Andrew Rutherfurd Clark, Lord Rutherfurd-Clark (1828 – 26 July 1899) was a Scottish judge.

Life

He was the second son of Rev. Thomas Clark (1790-1857), minister of Methven in central Perthshire at the time of Andrew's birth, but originally from Galloway. The family moved with his father's various posts, going to

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in 1841 when Rev Clark got an appointment in the Old Kirk, then one of the four parishes housed in

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. They then lived at 8 Newington Place in the south of the city. After the

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his father was asked to replace

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as minister of St Andrew's Church, on George Street. Andrew's mother, Grizel Rutherfurd, was the daughter of Rev. Prof.

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, one of Bruce's predecessor at St Andrews Church.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott He was called to the

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in 1849. He served as

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from 1860 to 1862, and of Haddington and Berwick from 1862 to 1869, and as

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from 1869 to 1874. He succeeded George Young in all three appointments. He was

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from 1874 to 1875 and was raised to the bench with the judicial title Lord Rutherfurd Clark. He resigned from the bench in 1896.

Family

His uncle Andrew Rutherfurd was also a Senator of the College of Justice and had changed his name from Greenfield following a family scandal. He married his cousin, the daughter of Major James H. Rutherford.

References

1828 births 1899 deaths Scottish sheriffs Rutherfurd-Clark Deans of the Faculty of Advocates Solicitors General for Scotland 19th-century Scottish judges {{Scotland-law-bio-stub