About Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie
Lived 1923 – 2005 (aged 81). Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie was a British politician and judge.
Norman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie, (26 October 1923 – 7 September 2005) was a Scottish Conservative and Scottish Unionist politician, lawyer, and judge.
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 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.
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician (1923-2005)
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Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie was born on 26 October 1923 in Elderslie.
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Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie died on 7 September 2005.
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Norman Wylie, Lord Wylie was a politician and judge.
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