Elish Angiolini
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The Right Honourable Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC FRSA |
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| Lord Advocate | |
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In office 12 October 2006 – 30 April 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth |
| First Minister | McConnell, Salmond |
| Preceded by | Lord Boyd of Duncansby |
| Succeeded by | Frank Mulholland |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | |
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In office 28 November 2001 – 12 October 2006 |
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| First Minister | McConnell |
| Preceded by | Neil Davidson |
| Succeeded by | John Beckett |
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Elish Frances McPhilomy 24 June 1960 Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Domenico Angiolini |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Dunblane, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Strathclyde |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Dame Elish Frances Angiolini, DBE, QC, FRSA (née McPhilomy; born 24 June 1960) is a Scottish lawyer. She was the Lord Advocate of Scotland from 2006 until 2011, having previously been Solicitor General since 2001. She was the first woman, the first Procurator Fiscal, and the first solicitor to hold either post. Since September 2012, Angiolini is the Principal of St. Hugh's College, Oxford.
Angiolini grew up in Govan, Glasgow in a working-class family; her father was a coal merchant and later worked for Rolls-Royce and as a commercial driver. As a child she wanted to be a ballet dancer. One of her first jobs was working on a checkout at Marks & Spencer. She was educated at Notre Dame High School for Girls in the West End of the city, and studied at the School of Law of the University of Strathclyde, obtaining an LLB in 1982 and a Diploma in Legal Practice in 1983.
Angiolini's neighbourhood suffered from high crime rates. In the summer of 1976, when Angiolini was 16, she returned home to find her mother attaching shards of broken glass to the garden fence to deter intruders. The family home had already been broken into over six times that year.
Angiolini's first encounter with the legal profession came when, as a teenager, she was asked to give evidence in a burglary trial. Later, she recalled: "I was not terribly impressed. There were a lot of important people in gowns and witnesses were left a very long time in the witness room and not given any information... All the attention was focused on the permanent figures of the court, while us witnesses, and those in the dock, seemed irrelevant". The experience inspired Angiolini to pursue a career in law. Later as Regional Procurator Fiscal, Angiolini piloted a victim liaison scheme which was subsequently extended throughout Scotland.
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