The Right Honourable The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry FRSE FBA PC |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
In office 1 October 2009 – 26 June 2011 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Lord Reed |
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
In office 1 October 2001 – 30 September 2009 |
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Preceded by | The Lord Clyde |
Succeeded by | Position eliminated |
Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session | |
In office 1996–2001 |
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Preceded by | The Lord Hope of Craighead |
Succeeded by | The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk |
Personal details | |
Born |
Alan Ferguson Rodger 18 September 1944 Glasgow |
Died | 26 June 2011 | (aged 66)
Nationality | British |
Relations | T Ferguson Rodger, (father) |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow; New College, Oxford |
Occupation | Judge |
Profession | Advocate |
Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry FRSE FBA PC (18 September 1944 – 26 June 2011) was a Scottish academic, lawyer, and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
He served as Lord Advocate, the senior Law Officer of Scotland, before becoming Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, the head of the country's judiciary. He was then appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) and became a Justice of the Supreme Court when the judicial functions of the House of Lords were transferred to that Court.
Alan Rodger was born on 18 September 1944 in Glasgow, to Professor T Ferguson Rodger, Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Glasgow, and Jean Margaret Smith Chalmers, and educated at the independent Kelvinside Academy in the city. He studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MA, and at the University's School of Law, taking an LLB. He then studied at New College, Oxford—under David Daube, Regius Professor of Civil Law—where he graduated with an MA (by decree) and DPhil, and was Dyke Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1969 to 1970 and a Fellow of New College from 1970 to 1972.