Ilay Campbell

The Much Honoured Lord Succoth
Portrait by David Martin
Lord President of the Court of Session Lord Justice General
In office 1789–1808
Appointed by	George III
Preceded by	Lord Glenlee
Succeeded by	Robert Blair
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Burghs
In office 1784–1790
Preceded by	John Crauford
Succeeded by	John Crauford
Lord Advocate
In office 1784–1790
Preceded by	The Hon Henry Erskine
Succeeded by	Robert Dundas
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office 1783–1784
Preceded by	Alexander Murray
Succeeded by	Robert Blair
Personal details
Born	1734
Died	1823 (aged 89)
Political party	Pittite
Profession	Advocate, Judge, Politician

Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth FRSE (1734–1823) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician.

An advocate from 1757, he was engaged in the Douglas peerage case from 1764 to 1769. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1783 and Lord Advocate in 1784. He became Member of Parliament for Glasgow Burghs in the same year. He was Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General from 1789 to 1808, where he sat as Lord Succoth.

On his resignation in 1808, he was created a baronet, and resided at Garscube, about four miles from Glasgow on the banks of the river Kelvin. There he engaged in the management of his estate, and the performance of his duties as a country gentleman. Lord Cockburn says of him that "he lived like a patriarch in a house overflowing with company, beloved by troops of relations, and courted for his character and hospitality by many friends." He was Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1799, and died in 1823 aged eighty-nine years.

Sir Ilay was succeeded by his son Archibald, also a Senator of the College of Justice under the title of Lord Succoth, who died in 1846.

References

•  "Campbell, Ilay". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.