John Wheatley, Baron Wheatley

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John Thomas Wheatley, Baron Wheatley (17 January 1908 - 28 July 1988) was a Scottish Labour politician and judge.

Educated at St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Mount St. Mary's College, Sheffield, and the University of Glasgow he was admitted as an advocate in 1932. He served in the Royal Artillery and the Judge Advocate Generals' Branch during World War II.

He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Bute and North Ayrshire in 1945 and for Glasgow Bridgeton in 1946, where he was defeated by the Independent Labour Party candidate. He was elected for Edinburgh East in November 1947 and sat for the constituency until 1954.

He was Solicitor General for Scotland from March to October 1947, when he was appointed Lord Advocate. He was appointed a King's Counsel and a Privy Counsellor in 1947.

He was appointed to the bench, with the judicial title Lord Wheatley. In 1970 he was created a life peer, as Baron Wheatley, of Shettleston in the County of the City of Glasgow. In 1972 he was appointed Lord Justice Clerk, a post he held until 1985.

Legal Offices
Preceded by Daniel Patterson Blades	Solicitor General for Scotland 1947	Succeeded by Douglas Harold Johnston
Preceded by George Reid Thomson	Lord Advocate 1947–1951	Succeeded by James Latham McDiarmid Clyde
Preceded by Lord Grant	Lord Justice Clerk 1972–1985	Succeeded by Lord Ross