Sheriff Noel McPartlin

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Sheriff Noel McPartlin.

Born in Galashiels, the son of mill workers, Mr McPartlin graduated from Edinburgh University and was a solicitor in private practice for 12 years in Linlithgow, Stirling and Glasgow before being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1976.

He was appointed a sheriff in 1983, and sat in Peterhead, Banff, Elgin and Edinburgh before retiring. At the time, he was Scotland’s longest-serving sheriff.

Read the full obituary on The Scotsman website

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