In the 1830s he is listed as an advocate living at 9, St Colme Street, on the Moray Estate in Edinburgh's west end.[5] His house was remodelled by William Notman in 1835, whilst working in the offices of William Henry Playfair.[6]
He played an active part in parliamentary proceedings relating to Scotland, and proposed the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. He was reappointed Lord Advocate in 1846, and was responsible for legislation amending the law of entail in Scotland in 1848. He served on the Royal Commission on the British Museum (1847–49).[7]
His wife died in 1852 and was buried with him. He died on 13 December 1854 at 9 St Colme Street, his Edinburgh townhouse.[9] He is buried at Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.
Legacy
At Dean Cemetery, he was buried on Lord's Row, against the western wall, beneath a red granite pyramid designed by William Henry Playfair and built by Stewart McGlashan.[10][11] The monument is inscribed: Uxori desideratissimae contra votum superstes moerens posuit Andreas Rutherfurd, et sibi, MDCCCLII. ("Andrew Rutherfurd, surviving against his will, placed this tomb in mourning to his most beloved wife, and to himself, 1852".)[12]
^Pisanus Fraxi [Henry Spencer Ashbee], "Index Librorum Prohibitorum: being Notes Bio- Biblio- Icono- graphical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books", London, privately printed, 1877, p. 340
^ abcdOmond, George William Thomson: The Lord Advocates of Scotland: 2d Series, 1834–1880", A. Melrose Ltd, 1914, pp. 47–49.