Norman Wylie

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Norman Russell Wylie (October 26, 1923September 7, 2005) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.

Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946. He was member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands between October 1964 and February 1974. Between 1970 and 1974 he held the title of Lord Advocate, having briefly been Solicitor General for Scotland from April to October 1964. He was a Senator of the College of Justice from 1974 to 1990, and later served as a Justice of Appeal in the Republic of Botswana from 1994 to 1996.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Hope
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands
19641974
Succeeded by
Malcolm Rifkind
Legal Offices
Preceded by
David Anderson
Solicitor General for Scotland
Apr–Oct 1964
Succeeded by
James Graham Leechman
Preceded by
Henry Stephen Wilson
Lord Advocate
1970–1974
Succeeded by
Ronald King Murray