Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross

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Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross, KC (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1955) was a Scottish politician, Judge and historian.

Cooper was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1915 and was created a King's Counsel in 1927. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.

In 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland and later that year he was appointed as Lord Advocate. He also became a Privy Counsellor in 1935. In 1941 he succeeded as Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper. In 1947 he became Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session. He resigned in 1954 and was created a peer as Baron Cooper of Culross.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Wilfrid Normand	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West 1935–1941	Succeeded by Sir George Ian Clark Hutchison
Legal offices
Preceded by Douglas Jamieson	Solicitor General for Scotland 1935	Succeeded by Albert Russell
Preceded by Douglas Jamieson	Lord Advocate 1935–1941	Succeeded by James Scott Cumberland Reid
Preceded by Lord Aitchison	Lord Justice Clerk 1941–1947	Succeeded by Lord Thomson
Preceded by Lord Normand	Lord Justice General 1947–1954	Succeeded by Lord Clyde
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Cooper of Culross 1954–1955	Succeeded by Extinct

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