43-466: Lord Wallace may refer to: Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness , Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Liberal Democrat life peer Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace , British 19th-century politician William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire , academic, writer and Liberal Democrat life peer Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
86-473: A Member of Parliament. He had been Scotland's longest-serving MP since the resignation of Bruce Millan in 1988. He was succeeded as Father of the House by Alan Williams . In 2009, The Daily Telegraph reported that Dalyell had submitted an expenses claim for £18,000 for three bookcases just two months before his retirement from the House of Commons. Dalyell claimed that this was a legitimate expense to which he
129-552: A US attack without unambiguous UN authorisation, he should be branded as a war criminal and sent to The Hague ". On 7 March 2003, Dalyell was elected as Rector of the University of Edinburgh . After a three-year term, he was succeeded in 2006 by Mark Ballard . It was announced on 13 January 2004 that Dalyell would not seek re-election as an MP at the next general election, and he left the House of Commons in April 2005 after 43 years as
172-437: A formal coalition government with a working majority rather than try to operate as a minority government . He contacted Wallace and a week of formal negotiations were held between the two parties' representatives, following which a partnership agreement was signed, committing both parties to support a negotiated joint agenda. Wallace became Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice , and maintained these briefs throughout
215-588: A minister. On three occasions over the first term of the Parliament, he became Acting First Minister: twice in 2000 due to at first the illness, and later the death, of the first First Minister Donald Dewar , and then again in 2001, after the resignation of Dewar's successor as First Minister , Henry McLeish . Each occasion lasted for only a few weeks. Under his continued leadership, the Scottish Liberal Democrats' popularity grew steadily. After leading
258-410: A time with a dual mandate , although like other MPs elected to Holyrood (such as John Swinney , John Home Robertson and Donald Gorrie ) he stood down from Westminster at the 2001 General Election . As expected, the proportional election system for the new Scottish Parliament meant that Labour failed to gain an outright majority in the first elections. Their leader, Donald Dewar , chose to seek
301-501: Is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the British House of Lords since 2007. He served as the deputy first minister of Scotland from 1999 to 2005, and during that time he served twice as acting first minister , in 2000, in the aftermath of Donald Dewar 's death and in 2001, following Henry McLeish 's resignation. He was formerly Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 1992 to 2005 and Leader of
344-564: Is an elder of the Church of Scotland , attending St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall , Orkney . He is a Vice President of the National Churches Trust . Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet FRSGS ( / d i ˈ ɛ l / dee- EL ; 9 August 1932 – 26 January 2017), known as Tam Dalyell , was a Scottish Labour Party politician who was a member of
387-542: The 1987 Election , with only ten Conservative MPs in Scotland but with a large majority in the House of Commons, it was argued that there was a democratic deficit in Scotland. He led the Scottish Liberal Democrats in the first election to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 , himself winning the constituency of Orkney with 67% of the votes cast. This meant he served as a Member of both the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments for
430-520: The Cambridge Union Society . Cambridge economist Joan Robinson encouraged him to stay for a year after completing his history degree to take an additional degree in economics, which he did and later described as "the hardest work I ever did, much harder than being a PPS ". He then trained as a teacher at Moray House College in Edinburgh and taught at Bo'ness Academy for three years, and
473-556: The Chagossians in their campaign to return to Diego Garcia after being expelled in 1968. When invited by a television journalist to rank Tony Blair among the eight Prime Ministers he had observed as a parliamentarian , he cited Blair's policies in Kosovo and Iraq as reasons for placing his party leader at the bottom of the list. He was also a strong presence in Parliament concerning Libya and led no fewer than 17 adjournment debates on
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#1732854799716516-680: The Church of Scotland at St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall , he was nominated and appointed to be Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2021–2022. It is highly unusual for a lay person to be nominated as Moderator, predecessors being Alison Elliot in 2004 and George Buchanan in 1567. Wallace married Rosemary (née Fraser) a speech therapist in 1983, who he calls "Rosie". The couple have two daughters: Helen and Clare. He has two sons-in-law, Andrew and James, two granddaughters, Catriona and Ella and one grandson, Adam. Wallace
559-562: The European Parliament elections of that year. Four years later, he would earn the Liberal nomination for the seat of Orkney and Shetland , the seat being vacated by former party leader Jo Grimond , and won election to the Parliament . At the time, it was extremely rare for Liberal candidates to successfully win elections to succeed former Liberal MPs, although many have since done so. He
602-563: The House of Commons from 1962 to 2005. He represented West Lothian from 1962 to 1983, then Linlithgow from 1983 to 2005. He formulated what came to be known as the " West Lothian question ", on whether non-English MPs should be able to vote upon English-only matters after political devolution . He was also known for his anti-war, anti-imperialist views, opposing the Falklands War , the Gulf War ,
645-473: The House of Commons . Wallace was educated at Annan Academy , a state secondary school in his hometown of Annan. Following school, he was accepted by Downing College, Cambridge , where he obtained a joint BA degree in economics and law . From there he returned to Scotland to study law at the University of Edinburgh , graduating with an LLB degree in 1977. Based in Edinburgh, he practised as an advocate at
688-627: The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in 1965, he contested almost every British military intervention, arguing against Britain's involvement in the Aden Emergency , the Falklands War (especially the sinking of the General Belgrano ), the Gulf War , the Kosovo War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq . "I will resist a war with every sinew in my body", he said. Dalyell was also a supporter of
731-620: The Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 2013 to 2016. Wallace also served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 2021 to 2022. Wallace served as a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland from 1983 to 2001 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Orkney from 1999 to 2007 . He also served as Advocate General for Scotland from 2010 to 2015. He
774-626: The Lockerbie bombing , in which he repeatedly demanded answers by the Government to the reports of Hans Köchler , United Nations observer at the Lockerbie trial. In February 2003, he became the first Father of the House to be ordered to leave the chamber, after asking questions about the government's "dossier" on weapons in Iraq. Following his outspoken opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and criticism of
817-588: The Lockerbie bombing trial in Scotland; the US Government had indictments against Coleman, accusing him of passport fraud and perjury. Allan Stewart , a former Scottish Office minister and Conservative MP for Eastwood , also said that Coleman should be granted immunity so he could testify in Scotland. The Lord Advocate rejected Dalyell's plea, saying that the Home Office and the English courts had jurisdiction over
860-541: The Privileges Committee for a leak about the biological weapons research establishment, Porton Down , to the newspapers (though he said that he thought the draft minutes of the Select Committee on Science and Technology were in the public domain ). When Labour were defeated in 1970 , his chances of senior office were effectively over. He was opposed to Scottish devolution and was the first to come up with
903-511: The Scottish Bar , mostly in civil law cases. Wallace joined the then- Liberal Party in the early 1970s, but did not become very active in it until after completing his second degree. His first foray as a parliamentary candidate was in the constituency of Dumfriesshire in 1979, where he failed to win. He also stood, unsuccessfully, as the Liberal candidate in the South of Scotland constituency at
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#1732854799716946-468: The Scottish National Party in a hard-fought by-election for West Lothian . From 1983 onwards, he represented Linlithgow (when the new town of Livingston formed its own constituency) and easily retained the seat. He became Father of the House after the 2001 general election , when Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath retired from the House of Commons . He was a nominated Member of
989-686: The Scottish Politician of the Year Awards. In May 2010, he was appointed Advocate General for Scotland, one of the Law Officers of the Crown , who advise the government on Scots law. He was elected unopposed, as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords on 15 October 2013, replacing Lord McNally , who had stepped down earlier in the month. In September 2016, he stepped down as
1032-767: The War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War . Dalyell was born in Edinburgh , and raised in the family home of his mother Eleanor Dalyell , the Binns , near Linlithgow , West Lothian; his father Gordon Loch CIE (1887–1953) was a colonial civil servant and a scion of the Loch family . Highland Clearances facilitator James Loch (1780–1855) was an ancestral uncle. Loch (and his son) took his wife's surname in 1938, and through his mother Dalyell inherited
1075-662: The baronetcy of Dalyell , but he never used the title. Dalyell was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Eton College . He did his national service with the Royal Scots Greys from 1950 to 1952, as an ordinary trooper , after failing his officer training. He then went to King's College, Cambridge , to study mathematics, but switched to history. He became chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and vice-president of
1118-540: The " West Lothian question ", although it was actually named by Conservative MP Enoch Powell . He continued to argue his own causes: in 1978–79, he voted against his own government over 100 times, despite a three-line whip . In the 1990s, Dalyell asked the Lord Advocate , Lord Rodger of Earlsferry , to grant diplomatic immunity to Lester Coleman , a co-author of Trail of the Octopus , so that he could give evidence in
1161-548: The 2007 election, but would serve his time out as a backbencher . He ceased to be an MSP with the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament on 2 April 2007. On 13 September 2007, it was announced that he was to be appointed to the House of Lords . He was subsequently created a life peer on 17 October 2007 taking the title Baron Wallace of Tankerness , of Tankerness in Orkney . Wallace also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2007 On 28 April 2008, it
1204-600: The European Parliament from 1975 to 1979, and a member of the Labour National Executive from 1986 to 1987 representing the Campaign group . Dalyell's independent stance in Parliament ensured his isolation from significant committees and jobs. His early career was promising and he became Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Richard Crossman . He annoyed a number of ministers and was heavily censured by
1247-578: The Government, Downing Street suggested that he might face withdrawal of the Labour whip . In May, the American magazine Vanity Fair reported Dalyell indirectly as having said that Prime Minister Tony Blair was unduly influenced by a "cabal of Jewish advisers". He specifically named Lord Levy , who was Blair's official representative in the Middle East, and Labour politicians Peter Mandelson (whose father
1290-624: The Leader of the Liberal Democrat in the House of Lords, citing a desire to step back from "frontline" politics stating "I was first elected to the House of Commons 33 years ago. For 28 of these years, I have been on the frontline, including sixteen years in a leadership role, here in the Lords and in Scotland." In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . A longstanding Elder of
1333-553: The Liberal Democrats had promised to abolish as their price of entering a coalition, but which became merely the subject of an inquiry as the coalition was formed. In the event, the Liberal Democrats did insist on the abolition of tuition fees after the inquiry reported in 2001, but in 1999, the delay was perceived to have been a compromise, and Wallace in particular became the focal point for extremely bitter criticism. Despite this, and other difficult moments, he and his party stayed firm and remained in power. Wallace established himself as
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1376-592: The demand of the US government's extradition demand regarding Coleman, and that the Crown Office and the Scottish Office had no authority over the case. Dalyell later said, "I had contact with Les Coleman 10 years ago. In my opinion, though he has a chequered history, I take him seriously." Dalyell was vocal in his disapproval of actions he deemed imperialistic . Beginning with his opposition to Britain becoming involved in
1419-579: The environment. Having been educated by left-wing economists at Cambridge , Dalyell said that he became a socialist because of the level of unemployment in Scotland. He joined the Labour Party in 1956, following the Suez Crisis . After being unsuccessful as a parliamentary candidate for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles in 1959, he became a Member of Parliament in June 1962, when he defeated William Wolfe of
1462-449: The first term of the Parliament. The decision to enter a coalition government with Labour was controversial at the time. British politicians were unaccustomed to coalition politics, and the Liberal Democrats came under fire from Conservative and SNP opponents who claimed they had 'sold out' their principles. Key to this criticism was the Labour policy of making students pay tuition fees, which
1505-412: The party through the second Holyrood elections in 2003 Elections , again winning 17 MSPs but with a higher share of the vote, he led the party into a second coalition with Labour. The 2003 coalition negotiation process was widely seen as a more successful enterprise by the Liberal Democrats than the preceding one, with key aspects of Labour's proposals on anti-social behaviour dropped or limited, and with
1548-511: The promise of proportional representation for Scotland's 32 local councils. Wallace remained as Deputy First Minister, but left the Justice brief, becoming instead the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning . On 9 May 2005, following the 2005 General Election , Wallace announced his intention to stand down as party leader and Deputy First Minister. He would remain as MSP for Orkney until
1591-642: The title Lord Wallace . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lord_Wallace&oldid=793115612 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness , PC , KC , FRSE (born 25 August 1954)
1634-428: Was Director of Studies on the ship school Dunera from 1961 to 1962. In 1969 Dalyell became a columnist for New Scientist magazine, contributing Westminster Scene (later Westminster Diary ) until his retirement in 2005. This provided "a conduit for researchers to speak to Parliament and vice versa ", covering many subjects of public concern including industrial diseases, data protection, chemical weapons and
1677-419: Was Jewish) and Jack Straw (whose great-grandfather was Jewish). Mandelson said that "apart from the fact that I am not actually Jewish , I wear my father's parentage with pride". Dalyell denied accusations that the remarks were anti-Semitic . In March 2003, regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq , Dalyell accused Blair of being a war criminal. He stated that "since Mr Blair is going ahead with his support for
1720-510: Was announced that the new Lord Wallace would be a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution , chaired by Sir Kenneth Calman , established by the Scottish Parliament to consider the future powers of the Parliament, including powers over finance. This is a distinct exercise from the SNP Government's national conversation . In November 2008, Wallace received a lifetime achievement award in
1763-592: Was entitled; the House of Commons' Fees Office released £7,800. Dalyell was given an honorary doctorate by Heriot-Watt University in 2011. Dalyell married Kathleen Wheatley, a teacher, on 26 December 1963; she was the elder daughter of John Wheatley , Lord Advocate and Labour MP for East Edinburgh. They have a son Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, and a daughter Moira, both of whom are lawyers. In his retirement, and for some years previously, he contributed obituaries to The Independent . In 2011 he published his autobiography, The Importance of Being Awkward . The dedication
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1806-557: Was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1 May 2021 to 23 May 2022. Wallace was born in Annan in Dumfriesshire , Scotland, and grew up there. He has a brother, Neil. As a boy, his first interest in politics was stoked when he collected autographs from politicians visiting the local area: he still possesses one from Tam Dalyell , with whom he later served in
1849-721: Was to serve as the MP there for 18 years, occupying a number of front bench posts for the Liberal Party (and, from 1988 onwards, the Liberal Democrats ), including Employment spokesman and Chief Whip. In 1992, he was unopposed in becoming the new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats , succeeding Malcolm Bruce . Scottish politics at this time was dominated by the question of constitutional reform. There were few opportunities for legislation affecting Scots Law to be debated or effectively scrutinised at Westminster and, especially after
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