Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie

The Right Honourable The Lord Hardie PC
Senator of the College of Justice
In office March 2000 – 31 December 2012
Nominated by	Donald Dewar
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Lord Advocate
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
Succeeded by	Lord Boyd of Duncansby
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 1997 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Andrew Rutherford Hardie (1946-01-08) 8 January 1946 (age 78) Alloa
Political party	Labour
Residence	Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate

Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Baron Hardie, PC (born 8 January 1946) is a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and a former Lord Advocate, the country's senior Law Officer. He led the prosecution team in the preparation of the original Lockerbie bombing trial, but resigned as Lord Advocate shortly before the trial commenced in 2000.