The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC
Biography
The Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness KC was HM Advocate General for Scotland from 12 May 2010 to 08 May 2015.
Education
Lord Wallace studied law at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities.
Political career
Lord Wallace was appointed a Privy Councillor in 2000 and in 2007 he was appointed to the House of Lords. He has been a member of the House of Lords’ Select Committee on the Constitution and the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution. Lord Wallace’s political career includes:
- MP for Orkney & Shetland 1983 to 2001
- MSP for Orkney 1999 to 2007
- Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 1992 to 2005
- Deputy First Minister of Scotland 1999 to 2005
- Minister for Justice 1999 to 2003
- Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 2003 to 2005
Career outside politics
Lord Wallace was called to the bar in 1979, practising mainly in civil law cases. He took silk in 1997.