Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood

Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood (8 June 1932 – 22 April 2017)[1][2] QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House (Scotland's main appellate court) in 1987.[3]

The Right Honourable

Lord Kirkwood

QC
Senator of the College of Justice
In office
1987–2005
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Born
Ian Candlish Kirkwood

(1932-08-28)28 August 1932
Died22 April 2017(2017-04-22) (aged 84)
Edinburgh
ResidenceEdinburgh
Alma materMichigan University
ProfessionAdvocate

Early life

Lord Kirkwood was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.[4] He went on to study at University of Edinburgh (MA, LLB) and Michigan University (LLM).[3] He became Queen's Counsel in 1970.[4]

He served on the Parole Board for Scotland from 1994 to 1997.[3] Kirkwood was one of five judges selected to hear the appeal of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.[4]

Other

Kirkwood was patron of Edinburgh Chess Club and Chess Scotland.[4]

gollark: Have you considered that restricting free speech to people you like somewhat defeats the point?
gollark: Some things are not very commonsensical. Especially complex longer term trends.
gollark: Apart from that quote people keep repeating about repeating history.
gollark: This is why we also have history erasure memetics. Sure, they may not actually work well (like the gender erasure ones), but there's no particular downside.
gollark: Names are also passed down from the olden times. People have these books explaining the "meaning" of every name they might pick for a child.

See also
  • List of Senators of the College of Justice

References
  1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Lord Kirkwood, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 79
  2. "Lord Kirkwood".
  3. "The men in robes: Lord Kirkwood". BBC News. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. "Ian Candlish Kirkwood (Lord Kirkwood)". Chess Scotland. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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