John Duncan Lowe
John Duncan Lowe CB (18 May 1948 – 7 September 1998) was a Scottish lawyer, Crown Agent for Scotland and Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.[1]
Sheriff Lowe | |
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| Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin | |
| In office 1997–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Duncan Lowe 18 May 1948 Alloa, Scotland |
| Died | 7 September 1998 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Lowe was born at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, in 1948 and received his education at Hamilton Academy and the University of Glasgow, graduating MA, LLB.
Following an apprenticeship with a firm of solicitors and a short period in local government, in 1974 Lowe joined the Procurator Fiscal Service and worked in Procurator Fiscal offices at Kilmarnock, Glasgow and at Edinburgh. Lowe was subsequently appointed Deputy Crown Agent for Scotland (1984–86) and in 1988 took up the post of Regional Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh, a position he held till 1991.
At the early age of 42, in 1991 Lowe was appointed Crown Agent for Scotland and in 1995 was invested CB, (Companion of the Order of the Bath.) In 1997 Lowe was appointed Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, a position he held until his death at Edinburgh the following year.[2]
References
- The Independent, obituary John Duncan Lowe CB 19 October 1998. Retrieved 2011-06-21
- The Herald newspaper, list of Honours, 17 June 1995. Retrieved 2011-06-21