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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- First MinisterFirst Minister of ScotlandThe First Minister of Scotland is the political leader of Scotland and head of the Scottish Government. The First Minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy...
and Keeper of the Great Seal - Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
(since 16 May 2007)
January
- 1 January - the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
is to examine claims of ownership of the Scottish island of RockallRockallRockall is an extremely small, uninhabited, remote rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It gives its name to one of the sea areas named in the shipping forecast provided by the British Meteorological Office....
, after a request from Denmark, which has sovereignty over the neighbouring Faroes - 1 January - a soldier serving with the Argyll and Sutherland HighlandersArgyll and Sutherland HighlandersThe Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland....
is killed in an explosion near to the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand ProvinceHelmand ProvinceHelmand is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Lashkar Gah. The Helmand River flows through the mainly desert region, providing water for irrigation....
, in Afghanistan - 1 January - approximately 140 people take part in the annual Loony Dook in the Firth of Forth, at South Queensferry
- 2 January - at the Old Firm game, Rangers and Celtic, represented by John GreigJohn GreigJohn Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player, manager and director.Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the Rangers supporters...
and Billy McNeillBilly McNeillWilliam "Billy" McNeill MBE is a former Scottish footballer and manager. He is best known for captaining Celtic to the European Cup triumph in 1967 and he later went on to manage the club. He is now the official Club Ambassador at Celtic....
respectively, pay their respects to the 66 victims of the Ibrox Disaster in 1971 - 2 January - the Montenegrin Embassy in London writes to Labour leader Iain GrayIain GrayIain Gray is a Scottish politician and the Leader of Scottish Labour Party Opposition in the Scottish Parliament. Gray was elected as the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the East Lothian constituency in 2007 having previously represented Edinburgh Pentlands from 1999 to 2003.-Background and...
, correcting factual innacuracies and asking him to explain comments he made during First Minister's QuestionsFirst Minister's QuestionsFirst Minister's Questions is the name given to the weekly questioning of the leaders of devolved administrations in the United Kingdom. First Minister's Questions works in a similar way to Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons....
in December 2010, about the country being involved in “war crimes", "ethnic cleansing” and "a United Nations peace-keeping mission" - 2 January - the publishers of the Sunday HeraldSunday HeraldThe Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper launched on 7 February 1999. The ABC audited circulation in April 2011 showed sales of 31,123.From the start it has combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution...
newspaper announce that it is to be relaunched as a weekly news magazine - 3 January - Gary AndersonGary Anderson (darts player)Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...
is the Runner Up at the World Darts Championship - 5 January - the Rosyth - Zeebrugge ferry serviceRosyth - Zeebrugge ferry serviceThe ferry service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge is a freight-only service operated by DFDS. The current service replaces a passenger and freight service that was operated by Norfolkline from 18 May 2009 until 15 December 2010 . It is the only direct ferry route between Scotland and Continental Europe...
, the country's only direct ro-ro ferry route to mainland Europe, re-opens as a freight-only service - 5 January - a rare bittern (Botaurus stellaris), which last bred in the country c.1830, is sighted at RSPB Scotland's Insh MarshesInsh MarshesInsh Marshes are 10 square kilometres of the River Spey floodplain between Kingussie and Kincraig in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland...
nature reserve in StrathspeyStrathspey, ScotlandStrathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland.... - 18 January - the installation of replicas of the 37 Stirling Heads is completed at the King's Inner Hall at Stirling Castle
- 23 January - An earthquakeEarthquakeAn earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
measuring 3.5 magnitude is recorded at GlenuigGlenuigGlenuig is a small village in Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around 30 miles west of Fort William and 20 miles from Ardnamurchan Point.-Geography:...
, 25 miles (40 km) west of Fort WilliamFort William, ScotlandFort William is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles...
. - 25 January - Andy Gray is sacked from Sky SportsSky SportsSky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
- 26 January - Tommy SheridanTommy SheridanTommy Sheridan is a Scottish socialist politician. He has had various prominent roles within the socialist movement in Scotland and is currently one of two co-convenors of the left-wing Scottish political party Solidarity....
is sentenced to 3 years in prison for lying on oath during the Sheridan v News InternationalSheridan v News InternationalSheridan v News Group Newspapers is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the News of the World, which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006...
case in 2006 - 27 January - the Scotland Bill received an unopposed second reading in the House of Commons, with the Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore describing the legislation as the largest transfer of fiscal powers from central Government since the creation of the United KingdomTreaty of UnionThe Treaty of Union is the name given to the agreement that led to the creation of the united kingdom of Great Britain, the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which took effect on 1 May 1707...
. - 27 January - a Tornado GR4 jet from RAF LossiemouthRAF LossiemouthRAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and is currently Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s. From 2013 the Northern QRA force of Typhoon F2 will relocate to Lossiemouth following the closure of...
ditched in Loch EweLoch EweLoch Ewe is a sea loch in the region of in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement...
, with the 2 crew ejecting shortly before the crash - 29 January - a climber survives after falling 1000 feet from Sgurr Choinnich Mor, part of the Grey CorriesGrey CorriesThe Grey Corries are a range of mountains in the West Highlands of Scotland. The range includes several of Scotland's highest peaks including a number of Munros...
range in LochaberLochaberDistrict of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
April
- 1 April - prescription charges abolished in Scotland
May
- 5 May – Elections are held for the Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament election, 2011The 2011 Scottish Parliament general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the mixed member proportional representation system is used to...
together with the referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system for elections to the House of Commons of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. - 6 May –
- The Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
secures election victory, winning an overall majority in the Scottish parliament elections. - Scottish Labour PartyScottish Labour PartyThe Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....
leader Iain GrayIain GrayIain Gray is a Scottish politician and the Leader of Scottish Labour Party Opposition in the Scottish Parliament. Gray was elected as the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the East Lothian constituency in 2007 having previously represented Edinburgh Pentlands from 1999 to 2003.-Background and...
announces his resignation after his party loses key seats in constituencies across Scotland. - Voters reject proposals to introduce the alternative voting system in the UK.
- The Scottish National Party
- 7 May –
- The Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
urges British Prime Minister David CameronDavid CameronDavid William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
to amend the Scotland Bill to give the Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
greater legislative powers. - Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish ScottTavish ScottTavish Hamilton Scott MSP is a Scottish politician and MSP for Shetland. He was Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2011...
resigns after a collapse of his party's support at the Scottish Parliament election.
- The Scottish National Party
- 9 May – Scottish Conservative leader Annabel GoldieAnnabel GoldieAnnabel MacNicoll Goldie is a Scottish Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland Region. She was the Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2005 until 2011....
announces her intention to step down from the role after the Party's poor results at the recent general election.
July
- 1 July – The Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
's Iain McKenzieIain McKenzieIain McKenzie is a Scottish Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde since the June 2011 by-election in his constituency.-Early life:...
wins the Inverclyde by-election with a majority reduced from 14,416 in 2010 to 5,838.
August
- 10 August – Police from Scotland are being sent to England to help combat riots and disorder.
- 31 August – Critics of the proposed £400M Aberdeen bypass, who have already delayed the project since it won approval in December 2009, decide to press ahead with a fresh legal challenge after a recent appeal at the Court of Session was rejected.
September
- 7 September – Scottish First MinisterFirst Minister of ScotlandThe First Minister of Scotland is the political leader of Scotland and head of the Scottish Government. The First Minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy...
Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
unveils a legislative programme for the coming year which includes plans to create a single police force and a single fire service for Scotland. - 21 September – Finance Secretary John SwinneyJohn SwinneyJohn Ramsey Swinney is the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth in the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire North, having previously represented North Tayside...
announces his spending plans for the next three years in the context of cuts of more than £3bn in funding from the UK government.
October
- 12 October – Insurance companies fail in a legal bid to scrap the right of people in Scotland to claim damages for an asbestos-related condition that had been legislated for by the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009.
- 13 October – BPBPBP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
has been given the go ahead to proceed with a new £4.5bn oil project west of the Shetland IslandsShetland IslandsShetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
. - 20 October – A BBC Scotland investigation claims to have uncovered evidence of alleged criminality in the past business dealings of the new owner of Rangers, Craig WhyteCraig WhyteCraig Whyte is a Scottish businessman and the owner of Rangers Football Club.Whyte first entered business in a plant hire company; since then he has branched out into security, manufacturing and property, before becoming a venture capitalist...
. - 25 October – Scottish gun crime falls to 32-year low.
- 26 October – Labour MP Ian DavidsonIan Davidson (Scottish politician)Ian Graham Davidson is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Glasgow South West since 2005...
, chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee apologises for 'any offence that might have been caused' after SNP MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford accused him of threatening that she would get "a doing" if discussions from a behind-closed-doors meeting of the committee were leaked to the media. - 27 October – Edinburgh City Council vote to proceed with plans for a Gaelic school in the city.
November
- 4 November - Newly elected MSP Ruth DavidsonRuth DavidsonRuth Davidson is a politician, former BBC journalist and the current leader of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party...
is announcedScottish Conservative Party leadership election, 2011The 2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was an internal party election to elect a new leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, the third largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament. Ruth Davidson was declared the winner of the contest on November 4,...
as the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives. - 6 November - A public opinion poll carried out for the BBC Politics Show indicates that devo-max was the most popular option with Scottish voters: 33% backed devo-max, 28% supported Scottish independence and 29% backed 'no further constitutional change'.
- 10 November - Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
wins the Herald's Scottish Politician of the YearScottish Politician of the YearScottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999. It is held by The Herald newspaper in Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Scotland....
award. - 17 November – Alex SalmondAlex SalmondAlexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond MSP is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland. He became Scotland's fourth First Minister in May 2007. He is the Leader of the Scottish National Party , having served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Gordon...
is named Spectator magazine's 2011 politician of the year. - 30 November – Up to 300,000 public sector workers strike in Scotland over planned UK pension and job changes.
Deaths
- 4 January - Gerry RaffertyGerry RaffertyGerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
(born 1947), singer-songwriter - 11 January - Kenneth Stevenson (born 1949), Bishop of Portsmouth
- 22 January - Chandos BlairChandos BlairLieutenant General Sir Chandos Blair KCVO OBE MC & Bar was General Officer Commanding Scotland.-Military career:...
(born 1919) General Officer Commanding Scotland (1972–76) - 24 January - Alec BodenAlec BodenAlec Boden was a Scottish footballer who played at centre-half, most notably for Celtic. He starred for Duntocher St. Mary's, a boys' guild team, before signing for Celtic in 1943...
(born 1925) , footballer - 24 January - Phil GalliePhil GalliePhilip Roy Gallie was a British politician who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Ayr from 1992 to 1997 and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2007...
(born 1939), Conservative & Unionist MP and MSP - 30 January - Ian R. PorteousIan R. PorteousIan Robertson Porteous was a Scottish mathematician at the University of Liverpool and an educator on Merseyside. He is best known for three books on geometry and modern algebra...
(born 1930), mathematician - 1 February - Len Fyfe (born 1941), Labour peer
- 1 February - Tom JarvieTom JarvieTom Jarvie was a Scottish professional footballer, veterinary surgeon and television personality-Early and personal life:Born in Glasgow and raised in Douglas, Jarvie was married with two sons.-Football career:...
(born 1916), footballer, veterinary surgeon and television personality - 1 February - Derek RawcliffeDerek RawcliffeThe Rt Rev Derek Rawcliffe OBE was an English clergyman and author. He served as Anglican Bishop of the New Hebrides and Episcopalian Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway...
(born 1921), Bishop of Glasgow and GallowayBishop of Glasgow and GallowayThe Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway is the ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway.__FORCETOC__- Brief history :...
(1981–1991) - 10 February - Lynne WalkerLynne Walker (critic)Lynne Walker was a British music and theatre critic who also had experience as a broadcaster.Born in Edinburgh, she attended the Mary Erskine School. She won a medal at the end of her time at Napier College in 1976, and gained a degree from the Huddersfield School of Music...
(born 1956) , music and theatre critic - 12 February - James ElliottJames Elliott (actor)James "Jimmy" Elliott was a Scottish-born Australian theatre and television actor best known for his long-running role of Alf Sutcliffe in the 1970s television soap opera Number 96....
(born 1928), theatre and television actor - 14 February - Catherine MastersCatherine MastersCatherine Murray Millar Masters was a British supercentenarian who became the last living person who was born in Scotland during the 19th century and the Victorian era....
(born 1899) , supercentenarian - 21 February - Anne Mathams (born 1913), educationist and disability rights activist
- 22 February - Brian BonsorBrian BonsorJames Brian Bonsor MBE was a Scottish-born composer and teacher specialising in the recorder.-Life and career:...
(born 1926), composer and music teacher - 10 March - Danny PatonDanny PatonDanny Paton was a Scottish footballer, who played for Heart Of Midlothian and Oxford United.Paton was born in the coal-mining village of Breich. He was a forward and featured in the Hearts side that won the 1962 Scottish League Cup Final.-External links:*...
(born 1936), footballer, who played for Heart Of MidlothianHeart of Midlothian F.C.Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
and Oxford UnitedOxford United F.C.Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The... - 11 March - David Brown (born 1941), international cricketer
- 13 March - Roy Flatt (born 1947), Dean of Argyll and the Isles (1999–2005)
- 31 March - Ishbel MacAskillIshbel MacAskillIshbel MacAskill was a singer of traditional Scottish Gaelic music. She was often referred to as the "Gaelic diva". She was also a heritage activist....
(born 1941), singer - 6 April - Jim BlairJim BlairJames "Jim" Blair was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker. Active between 1967 and 1977 in Scotland, England and Belgium, Blair made 158 appearances in the Scottish Football League and the Football League, scoring 65 goals.Born in Calderbank, Blair played youth football for...
(born 1947), footballer - 10 April - Jimmy BriggsJimmy BriggsJames "Jimmy" Briggs was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back. Briggs played the majority of his career with Dundee United, making nearly 400 appearances and captaining the side when they defeated Barcelona in their first European campaign in the 1960s...
(born 1937), footballer - 11 April - Doug NewlandsDoug NewlandsDouglas Haigh "Doug" Newlands was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a winger.-References:* at the Post-War Players Database...
(born 1931), footballer - 12 April - Ronnie CoyleRonnie CoyleRonnie Coyle was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender.-Early life:Coyle was born in Glasgow and educated at St. Gerard's Secondary School...
(born 1964), footballer - 20 April - Allan Brown (born 1926), football player and manager
- 28 April - Willie O'NeillWillie O'NeillWilliam "Willie" O'Neill was a Scottish football player who played for Celtic and Carlisle United as a full-back....
(born 1940), footballer - 30 April - Eddie TurnbullEddie TurnbullEdward Hunter Turnbull was a Scottish professional football player and manager.During the late 1940s and 1950s he was one of the Famous Five, the noted Hibernian forward line, along with Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, and Willie Ormond...
(born 1923), football player and manager - 5 May - Tommy WrightTommy Wright (footballer born 1928)Tommy Wright was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.-Club career:...
(born 1928), footballer - 7 May - Dougie McCrackenDougie McCrackenDougie McCracken was a Scottish professional footballer who played as both a defender and a forward.-Career:...
(born 1964), footballer - 9 May - David CairnsDavid Cairns (politician)John David Cairns was a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament from 2001 until his death. He represented the constituency of Inverclyde. He was the Minister of State at the Scotland Office until he resigned on 16 September 2008...
(born 1966), Labour MP - 12 May - Noreen Murray (born 1935), professor of molecular genetics at the University of Edinburgh
- 14 May - Ernie WalkerErnie Walker (association football)Ernest John Munro Walker CBE, known as Ernie Walker, was a Scottish association football administrator who served as the Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990. He was also Chairman of UEFA's Stadia Committee for more than a decade.Walker was awarded the OBE in 1988 and...
(born 1928), Scottish Football AssociationScottish Football AssociationThe Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...
administrator - 21 May - Gordon McLennanGordon McLennanGordon McLennan was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain between 1975 and 1990.Born in Glasgow, McLennan worked as an engineering draughtsperson before taking on various full-time posts within the CPGB...
(born 1924), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great BritainCommunist Party of Great BritainThe Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...
(1975–1990) - 27 May - Janet Brown (born 1923), actress, comedienne and impressionist
- 26 June - Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Rodger, Baron Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, FRSE, FBA, PC was a Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom....
, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom