Urquhart, Finlay McDonald (1889-1943: Major, warden of McLay Halls : University of Glasgow, Scotland)

Finlay McDonald Urquhart was born on the 31 October 1889 in Swatow [Shantou], Guangdong, China. His father Finlay was a marine engineer. He attended village school at Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland and went on to study at Glasgow High School, Scotland. He excelled at school and won various prizes including the Wellpark Gold Medal for modern languages. He then attended the University of Glasgow from 1907-1914 and again from 1922-1924 as a student, his study being interrupted by active service during the First World War.

Finlay studied first for an MA degree, graduating in 1912, and from 1911/12 he was also taking law subjects for both the MA degree and LLB degree, and completed his law degree after the war. He took the following subjects: Latin and Maths in 1907-1908; French and Logic in 1908-1909; Political Economy, Chemistry and Zoology in 1910-1911; Constitutional Law and Civil Law in 1911-1912 (despite winning prizes in both classes, he did not pass the exams, but subsequently passed both in March 1913); Law of Nations (Public International Law) 1912-1913; he matriculated to study Scots Law and Forensic Medicine in 1913-1914, but these subjects do not appear on his LLB schedule for 1913-1914.

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