George Lewis MacFarlane
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George Lewis MacFarlane, Lord Ormidale LLD (1854–1941) was a Scottish lawyer who served as a Senator of the College of Justice.
Life
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He was born at 31 Heriot RowEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1854: Robert MacFarlane in Edinburgh on 22 March 1854, the son of Robert MacFarlane WS (1802-1880) and Grace Addison Greig (1827-1880). He was christened on 6 May. He was educated in Edinburgh then studied law at St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1878.{{Cite web | url=https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I48850&tree=CC | title=George Lewis Macfarlane, Lord Ormidale, youngest son b. 22 Mar 1854 d. 21 Apr 1941: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy }}
In 1880 he is listed as George L. MacFarlane, advocate, living at 14 Moray Place on the highly prestigious Moray Estate in Edinburgh, having inherited the property from his father.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1880
He took silk in 1903 and was thereafter G L MacFarlane KC (King's Counsel) and was also made Sheriff of Fife and Kinross in 1909. He was also Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland (having the final say as to whether or not individuals were committed to an asylum.George Lewis MacFarlane: Lord Ormidale by Francis Caird Inglis
In 1910 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice replacing Alexander Low, Lord Low. He was at this time living a 3 St Colme Street (also on the Moray Estate).Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1910 He re-adopted the title Lord Ormidale which had been dormant since the death of his father in 1880 (it was NOT an inherited title).George Lewis MacFarlane: Lord Ormidale by Francis Caird Inglis
He died on 21 April 1941.
Family
In 1891 he married Mary Crichton Hunter of 49 Moray Place - the daughter of his neighbour.
They had two sons, Robert MacFarlane and Alistair Hunter MacFarlane.
Recognition
Ormidale Terrace in the Murrayfield district of Edinburgh is named after Lord Ormidale.
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Category:Lawyers from Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:20th-century Scottish judges