Edward Theodore Salvesen

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

Edward Theodore Salvesen was the son of Christian Frederik Salvesen (1827–1911), the Norwegian born founder of the Christian Salvesen shipping line of Leith. Salvesen 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 appointed Sheriff of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Selkirkshire in November 1901, serving as such until early 1905. He held office of Solicitor General for Scotland from February–October 1905. In late 1905 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Session, a post he held until 1922. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor 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 1929–33, President of the Royal 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 1920–26. He was a Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland and Order of St. Olav of Norway.