Sir James Roberton


Sir James Roberton FRSE LLD was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and Professor of Conveyancing at Glasgow University. The university's James Roberton Memorial Prize is named after him.
His Glasgow law firm evolved into Mitchells Roberton and continues to operate.

Life

He was born in Dalmarnock the son of a farmer. He studied Law at Glasgow University.
He first came to note as a partner in Towers-Clerk Roberton & Ross.
In 1867 he became Professor of Conveyancing at Glasgow University.
In 1877 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Anderson Kirkwood, Allen Thomson, and Sir Robert Christison.
From 1885 he served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in Glasgow.
In June 1889 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. He died soon afterwards on 9 August 1889.

Artistic Recognition

His portrait photograph by Thomas Annan is held by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.