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Papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6188/1-26
Scope and Contents
The surviving personal and legal papers of Thomas Mackay Cooper, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge and historian (1892-1955). Lord Cooper passed Advocate in 1915 and was created a K.C. in 1927. He was Conservative M.P. for West Edinburgh, 1935-41, Solicitor-General for Scotland, 1935, and Lord Advocate, 1935-41. In 1941 he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper, and became Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from January 1947 to...
Dates:
circa 1920-circa 1955.