Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie

Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie FRSE FRSGS LLD (4 April 1849 – 28 April 1920) was a Scottish judge and lawyer.

Life

Guthrie was born at 2 Lauriston Lane in Edinburgh, the son of Rev Thomas Guthrie,

He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, and then studied Law at Edinburgh University, graduating around 1871. In 1875, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates.

In 1907, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice. Lord Guthrie was a member of the Royal Commissions on Historical Monuments in Scotland (1908) and on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (1909), and was Chairman of the Houseletting Commission (1906–07).

Lord Guthrie died at his home, 13 Royal Circus in Edinburgh, on 28 April 1920. He is buried in the north-west corner of the north section of Dean Cemetery.

Family

In 1876 Guthrie married his cousin, Anne Jemima Burns (1845–1927), the daughter of Rev Dr James Chalmers Burns of Kirkliston, and they had two sons and three daughters to the marriage.