Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet of Stanhope

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Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet of Stanhope, was a prominent Scottish lawyer and politician of the 18th century who served as Lord Advocate and played a key role in reforming Scottish land laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish lawyer
Scottish politician
baronet
human
areaOfInfluence Scottish legal system
Scottish property law
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Scotland
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Montgomery NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Scottish land law
law
politics
genre legal writing
givenName James
honorificPrefix Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scots
legalSystemReformed Scottish entail system
Scottish feudal land tenure
nobleTitle Baronet of Stanhope
notableFor leading role in reforming Scottish land laws
service as Lord Advocate of Scotland
notableWork Montgomery’s Entail Act NERFINISHED
reform of Scottish land laws
reform of entails in Scotland
occupation advocate
lawyer
politician
partOf Montgomery baronets NERFINISHED
positionHeld Lord Advocate NERFINISHED
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Scottish law officer
residence Stanhope NERFINISHED
workLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED

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Montgomery family hasNotableMember Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet of Stanhope