Norman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie, (26 October 1923 – 7 September 2005) was a Scottish

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and Scottish Unionist politician, lawyer, and judge. Born in Elderslie, he was educated at

Paisley Grammar School Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of James VI of Scotland, King James VI and is situated on Glasgow Road. T ...

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, and the universities of

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and

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. He served in the

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from 1942 to 1946. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Pentlands between October 1964 and February 1974. Between 1970 and 1974 he held the title of

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having briefly been

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from April to October 1964. He was a

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from 1974 to 1990, and later served as a Justice of Appeal in the Republic of Botswana from 1994 to 1996. His son Neville Wylie is an associate professor of politics at the

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* * 1923 births 2005 deaths People from Renfrewshire People educated at Paisley Grammar School Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Scottish Conservative MPs Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Glasgow Solicitors general for Scotland Lord advocates UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 Wylie Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1920s-stub