William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan

William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan PC, KC (12 December 1898 – 28 July 1975) was a Scottish Tory politician and judge.

Early life

Educated at Sherborne School, University College, Oxford, and the University of Glasgow. At Oxford, he was elected President of Vincent's Club in 1923.

In the First World War, he served with the Highland Light Infantry from 1917 to 1919.

Legal career

He was admitted as an advocate in 1925, and appointed a King's Counsel in 1945. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1951 to 1954, and Lord Advocate from 1954 to 1960, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1955. He was appointed to the bench in 1960, with the judicial title Lord Milligan. He retired in 1973.

Politics

He was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate at Glasgow St Rollox in 1945 and again at Central Ayrshire in 1950 and 1951, and was elected for Edinburgh North in 1955, where he served until 1960.

Other

He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Milligan

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Latham Clyde	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North 1955–1960	Succeeded by Earl of Dalkeith
Legal offices
Preceded by Douglas Johnston	Solicitor General for Scotland 1951–1954	Succeeded by William Grant
Preceded by James Latham McDiarmid Clyde	Lord Advocate 1954–1960	Succeeded by William Grant