# John Cheyne (advocate)

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{{Short description|Scottish judge (1841–1907)}}
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'''Sir John Cheyne of Tangwick''' [KC](/source/King's_Counsel) LLD (1841–1907) was a 19th/20th century Scottish judge.

==Life==
thumb|330px|Tangwick Haa - now a museum

He was born on 15 February 1841 at 5 Walker Street in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)'s West End the son of Henry Walker [WS](/source/Writer_to_the_Signet).<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1841</ref> He was christened at [Northmavine](/source/Northmavine) parish church in [Shetland](/source/Shetland) near his father's home estate of [Tangwick Haa](/source/Tangwick_Haa) which was built by his family around 1690.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.shetlandheritageassociation.com/members/north-mainland-and-isles/taingwick-haa-museum| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320204948/http://www.shetlandheritageassociation.com/members/north-mainland-and-isles/taingwick-haa-museum| archive-date = 2012-03-20| title = Tangwick Haa Museum {{!}} Shetland Heritage Association}}</ref>

By 1851 the family was living at 6 Royal Terrace on [Calton Hill](/source/Calton_Hill).<ref>1851 Census Edinburgh</ref>

He was sent to [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford) to study law, graduating MA. He passed the Scottish bar as an [Advocate](/source/Advocate) in May 1865. He mainly practiced in [Dundee](/source/Dundee). In the 1880s he was living at 7 Airlie Place in Dundee.<ref>1881 Census Dundee</ref> Airlie Place is a handsome mid-19th century townhouse forming part of a terrace stepping down towards the River Tay. He was at this stage also Sheriff Substitute for [Forfarshire](/source/Forfarshire).<ref>Zetland Family Histories: John Cheyne</ref>

From 1891 he was also [Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland](/source/Procurator_to_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland) and Vice Dean of the [Faculty of Advocates](/source/Faculty_of_Advocates).

He became [Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland](/source/Sheriff_of_Ross%2C_Cromarty_and_Sutherland) in 1886, transferring to be [Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute](/source/Sheriff_of_Renfrew_and_Bute) in 1889, serving until his death.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25997|page=6755|date=29 November 1889}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette | issue = 11904 | date = 1 February 1907 |page=113 | city = e }}</ref>

He was knighted by [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) at [Balmoral Castle](/source/Balmoral_Castle) in 1897.

He lived his final years at 13 Chester Street in Edinburgh's West End.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1906</ref> He was a member of the [Kirk Session](/source/Kirk_Session) under [Rev Archibald Scott](/source/Archibald_Scott_(moderator)) at St George's Church on [Charlotte Square](/source/Charlotte_Square).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/drarchibaldscott00sanduoft/drarchibaldscott00sanduoft_djvu.txt|title=Dr. Archibald Scott of St. George's, Edinburgh, and his times|year=1919}}</ref>

He died on 15 January 1907.<ref>Grave of John Cheyne, Warriston Cemetery</ref> He is buried in [Warriston Cemetery](/source/Warriston_Cemetery). His simple marble cross stands on the north side of the main central east–west path. The Tangwick estate in Shetland (in which he showed little interest) passed to his younger brother Harry Cheyne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/tangwickhaa/index.html|title = Tangwick Haa Museum Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland}}</ref>

==Family==
Cheyne married twice: firstly in 1871 to Margaret Simson (1846-1872) who died soon after childbirth, who lived initially with the whole Cheyne family at 12 Albany Street;<ref>1871 Census Edinburgh</ref> secondly in 1875 at [Inchture](/source/Inchture) to Mary Isabella Edward (born 1847 in Dundee; died 1931).<ref>The Cheyne Family of Scotland, A Y Cheyne</ref>

He had one daughter by the first marriage and two by the second.

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