James Frederick Strachan

James Frederick Strachan, Lord Strachan LLD (1894–1978) was a 20th-century Scottish law lord who served as a Senator of the College of Justice.

Life
The grave of Lord Strachan, St Cuthbert's churchyard, Edinburgh

He was born in 1894 the son of James Kelt Strachan of Errol (1860-1932) and his wife, Elizabeth Hyslop Sutherland. His father was an organist and teacher of music.[1] In 1911 they were living at 251 Renfrew Street in Glasgow.[2]

He studied Law at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1921.[3]

From 1942 to 1945 he was Sheriff of Argyll and Sheriff of Perth and Angus from 1945 to 1948.

In October 1948 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice under the title of Lord Strachan. In Edinburgh he was a member of the Speculative Society.[4]

He is buried in the northern section of the churchyard of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.[5] The grave lies in the centre of the grass secion towards the west end.

Family

In 1926 he was married to Irene Louise Warren (1901-1980).[6]

They had three children, Timothy Warren Strachan (1927-1978)[7], Elizabeth Sutherland Dawson née Strachan (born 1928) and Douglas Frederick Strachan (1933-2004).

gollark: This would require global variables.
gollark: Well, yes, but not your claims that:- ☭ is extremely high energy but the energy is distributed amongst all ☭ instances- *somehow* apiochronoformic manipulation used to deploy age-specific cognitohazards would cause them all to teleport into each other
gollark: This whole ☭ annihilation mechanism just seems ridiculous.
gollark: No, the ☭-¬☭ annihilation causing such a scenario was implausible, not apiochronoformics.
gollark: Anything THAT overpowered would have been patched out ages ago.

References
  1. Dictionary of the Organ
  2. Glasgow Post Office Directory 1911
  3. Glasgow University Calendar 1921
  4. History of the Speculative Society 1968
  5. https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=59870&scrwidth=800
  6. https://www.myheritage.com/names/fred_strachan
  7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54303828/timothy-warren-strachan
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