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Norman Russell Wylie

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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 26 October 1923, Elderslie, Renfrewshire

Died: 7 September 2005

Peerages

Baron Wylie - February 1974

Member of Privy Council - 1970

Education

Paisley Grammar School

Glasgow University

St Edmund Hall, Oxford

Glasgow University

Edinburgh University

Lawyer

Appointments

Solicitor General for Scotland	April 1964	October 1964
Lord Advocate for Scotland	June 1970	February 1974

Elections fought

26 May 1955	West Fife	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,638	24.81
8 October 1959	Edinburgh Central	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,232	49.01
15 October 1964	Edinburgh Pentlands	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,181	46.04
31 March 1966	Edinburgh Pentlands	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,176	44.94
18 June 1970	Edinburgh Pentlands	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,829	46.11