Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie

The Right Honourable Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie PC
File:Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie.jpg Portrait by Walter Bird Taken 10 June 1964
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands
In office 15 October 1964 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	John Hope
Succeeded by	Malcolm Rifkind
Lord Advocate
In office 1970–1974
Preceded by	Henry Stephen Wilson
Succeeded by	Ronald King Murray
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office April 1964 – October 1964
Preceded by	David Anderson
Succeeded by	James Leechman
Personal details
Born	26 October 1923 Elderslie, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	7 September 2005(2005-09-07) (aged 81)
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party
Other political affiliations	Unionist Party (until 1965)
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Fleet Air Arm
Years of service	1942 - 1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Norman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie PC (26 October 1923 – 7 September 2005) was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.

Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Pentlands between October 1964 and February 1974. Between 1970 and 1974 he held the title of Lord Advocate, having briefly been Solicitor General for Scotland from April to October 1964. He was a Senator of the College of Justice from 1974 to 1990, and later served as a Justice of Appeal in the Republic of Botswana from 1994 to 1996.

His son Neville Wylie is an Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Norman Wylie
• Tam Dalyell The Independent (10 September 2005)
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