George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, PC (1803 – 20 September 1869)[1] was a Scottish politician and judge.
Life edit
He studied at University of Glasgow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, Somerset from 1865 to 1866. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1859[3] and Lord Advocate in 1866,[4] and nominated himself for appointment to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in 1867[5] with the judicial title Lord Glenalmond, partly to avoid inquiry into charges of bribery in connection with his election to Parliament. He was sworn as a Privy Counsellor in November 1867.[6] He committed suicide in September 1869.
In 1866 he was living at 30 Heriot Row, Edinburgh.[7]
Glenalmond College edit
The school now known as Glenalmond College was built on land given by George Patton who for the rest of his life, in company with his wife, took a keen interest in its development and success.[8]
Family edit
On 25 March 1857 in Edinburgh, he married Margaret Bethune (1823-1899).[9] She was the younger daughter of Lieutenant-General Alexander Bethune of Blebo (1771-1847), son of Major-General Sir William Sharp, 6th Baronet and Margaret Bethune, and his wife Maria Low (1794-1886), daughter of Robert James Low of Clatto and his wife Susanna Elizabeth Malcolm.
There were no children. His widow continued to run the Glenalmond estate for the rest of her life and on 2 January 1871 in Edinburgh married Robert Malcolm.[10]
References edit
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
- ^ "Patton, George (PTN822G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 6907". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 May 1859. p. 650.
- ^ "No. 7659". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 July 1866. p. 846.
- ^ "No. 2325". The London Gazette. 1 March 1867. p. 1467.
- ^ "No. 7797". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 November 1867. p. 1301.
- ^ "No. 7649". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 June 1866. p. 72.
- ^ "Glenalmond College from the Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYM4-TTT : George Patton and M. Bethune, 25 March 1857; citing Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, reference; FHL microfilm 6,035,516. Retrieved 3 December 2015
- ^ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. (subscription required) Retrieved 3 December 2015
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