| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
| Lord Kirkwood | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | QC |
| Office: | Senator of the College of Justice |
| Term Start: | 1987 |
| Term End: | 2005 |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1932 |
| Death Place: | Edinburgh |
| Birthname: | Ian Candlish Kirkwood |
| Residence: | Edinburgh |
| Alma Mater: | Michigan University |
| Profession: | Advocate |
Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood (8 June 1932 - 22 April 2017)[1] [2] QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House (Scotland's main appellate court) in 1987.[3]
Son of solicitor[4] [5] John Brown Kirkwood, OBE, and Constance,[6] Lord Kirkwood was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.[7] He went on to study at University of Edinburgh (MA, LLB) and Michigan University (LLM).[3] He became Queen's Counsel in 1970.[7]
He served on the Parole Board for Scotland from 1994 to 1997.[3] Kirkwood was one of five judges selected to hear the appeal of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.[7]
Kirkwood was patron of Edinburgh Chess Club and Chess Scotland.[7]