Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee

Cameo of Sir Thomas Miller, 1789, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Sir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet FRSE (1717–1789), known as Lord Barskimming (1766–88) and Lord Glenlee (born 1788) during his judicial service, was a Scottish advocate, judge, politician and landowner. He served as the first Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh during 1783-6.^[1]

Born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1717 the son of William Miller of Glenlee WS, Kirkcudbrightshire and of Barskimming, Ayrshire, and Janet Hamilton, he was educated at Glasgow University (1730) and Edinburgh University (1738). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1742 and was solicitor of the Excise in Scotland from 1755. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1759, and promoted to Lord Advocate in 1760.

He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries Burghs from 1761 to 1766, and Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1763. He was raised to the bench and appointed Lord Justice Clerk in 1766, taking the judicial title Lord Barskimming. In 1788, he became Lord President of the Court of Session and was created a Baronet, of Glenlee, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.^[2]

His Edinburgh address in 1775 was Browns Square.^[3]

He died at Barskimming, Ayrshire, on 27 September 1789 and was interred at the family vault at Stair, Ayrshire.

References

1. Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, Angus (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF) II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198845. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
2. The London Gazette: no. 12965. p. 81. 16 February 1788. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
3. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1775