The Regius Chair of Law at the
University of Glasgow
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was founded in December 1713 with an endowment by
Queen Anne. (Its foundation is sometimes incorrectly dated to 1712, due to an error in Glasgow's ''Munimenta'', published in 1854. ) It is one of twelve
Regius Professorships
A Regius Professor
is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine ...
within the University of Glasgow. The first holder of the chair, William Forbes, was appointed in 1714. The current holder, James Chalmers, was appointed in 2012.
Regius Professors of Law
* William Forbes MA (1714)
* William Cross, Advocate (1746)
* Hercules Lindsay LLD (1750)
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John Millar, advocate (1761)
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Robert Davidson LLD (1801)
* Allan Alexander Wellwood Maconochie LLD (1842)
* George Skene, Advocate (1855)
* Robert Berry MA LLD (1867)
* Alexander Moody Stuart LLD (1887)
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William Gloag KC BA LLD (1905)
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Andrew Dewar Gibb
Andrew Dewar Gibb MBE QC (13 February 1888 – 24 January 1974) was a Scottish advocate, barrister, professor and politician. He taught law at Edinburgh and Cambridge, and was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow 1934–1958. MBE QC MA LLD (1934)
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David Maxwell Walker
David Maxwell Walker (9 April 1920 – 5 January 2014) was a Scottish lawyer, academic, and Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow.
Early life
Walker was educated at the High School of Glasgow,[Joe Thomson
Joseph McGeachy Thomson (6 May 1948 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission.
Early life
Thomson was born in Campbeltown and at ...]
LLB FRSE (1991)
* James Chalmers LLB LLM Dip LP (2012)
See also
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List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow
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University of Glasgow School of Law
The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (''Legum Baccalaureus'', LLB), Master of Laws (''Iuris Vtriusque Magistrum'', LLM), LLM by Researc ...
References
*''Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow''. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond
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Professorships in law
1713 establishments in Scotland
Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...