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Alexander Burns Shand, 1st Baron Shand PC (13 December 1828 – 6 March 1904), was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was a

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between 1872 and 1890 and a Lord of Appeal between 1892 and his death in 1904.

Background and education

Shand was the son of Alexander Shand, of

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, and Louisa (née Whyte). He studied law at the

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Legal and judicial career

Shand was called to the Scottish Bar in 1853 and was an

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at the

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between 1860 and 1862. He was made Sheriff of Kincardine in 1862 and Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick from 1869 to 1872. In 1872 he was appointed a

under the judicial title Lord Shand, a post he held until 1890, when he retired. Moving to London for health reasons, he was sworn of the Privy Council. The same year, he took his place in the

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as a privy councillor who had held a high judicial position. Two years later he was raised to the peerage as Baron Shand, of Woodhouse in the County of Dumfries. For the next 12 years, he heard cases in the House of Lords as an unsalaried Lord of Appeal.

Personal life

Lord Shand married Emily Merelina, daughter of John Clark Meymott, in 1857. There were no children from the marriage. He died in March 1904, aged 75, when the barony became extinct.

References

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