Regius Chair of Law University of Glasgow |
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Precursor | Chair of Law |
Formation | 1713 |
Founder | Queen Anne |
First holder | William Forbes |
Website | www.law.gla.ac.uk |
The Regius Chair of Law at the University of Glasgow was founded in December 1713 with an endowment by Queen Anne. (Its foundation is sometimes incorrectly dated to 1712, due to an error in Glasgow's Munimenta, published in 1854. ) It is one of twelve Regius Professorships within the University of Glasgow. The first holder of the chair, William Forbes, was appointed in 1714. The current holder, James Chalmers, was appointed in 2012.