John Charles Fenton

John Charles Fenton
John Charles Fenton
Born	5 May 1880
Died	3 January 1951 (aged 70); Edinburgh, Scotland
Education	George Watson's College; University of Edinburgh; Sorbonne;
Occupation	Lawyer

Sir John Charles Fenton KC (5 May 1880 – 3 January 1951) was a Scottish lawyer.

Biography

Fenton was born 5 May 1880, the son of Elizabeth Jack and James Fenton of Edinburgh. He was educated at George Watson's College, at the University of Edinburgh and at the Sorbonne, in Paris.^[1]

He was admitted as a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1904. After service in World War I, he was appointed a King's Counsel in 1923^[2] and from February^[3] to November 1924 he was Solicitor General for Scotland in the first Labour Government in the UK. He was later Sheriff of Fife and Kinross from 1926 to 1937,^[4] of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Clackmannan from 1937 to 1942,^[5] and the Lothians and Peebles.^[6] and Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland from 1942.

He was knighted in 1945.^[7]

He died in Edinburgh on 3 January 1951.^[8]

^ "J. C. Fenton, Esq". Scots Law Times Reports. I: 33. 13 March 1915. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Google Books.
^ "No. 13910". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 April 1923. p. 587.
^ "No. 14000". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 February 1924. pp. 291–292.
^ "No. 14225". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1926. p. 461.
^ "No. 34439". The London Gazette. 28 September 1937. p. 6016.
^ "No. 15918". The Edinburgh Gazette. 22 May 1942. p. 215.
^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2934.
^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 51891. 5 January 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via The Times Digital Archive.

Legal offices
Preceded by Frederick Thomson	Solicitor General for Scotland 1924	Succeeded by David Fleming

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