Daniel Patterson Blades, Lord Blades, (25 August 1888 – 6 February 1959) was a Scottish judge.

Life

Blades was the son of Sarah Pow of Armadale and Rev. Charles Blades, minister of Allanton. He was educated at Berwickshire High School and the

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graduating with an MA and LLB. He was admitted as an

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in 1915, and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders from 1915–1918. He was an

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from 1929–1932, when he was appointed a

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and Sheriff of Forfar. In 1934 he moved to be Sheriff of Perth and Angus, a post he held until 1945. From 1938 to 1941 he was Deputy Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland from 1938 to 1941. In September 1945 he was appointed

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. In 1947 he was appointed a

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, with the judicial title Lord Blades.

Family

In 1918 he married Gertrude Thonson Legge.

References

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