The grave of Alexander Munro MacRobert, Dean Cemetery

Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873 – 18 October 1930) was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician. He was

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of Scotland in 1929.

Life

He was born in 1873 the son of Jean Carmichael and Thomas MacRobert. He was educated at

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, going on to study law at the

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and then the

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graduating MA in 1895 and LLB in 1897. He became an advocate in 1897. In 1910 he was living at 86 Great King Street in

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.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910-11 He worked with the

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in 1917–18 and as an Advocate Depute from 1919 to 1923. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1919. He was Sheriff of Forfar from 1923 to 1924. He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh Leith in 1922, and was elected for

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in October 1924 holding the seat until his death. He was appointed

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in December 1925, and was promoted to serve as

briefly from May 1929 to June 1929. He is buried in a line of law lords against the north wall of the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in

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, with his wife Emma Gentles.

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* 1873 births 1930 deaths People educated at Paisley Grammar School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Glasgow Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Scottish sheriffs Solicitors General for Scotland Lord Advocates Place of birth missing Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub