JAMES AVON CLYDE, LORD CLYDE

'James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde' (1863 – 1944) was a Scottish politician and judge.
Clyde was called to the Scots Bar in 1889, becoming a KC in 1901. He was later Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1915-1918.
He held office briefly as Solicitor General for Scotland in late 1905.
He was the unsuccessful Tory candidate for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire in 1906. He sat as Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West from 1909 to 1918 and Coalition Unionist member for Edinburgh North from 1918-1920.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1916. He was also appointed to the Dardanelles Commission. He served as Lord Advocate from 1916 to 1920 in the Coalition Government. He was appointed to the bench and served as Lord Justice General from 1920 to 1935, with the judicial title Lord Clyde.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire, and Chairman of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland from 1936.
His eldest son James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde later also became Lord Advocate and Lord Justice General.