Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood

Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood (8 June 1932 – 22 April 2017)[1][2] QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House (Scotland's main appellate court) in 1987.[3]

The Right Honourable

Lord Kirkwood

QC
Senator of the College of Justice
In office
1987–2005
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Born
Ian Candlish Kirkwood

(1932-08-28)28 August 1932
Died22 April 2017(2017-04-22) (aged 84)
Edinburgh
ResidenceEdinburgh
Alma materMichigan University
ProfessionAdvocate

Early life

Son of solicitor[4][5] John Brown Kirkwood, OBE, and Constance,[6] Lord Kirkwood was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.[7] He went on to study at University of Edinburgh (MA, LLB) and Michigan University (LLM).[3] He became Queen's Counsel in 1970.[7]

He served on the Parole Board for Scotland from 1994 to 1997.[3] Kirkwood was one of five judges selected to hear the appeal of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.[7]

Other

Kirkwood was patron of Edinburgh Chess Club and Chess Scotland.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Lord Kirkwood, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 79
  2. "Lord Kirkwood".
  3. "The men in robes: Lord Kirkwood". BBC News. 22 January 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ian-kirkwood-jhtb7vrrn
  5. https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15275377.obituary-lord-kirkwood-long-serving-judge-involved-in-lockerbie-appeal
  6. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-23247/version/1
  7. "Ian Candlish Kirkwood (Lord Kirkwood)". Chess Scotland. Retrieved 1 June 2014.


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