Regius Professor of Law, Glasgow

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University of Glasgow

The Chair of Law was founded in 1712. It became the Regius Chair from 1713 with an endowment by Queen Anne of Great Britain.

[edit] Regius Professors of Law

  • William Forbes MA (1714)
  • William Cross, Advocate (1746)
  • Hercules Lindsay LLD (1750)
  • John Millar, advocate (1761)
  • Robert Davidson LLD (1801)
  • Allan Alexander Wellwood Maconochie LLD (1842)
  • George Skene, Advocate (1855)
  • Robert Berry MA LLD (1867)
  • Alexander Moody Stuart LLD(1887)
  • William Murray Gloag KC BA LLD (1905)
  • Andrew Dewar Gibb MBE QC MA LLD (1934)
  • David Maxwell Walker CBE QC MA PhD LLD FRSE FBA (1958)
  • James M Thomson LLB FRSE (1991-2005)

(Sources: Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow. Complied by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

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