper married Margaret Mackay.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1936, his proposers being John Alexander Inglis, Thomas Henry Holland, Thomas Hudson Beare and Ernest Wedderburn. He served as the Society's Vice President 1945–48.[12]

Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1955, aged 62, when the barony became extinct.[1]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Wilfrid Normand
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
19351941
Succeeded by
Sir Ian Clark Hutchison
Legal offices
Preceded by
Douglas Jamieson
Solicitor General for Scotland
1935
Succeeded by
Albert Russell
Preceded by
Douglas Jamieson
Lord Advocate
1935–1941
Succeeded by
James Reid
Preceded by
Lord Aitchison
Lord Justice Clerk
1941–1947
Succeeded by
Lord Thomson
Preceded by
Lord Normand
Lord Justice General
1947–1954
Succeeded by
Lord Clyde
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Cooper of Culross
1954–1955
Extinct


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