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Alexander Burns Shand, 1st Baron Shand PC (13 December 1828 – 6 March 1904), was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was a

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between 1872 and 1890 and a

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between 1892 and his death in 1904.

Background and education

Shand was the son of Alexander Shand, of

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, and Louisa (née Whyte). He studied law at the

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Legal and judicial career

Shand was called to the Scottish Bar in 1853 and was an

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at the

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between 1860 and 1862. He was made

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in 1862 and

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from 1869 to 1872. In 1872 he was appointed a

under the judicial title Lord Shand, a post he held until 1890, when he was sworn of the Privy Council. Two years later he was made a

and raised to the peerage as Baron Shand, of Woodhouse in the County of Dumfries. He also sat on the

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Personal life

Lord Shand married Emily Merelina, daughter of John Clark Meymott, in 1857. There were no children from the marriage. He died in March 1904, aged 75, when the barony became extinct.

References

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