Lord Hunter
Lord Hunter may refer to: * William Hunter, Lord Hunter (1865-1967), Scottish politician and judge * John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter (1913–2006), Scottish judge * Robert Hunter, Baron Hunter of Newington Robert Brockie Hunter, Baron Hunter of Newington LLD MBE DL FRSE (14 July 1915 – 24 March 1994) was a physician and university administrator. He was the personal physician to Field Marshal Montgomery, during the Second World War in North west E ...

William Hunter, Lord Hunter
William Hunter, Lord Hunter, (9 October 1865 – 10 April 1957) was a Scottish advocate, judge and Liberal Party politician. Early life Hunter was born on 9 October 1865, the son of David Hunter, a ship-owner from Ayr. He was educated at Ayr Academy and at the University of Edinburgh where he graduated with an MA in 1886 and an LLB in 1889. Career He was admitted as an advocate in 1889. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1905. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Govan Division of Lanarkshire from 1910 to 1911 and was Solicitor General for Scotland also from April 1910 to 1911. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in December 1911, replacing the deceased Lord Ardwall. He took the judicial title Lord Hunter, and sat on the bench until 1936. He also chaired the Committee of Inquiry into the Amritsar massacre which condemned the conduct of General Reginald Dyer. References External links * 1865 births 1957 deaths People from Ayr ...
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John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter
John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter VRD (1913–2006) was a 20th-century Scottish advocate who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was known to friends as Jack Hunter. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 21 February 1913 the son of John Mair Hunter QC. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Rugby School. He studied Law at both New College, Oxford and Edinburgh University. He passed both the English and Scottish bar as an advocate in 1937. In September 1939 as an officer in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve he was called up prior to the onset of the Second World War serving on the mine-layer Menestheus. He reached the rank of Lt Commander. After the war he practiced as an advocate in Edinburgh. He became King's Counsel in 1951 (Queen's Counsel following the coronation of Elizabeth II). In 1957 he became Sheriff Principal of Argyll and Bute. In 1972 he became Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk. In October 1961 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justi ...
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