George Patton, Lord Glenalmond
Politician
1803 – 1869
Who was George Patton, Lord Glenalmond?
George Patton, Lord Glenalmond was a Scottish politician and judge.
He studied law at Edinburgh University. He studied at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgwater, Somerset from 1865 to 1866. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1859 and Lord Advocate in 1866, and appointed himself to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in 1867 with the judicial title Lord Glenalmond, partly to avoid inquiry into charges of bribery in connection with his election to Parliament. He committed suicide in September 1869.
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