Clyde, James Latham Mcdiarmid, Lord Clyde (1898–1975)
- 7 February 2018
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract
Clyde, James Latham Mcdiarmid, Lord Clyde(1898–1975), lord justice-general of Scotland and lord president of the Court of Session, was born 30 October 1898 at 17 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, the elder son (there were no daughters) of James Avon Clyde [q.v.], later lord justice-general of Scotland, and his wife Anna Margaret McDiarmid, daughter of Professor Peter Wallwork Latham of Cambridge [q.v.]. His parents were formidable personalities. Having, as a small boy, saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday, he was sharply told to take it back: he had bought it at a Liberal shop. Although he later followed almost every step of his father’s career, he was under constant pressure to succeed but did not have the advantage of his father’s majestic presence, intellect, or self-confidence. His stern upbringing may explain an insensitivity to the feelings of others less resilient than himself which he sometimes displayed on the bench, particularly in criminal appeals. He was educated at the ...Keywords
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