Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd
- Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd
Andrew Rutherfurd (1791 – 1854) was a Scottish judge.
Educated at Edinburgh, he became an advocate in 1812. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1837, becoming Lord Advocate in 1839 and Member of Parliament for Leith burghs in the same year. He resigned office in September 1841 on William Peel's accession to power. He was appointed Rector of Glasgow University in 1844.
He played an active part in parliamentary proceedings relating to Scotland, and proposed the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. He was reappointed Lord Advocate in 1846, and was responsible for legislation amending the law of entail in Scotland in 1848. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, as Lord Rutherfurd and a Privy Counsellor in 1851.
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