William Hunter, Lord Hunter, (9 October 1865 – 10 April 1957) was a Scottish

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, judge and

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politician.

Early life

Hunter was born on 9 October 1865, the son of David Hunter, a ship-owner from Ayr. He was educated at

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and at the

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where he graduated with an MA in 1886 and an LLB in 1889.

Career

He was admitted as an advocate in 1889. He was appointed a

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in 1905. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Govan Division of Lanarkshire from 1910 to 1911 and was Solicitor General for Scotland also from April 1910 to 1911. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in December 1911, replacing the deceased Lord Ardwall. He took the judicial title Lord Hunter, and sat on the bench until 1936. He also chaired the Committee of Inquiry into the Amritsar massacre which condemned the conduct of General Reginald Dyer.

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* 1865 births 1957 deaths People from Ayr People educated at Ayr Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies

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