tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post4338819930397714826..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Paper Lords & Invented TraditionsLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-21678430295767544192014-07-03T16:55:23.835+01:002014-07-03T16:55:23.835+01:00Am in Edinburgh this afternoon and just took in th...Am in Edinburgh this afternoon and just took in the old devil's portrait at the gallery, composed during his ailing months before death. Difficult to see the robust, direct character in the slightly daffy - even grandfatherly - old fellow in his Justiciary gown which appears in this lasting record of the man. Off the top of my head, Robert McQueen was a Lanark man himself (presumably owning a small parcel of land called Braxfield), per the judicial title he's remembered under.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-58252521523289078262014-07-03T12:03:32.303+01:002014-07-03T12:03:32.303+01:00Ah, Lord Braxfield, the hanging judge.
Myterious...Ah, Lord Braxfield, the hanging judge. <br /><br />Myteriously he managed to get a street named after him in New Lanark - that repository of the Enlightenment. Perhaps he was best friends with David DaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-90443941085457748482014-07-02T11:43:01.997+01:002014-07-02T11:43:01.997+01:00So it is a demotion for judicial widows who find l...So it is a demotion for judicial widows who find love after grief, no title for the civilly-partnered or the same-sex married (except, perhaps, Her Ladyship's ladyship, who would be a "wife"), and nowt for him indoors, if his female judicial spouse is appointed to the High Court? Coherent, sensible policies, for a modern Scotland...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-42342897594338759842014-07-02T11:39:19.422+01:002014-07-02T11:39:19.422+01:00A splendid word, and helpfully, one eminently suit...A splendid word, and helpfully, one eminently suitable for inclusion in your active vocabulary.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-82207986261473784172014-07-01T15:34:40.868+01:002014-07-01T15:34:40.868+01:00Volume XII (1904-05) of the Scots Law Times at pp ...Volume XII (1904-05) of the Scots Law Times at pp 177 -8 contains the report of the Royal Warant granted by Edward VIIth, clarifying that the honorary title of 'Lord' attaching to the office of Senator continues even after retirement. It also grants wives - and only wives! - of Senators the honorary title 'Lady', even after the death of the Senator, as long as she remains a widow. The consequence of this is that, properly, one should address an invitation to, say, "Lord and Lady Hamilton", but also to "Lady and Mr Smith". I wonder whether the warrant would be affected by the introduction of same-sex marriages: does the legislation contain a suitable gloss?<br />While you have that dusty volume with you, the article on 'Judges' Trials' starting on p 178 is worth a read, as is the note about Lord Stornmouth-Darling on p 3, the note about Lord McLaren on p 22 (followed up on p 30), the report of the Advocates' Rifle Club at p 58, the report on devilling beginning on p 60, a speech by the Dean reported at page 66, which will be of interest to legal nationalists, and a great number of contemporary reports on the Free Church cases. I find it very difficult to stop at reading just the one article when trying to find something in an old Scots Law News! LMCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652348037546248079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-21816802055896885582014-07-01T15:18:34.676+01:002014-07-01T15:18:34.676+01:00"Grogblossomed" Last time I saw this was..."Grogblossomed" Last time I saw this was in Hardy. Brilliant word that i shall be looking for opportunities to use. We may not become independent, but we become more erudite every day.Shale Binghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815856479057665374noreply@blogger.com