William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, (12 December 1898 – 28 July 1975) was a Scottish judge and
Unionist politician. He served as
Solicitor General for Scotland and
Lord Advocate.
Early life
Milligan was educated at
Sherborne School
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University College, Oxford
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, and the
University of Glasgow
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. In the
First World War
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, Milligan served with the
Highland Light Infantry from 1917 to 1919.
Legal career
Milligan was admitted as an
advocate
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in 1925, and appointed a
King's Counsel
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in 1945. He was appointed
Solicitor General for Scotland from 1951 to 1954,
and
Lord Advocate from 1955
to 1960, and was made a
Privy Counsellor
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in 1955. He was appointed to the
College of Justice
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in 1960, with the judicial title Lord Milligan.
Politics
Milligan was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate at
Glasgow St Rollox in
1945
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Events
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and again at
Central Ayrshire
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in
1950 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 was a
Senator of the College of Justice
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.
References
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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
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