John MacLeod (solicitor)

John MacLeod (solicitor)

Sir John Lorne MacLeod GBE (1873–7 September 1946) was a Scottish solicitor and public servant who served as Lord Provost and Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh from 1916 to 1919.

MacLeod was born at Inveraray, Argyll. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh and qualified as a solicitor in 1895. He served as a member of Edinburgh City Council from 1905 to 1919, representing Canongate Ward, and was City Treasurer from 1912 to 1914. From 1925 until his death he was chairman of the Scottish Life Assurance Company.

He served as Food Commissioner for Scotland from 1920 to 1921 and was a member of the Royal Commission on Food Prices in 1924–1925. He was also chairman of the Consumers' Committees for both Scotland and Great Britain and from 1924 to 1929 served as chairman of the Jute Trade Board for Great Britain. He was chairman of the General Nursing Council for Scotland from 1921 until his death.

Having already been knighted, MacLeod was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 Birthday Honours for his services as Lord Provost of Edinburgh during the First World War.

References

*Obituary, "The Times", 10 September 1946


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