Thomas Blantyre Simpson (27 July 1892 – 18 October 1954) was a Scottish advocate and sheriff.

Life

He was born at 8 Bruntsfield Crescent in Edinburgh the son of Sir Robert Russell Simpson (1840-1923) and his wife, Helen Dymock Raleigh. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1900 to 1911) then studied law at Oxford University. In the First World War he was commissioned into the Royal Scots, rising to the rank of captain. He completed his Law studies after the war and qualified as an advocate in 1921. He was Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates 1937 to 1954. In 1944, he became

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and on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth was Queen's Counsel. In 1952 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross, David King Murray, Lord Birnam, John Cameron, Lord Cameron and

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. He was Sheriff variously of

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, Sutherland,

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and finally Perth and Angus. He died on 18 October 1954, aged 62, whilst still in office. He was unmarried and had no children.

Publications

*''The Wagering Club and the Memory of Bain Whyt'' (1951)

Family

His great uncle was James Young Simpson. His maternal great uncle was

Samuel Raleigh Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

an eminent accountant.Seekers of Truth: The Founders of Modern Public Accountancy by Gary Previts His paternal uncle was Alexander Russell Simpson and his cousins were James Young Simpson and George Freeland Barbour Simpson.

References

1892 births 1954 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Oxford Members of the Faculty of Advocates Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 20th-century King's Counsel British Army personnel of World War I Scottish sheriffs Royal Scots officers {{Scotland-law-bio-stub