Keith Stewart, Baron Stewart of Dirleton

The Right Honourable The Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC
Official Portrait, 2024
Advocate General for Scotland
In office 15 October 2020 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	The Lord Keen of Elie
Succeeded by	The Baroness Smith of Cluny
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 6 November 2020
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-31) 31 October 1965 (age 60)
Party	Conservative
Children	2, Douglas and ?
Education	Keble College, Oxford University of Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate

Keith Douglas Stewart, Baron Stewart of Dirleton KC (born 31 October 1965) is a British lawyer who specialises in criminal law. He was appointed Advocate General for Scotland on 15 October 2020, succeeding Lord Keen of Elie who resigned over the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

Early life

Lord Stewart attended Dirleton Primary School and George Heriot's School before attaining a degree in English at Keble College, Oxford. He received his LLB from the University of Edinburgh and his diploma from the University of Strathclyde.

He was called to the bar in 1993 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2011.

Advocate General for Scotland

Stewart was appointed Advocate General for Scotland on 15 October 2020 after the position had been vacant for a month. He was created Baron Stewart of Dirleton, of Dirleton in the County of East Lothian, on 6 November 2020, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 9 November 2020.

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