Alexander Asher
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Alexander Asher was a Scottish
politician.
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
in 1861 and was appointed an Advocate Depute
in 1870.
Liberal
Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1881 to 1905, he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland
from 1881 to 1885, in 1886 and from 1892 to 1894.
He was awarded honorary degrees of LLD by Aberdeen University in 1883 and Edinburgh in 1891.
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...
politician.
Educated at Edinburgh University, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
Faculty of Advocates
The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary...
in 1861 and was appointed an Advocate Depute
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service provides the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by Her Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution,...
in 1870.
Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1881 to 1905, he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland
Solicitor General for Scotland
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law...
from 1881 to 1885, in 1886 and from 1892 to 1894.
He was awarded honorary degrees of LLD by Aberdeen University in 1883 and Edinburgh in 1891.
Further reading
- G. W. T. Omond, Asher, Alexander (1834–1905), rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 18 Aug 2008