Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd

Andrew Rutherfurd (born Andrew Bervie), Lord Rutherfurd of Crosshill FRSE (1791 – 1852) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician.

His father was the minister William Greenfield but the family changed their name to Rutherfurd, his mother's name (Janet Rutherfurd, Mrs Bervie^[1]), in 1799 after his father was disgraced in a sex scandal.^[2]

Educated at the Royal High School and Edinburgh University, he became an advocate in 1812. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1837, becoming Lord Advocate in 1839 and Member of Parliament for Leith burghs in the same year. He resigned office in September 1841 on William Peel's accession to power. He was appointed Rector of Glasgow University in 1844.

He played an active part in parliamentary proceedings relating to Scotland, and proposed the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. He was reappointed Lord Advocate in 1846, and was responsible for legislation amending the law of entail in Scotland in 1848. He served on the Royal Commission on the British Museum (1847–49).^[3] He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, as Lord Rutherfurd and a Privy Counsellor in 1851.

References

^ Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198845. http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp2.pdf. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
^ Pisanus Fraxi [Henry Spencer Ashbee], "Index Librorum Prohibitorum: being Notes Bio- Biblio- Icono- graphical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books", London, privately printed, 1877, p.340
^ The Life of Sir Anthony Panizzi, Volume 1, by Louis Alexander Fagan, p257

George William Thomson Omond, "The lord advocates of Scotland: 2d series, 1834-1880", A. Melrose Ltd, 1914, pp. 47–49

External links

"Rutherfurd, Andrew". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Archibald Murray	Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs 1839–1851	Succeeded by James Moncreiff
Legal offices
Preceded by John Cunninghame	Solicitor General for Scotland 1837-1839	Succeeded by James Ivory
Preceded by John Murray	Lord Advocate 1839-1841	Succeeded by Sir William Rae
Preceded by Duncan McNeill	Lord Advocate 1846-1851	Succeeded by James Moncrieff

Persondata
Name	Rutherfurd, Andrew
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1791
Place of birth
Date of death	1854
Place of death