Robert Handyside, Lord Handyside

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(1798–1858) was a Scottish lawyer and judge who served as

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and a

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Life

He was born at 46 South Hanover Street in Edinburgh’s

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on 26 March 1798, the son of Jane Cuninghame and William Handyside WS (1746–1818), a lawyer. His younger brother was

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. He studied law at the

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and was made an advocate in 1822. He served as

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shire from 1840. In 1847 he was elected a Fellow of the

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his proposer being John Fleming. In 1853 he succeeded

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and also became a Lord of Session. In 1857 he was one of the several judges presiding in the trial of

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. Through his uncle he inherited the estate of Pencloe in

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. Through his father-in-law he also inherited the estate of

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. In Edinburgh he lived in a large townhouse at 10 Moray Place, on the Moray Estate.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1857–58 He died at Kennet House on 17 April 1858.

Family

He married Helen Balfour Bruce daughter of Alexander Bruce 9th of Kennet. Dying childless, his estates passed back to relatives in the Bruce family after his death.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Handyside, Peter David 1798 births 1858 deaths Lawyers from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish judges Members of the Faculty of Advocates Senators of the College of Justice Solicitors general for Scotland Scottish sheriffs Burials at the Dean Cemetery