John Trayner, Lord Trayner

The Hon. John Trayner, Lord Trayner LLD (1834–1929) was a Scottish lawyer who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

Moray Place, Edinburgh
The Salvesen-Trayner monument, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born in Glasgow on 19 April 1834 the son of Hugh Trayner (1798-1861) and his wife Agnes (1796-1874). He studied Law first at Glasgow University then at Edinburgh University.

In February 1885 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice.[1] In 1886 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (LLD) by Glasgow University.[2] At this time he was living at 27 Moray Place in Edinburgh's fashionable West End.[3]

He died at Dean House in Edinburgh on 3 February 1929 and is buried in Dean Cemetery.[4] He shares the grave of his son-in-law, Edward Theodore Salvesen, in the new Lords Row against the north wall of the 20th century extension to the cemetery, backing onto Queensferry Road. The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer.[5]

Family

He was married to Frances Elizabeth Wyld (1839-1908), daughter of Robert Stodart Wyld WS.

His daughter Isabellw Georgine Maxwell Trayner (1865-1939) married Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen.

His son Charles Hugh Maxwell Trayner (1867-1908) travelled widely and married Emmeline Tornquist of Guatemala and died in Spain.

His son Robert (Bertie) Wyld Maxwell Trayner (1870-1958) married Adelaide Wilhelmina Roddy in San Francisco.

His daughter Frances Agnes Mary Camille Trayner (1878-1952) did not marry.

Publications

  • Latin Phrases and Maxims (1861)

Artistic Recognition

His portrait by George Reid RSA is held by the University of Dundee.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/misc/lordofsessions.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH17163&type=P
  3. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1885
  4. ↑ http://thetrayners.co.uk/Trayner-Family/lay-trayner_2012-06-03/f28.htm
  5. ↑ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer
  6. ↑ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-trayner-18341929-lord-trayner-91215/



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