Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay

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Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (August 1793 - 31 January 1874) was a Scottish judge, born at Oronsay, the son of John McNeill (1767-1846) laird of Colonsay and Oronsay, and his wife Hester nee McNeill.

Educated at St Andrew's University where he graduated M.D., and Edinburgh University where he read law, he became an advocate in 1816. He was appointed Sheriff of Perthshire in 1824, and Solicitor General for Scotland from 1834-5, and again from 1841 to 1842, becoming Lord Advocate from 1842 to 1846.

He was Member of Parliament for Argyllshire from 1843 to 1851.

He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice and an Ordinary Lord of Session as Lord Colonsay and Oronsay, in 1851. He was Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1852 to 1867, and was created Baron Colonsay, of Colonsay and Oronsay in the County of Argyll, on 26 February 1867. He died at Pau, France on 31 January 1874, when the title became extinct.

Legal offices
Preceded by Andrew Skene	Solicitor General for Scotland 1834-1835	Succeeded by John Cunninghame
Preceded by Thomas Maitland	Solicitor General for Scotland 1841-1842	Succeeded by Adam Anderson
Preceded by Sir William Rae	Lord Advocate 1842-1846	Succeeded by Andrew Rutherfurd
Preceded by Lord Boyle	Lord Justice General 1852-1867	Succeeded by Lord Glencorse