George Lewis MacFarlane, Lord Ormidale LLD (1854–1941) was a 19th/20th century Scottish law lord who served as a Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

He was born at 31 Heriot Row in

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on 22 March 1854, the son of Robert MacFarlane WS (1802-1880) and Grace Addison Greig (1827-1880). He was christened on 6 May. He was educated in

then studied law at St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1878. In 1880 he is listed as George L. MacFarlane, advocate, living at 14 Moray Place on the highly prestigious

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, having inherited the property from his father. He

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in 1903 and was thereafter G L MacFarlane KC ( King's Counsel) and was also made Sheriff of Fife and

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in 1909. He was also Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland (having the final say as to whether or not individuals were committed to an asylum. In 1910 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice replacing

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. He was at this time living a 3 St Colme Street (also on the

). He re-adopted the title Lord Ormidale which had been dormant since the death of his father in 1880 (it was NOT an inherited title).George Lewis MacFarlane: Lord Ormidale by Francis Caird Inglis He died on 21 April 1941.

Family

In 1891 he married Mary Crichton Hunter of 49 Moray Place - the daughter of his neighbour. They had two sons, Robert MacFarlane and Alistair Hunter MacFarlane.

Recognition

Ormidale Terrace in the

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district of Edinburgh is named after Lord Ormidale.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacFarlane, George Lewis 1854 births 1941 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Cambridge 20th-century Scottish judges Senators of the College of Justice