{{Short description|British politician and judge}} {{redirect|Arthur Dewar|the Scottish cricketer|Arthur Dewar (cricketer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = Lord Dewar | image = Arthur_Dewar.jpg | alt = | caption = Arthur Dewar | office1 = Senator of the College of Justice | term_start1 = April 1910 | term_end1 = June 1917 | office2 = Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South | term_start2 = 1906 | term_end2 = April 1910 | office3 = Solicitor General for Scotland | term_start3 = February 1909 | term_end3 = 1910 | office4 = Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South | term_start4 = 1899 | term_end4 = 1900 | party = Liberal | birth_date = {{birth date|1860|03|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Perth, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1917|06|14|1860|03|14|df=yes}} | death_place = | education = University of Edinburgh | father = John Dewar, Sr. | relatives = Thomas Dewar (brother)<br/>John Dewar (brother) | spouse = {{marriage|Letitia Bell|1892}} | children = 2 }} '''Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar''' (14 March 1860 – 14 June 1917) was a British politician and judge who served as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South as well as Solicitor General for Scotland and later a Senator of the College of Justice.
==Life== thumb|left|The grave of Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar, Dean Cemetery He was born in Perth, the fourth son of John Dewar, Sr. the distiller and founder of John Dewar & Sons. His brothers, Thomas and John, ran the family business.<ref name="Times">Obituary in ''The Times''</ref>
He was educated at Perth Academy and then at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1882. He was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1885, and in 1892 was appointed the Advocate-Depute for the Glasgow circuit, a minor governmental post, which he held until 1895 when the Conservative Party came into power.<ref name="Times"/>
In an 1899 by-election he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South, defeating Major-General A.G. Wauchope, but was defeated himself in the 1900 general election by Sir Andrew Agnew. He stood again in the 1906 general election, where he won the seat. He had been made King's Counsel in 1904, and served as Solicitor General for Scotland from February 1909 – 1910.<ref name="gazette-1909-dewar-sol-gen">{{London Gazette | issue = 12118 | date = 19 February 1909 |page=173 | city = Edinburgh }}</ref><ref name="Times"/>
He was re-elected in the January 1910 general election, but resigned from the Commons in April that year when he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice,<ref name="gazette-1910-dewar-senator">{{London Gazette | issue = 12242 | date = 26 April 1910 |page=444 | city = Edinburgh }}</ref> replacing the deceased McLaren. He took the judicial title of '''Lord Dewar''', and served in the post until his death.<ref name="Times"/>
thumb|8 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh He lived 8 Drumsheugh Gardens in Edinburgh's West End<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911-12</ref> in an impressive Victorian townhouse by the Edinburgh architect John Lessels.<ref>Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford, McWilliam and Walker</ref>
He is buried in the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, against the northmost wall.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
==Family== He married Letitia ("Lettie") Dalrymple Bell, daughter of Robert Bell of Clifton Hall, in 1892, with whom he had one son and one daughter.<ref>Who Was Who</ref>
His son, Ian Dalrymple Dewar, was killed during the First World War.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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==References== * [https://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC&dq=John+Arthur+Dewar&pg=PA294 ''Burke's Landed Gentry – The Kingdom of Scotland''. 19th Edition, Volume I] {{ISBN|978-1-57958-373-6}} * "DEWAR", in {{cite book|title=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|year=2007|edition=Online|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U195578}} * Obituary in ''The Times'', 15 June 1917, p. 3
== External links == * {{hansard-contribs | mr-arthur-dewar | Arthur Dewar }}
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