Ramsay Robertson Dalgety, Lord Dalgety of Sikotilani Tonga is a Scottish and Tongan lawyer and judge. Scottish QC since 1986, and Tonga Law Lord since 2008.
Advocate at the Scottish Bar since 1972. Appointed a Scottish QC in 1986. Temporary sheriff 1987âÂÂ91.
He became a judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga 1991âÂÂ95 (sometimes acting Chief Justice of Tonga 1991âÂÂ94).
Director and chairman of Archer Transport Ltd and Archer Transport (London) Limited 1982âÂÂ85, Venture Shipping Limited 1983âÂÂ85. Director Scottish Opera Limited 1980âÂÂ90, Scottish Opera Theatre Trust Limited 1987âÂÂ90. Member of Faculty of Advocates 1972, IOD 1982âÂÂ89. Councillor City of Edinburgh DC 1974âÂÂ80, chairman Opera Singers' Pension Fund London 1991âÂÂ92 (trustee 1983âÂÂ92, deputy chairman 1987âÂÂ91). Deputy traffic commissioner for Scotland 1988âÂÂ92, deputy chairman Edinburgh Hibernian Shareholders' Association 1990âÂÂ92. Vice-president Tonga International Game Fishing Association since 1996 (treasurer 1994âÂÂ96), tournament director Tonga International Billfish Tournament 1996. He is co-chair of a Tongan Royal Commission and has been chairperson of the Tonga Electric Power Board since 2002.
On 28 July 2008 His Majesty King George Tupou V of Tonga appointed Dalgety as a Law Lord-in-Waiting, as one of the four members of a Judicial Committee of the Tongan Privy Council. He was elevated to the title of Life Peer, as Lord Dalgety of Sikotilani Tonga.
On 26 February 2010 he was arrested for perjury after giving evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the ferry . In November 2010 the charge was quashed by the Supreme Court.
In May 2016, he was appointed Electoral Commissioner. In October 2017 he resigned as chief executive of the Electricity Commission after an inquiry was launched into unaccounted-for pension funds.