The Baroness Clark of Calton | |
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
| In office 2006–2019 | |
| Nominated by | Jack McConnell as First Minister |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lady Cosgrove |
| Advocate General for Scotland | |
| In office 19 May 1999 – 18 January 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2005 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lynda Margaret Clark 26 February 1949 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Queens College, St Andrews, University of Edinburgh |
Lynda Margaret Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton PC, known as Lady Clark of Calton, (born 26 February 1949) is a Scottish judge. She was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands. She was Advocate General for Scotland from the creation of that position in 1999 until 2006, whereupon she became a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland.