William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, (12 December 1898 – 28 July 1975) was a Scottish judge and Unionist politician. He served as

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and Lord Advocate.

Early life

Milligan was educated at

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, and the

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. In the

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, Milligan served with the Highland Light Infantry from 1917 to 1919.

Legal career

Milligan was admitted as an

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in 1925, and appointed a

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in 1945. He was appointed

from 1951 to 1954, and Lord Advocate from 1955 to 1960, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1955. He was appointed to the College of Justice in 1960, with the judicial title Lord Milligan.

Politics

Milligan was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate at Glasgow St Rollox in

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and again at Central Ayrshire in

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and 1951, and was elected for Edinburgh North in a 1955 by-election, where he served until 1960.

Family

His son

James Milligan, Lord Milligan James George Milligan, Lord Milligan, PC (10 May 1934 – 7 March 2005) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was a Senator of the College of Justice from 1988 to 2001. He was the son of William Milligan, Lord Milligan. References ...

was a

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* 1898 births 1975 deaths People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of University College, Oxford Solicitors General for Scotland Milligan Highland Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of World War I Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 Members of the Royal Company of Archers Lord Advocates Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub