Albert Russell,
KC (1884 – 12 May 1975) was a
Scottish
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Unionist Party politician and
advocate
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.
Russell was educated at
Glasgow Academy
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and the
University of Glasgow
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.
He was elected
Member of Parliament
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for
Kirkcaldy Burghs in 1931 but lost his seat to
Labour
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in 1935. He served as
Solicitor General for Scotland
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from 29 November 1935
to 25 June 1936. From 1936 to 1960 he served as a
Lord of Session
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, gaining the judicial title Lord Russell.
Sources
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20170203065452/http://www.leighrayment.com/misc/lordofsessions.htm
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1884 births
1975 deaths
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
People educated at the Glasgow Academy
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
UK MPs 1931–1935
Solicitors General for Scotland
Place of birth missing
Russell
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