William Ellis Gloag

William Ellis Gloag, Lord Kincairney (7 February 1828 – 8 October 1909) was a Scottish judge.

Life

Gloag was born in Perth on 7 February 1828 to Jessie (née Burn), daughter of John Burn, Writer to the Signet, and William Gloag, a banker in Perth. Paton James Gloag the theologian writer and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1889, was his eldest brother, and his eldest sister was Jessie Burn Gloag, who founded a ragged school in Perth.

Gloag was educated at Perth grammar school and the University of Edinburgh. He passed the Scottish bar on 25 December 1853, where he enjoyed a fair practice. A Conservative in politics, he was not offered promotion until 1874, when he was appointed advocate depute on the formation of Disraeli's second ministry.

He died at Kincairney on 8 October 1909, and was buried at Caputh.

Family In 1864, Gloag married Helen, daughter of James Burn, Writer to the Signet. Together they had three daughters and a son, William Murray Gloag.

Works Introduction to the Law of Scotland, Green, 1995