Scotland’s oldest surviving rugby internationalist and judge dies at 100

Lord Cowie, Scotland's oldest surviving rugby internationalist and oldest member of the Faculty of Advocates, has died aged 100 on October 23, 2026. A judge from 1977 to 1994, he was capped for Scotland as a wing forward in 1953 and later served as an appeal judge in Botswana. Known for his singing, angling, and yachting, he married Camilla in 1958 and is survived by four children and grandchildren.