Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling FRSE DL LLD (3 November 1844 – 2 June 1912) was a Scottish Conservative Party[1] politician and judge.[2][3]
Life edit
Stormonth-Darling was born on 3 November 1844, the son of Elizabeth Moir Tod, daughter James Tod of, Deanstoun, and James Stormonth Darling of Lednathie WS (1830-1881). The family lived at 40 Drummond Place in Edinburgh's New Town.[4]
He was educated at Kelso Grammar School then studied law at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MA.[2]
In November 1888, he was elected in an unopposed by-election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities.[1] from 1888 appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland. He resigned the seat in 1890, when he was appointed to judiciary as a Lord of Session,[1] an office which he held until 1908[5]
In 1897 he was President of the Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club and gave the Toast to Sir Walter at the club's annual dinner.[citation needed] In 1900 he featured in a set of Copes cigarette cards of well known golfers. The card, numbered 49, depicts him standing in a bunker and is entitled "Duffers Yet".[citation needed]
He was a Director of both Scottish Provident and the Bank of Scotland, a member of the Court of the University of Edinburgh, a Railway Commissioner for Scotland and (like his father) a member of the Royal Company of Archers. He wrote books on golf and also collected ballads.[6]
In later years he lived at Balvarran in Perthshire and 10 Great Stuart Street, an impressive Georgian townhouse on the Moray Estate in Edinburgh's West End.[7]
He died at home on 2 June 1912 aged 67.
Family edit
He was married to Ethel Hay Young, daughter of Major William Baird Young (a relation of Brigham Young), in 1892.[3]
His parents are buried together in the small graveyard at Buccleuch Parish Church.
References edit
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 571. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ a b "Stormonth-Darling, Hon. Lord, (Moir Tod Stormonth-Darling) (3 Nov. 1844–2 June 1912)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u191326, ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
- ^ a b C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1844
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy, by Thomas Alexander Lee
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12
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