Edward Theodore Salvesen

Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen PC QC LLD (Edin.) (20 July 1857 - 23 February 1942) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge.

The son of Christian Salvesen, shipowner, Leith, he was educated at Edinburgh University and called to the Scottish Bar in 1880, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1899. He was unsuccessful Liberal Unionist parliamentary candidate for Leith Burghs in 1900 and for Bute in 1905.

He was Sheriff of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Selkirkshire from 1901-1905 and held office as Solicitor General for Scotland from February-October 1905. In 1905 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Session, a post he held until 1922. He was appointed a Privy Council in 1922 and was also a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

He was the Lord Rector's Assessor on the Courts of Edinburgh University from 1929-1933, President of the Zoological Society of Scotland, Chairman of the Royal Scots Association, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1920-1926.

He was a Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland and Order of St. Olav of Norway.