John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh

John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh

The Right Honourable Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald KCB (27 December 1836 – 9 May 1919) was a Scottish politician and later a judge.

He was called to the Scottish bar in 1859. On 30th July 1875 he was appointed by Queen Victoria to be Sheriff of the Shires of Ross, Cromarty, and Sutherland. [ [http://www.gazettes.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=8603&geotype=Edinburgh&gpn=501 Edinburgh Gazette Issue 8603 published on the 3rd August 1875] ] He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1876 to 1880. Elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1885, he served as Lord Advocate from 1885 to 1886 and from 1886 to 1888. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1880, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1885.

On 5th June 1901 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the The Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade, the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). [ [http://www.gazettes.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=8603&geotype=Edinburgh&gpn=501 Edinburgh Gazette Issue 27320 published on the 4th June 1901. Page 7 of 68] ]

He gave up his Parliamentary seat and was appointed Lord Justice Clerk in 1888, taking the title Lord Kingsburgh, and presided over the Second Division of the Court of Session until 1915. He was promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant in the Royal Company of Archers on 18th June 1915. [ [http://www.gazettes.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=27320&geotype=London&gpn=3775 London Gazette 12821 published on the 22nd June 1915. Page 6 of 12] ]

He was an enthusiastic car owner and was a founding member of the Automobile Club and was the first president of the Scottish Automobile Club. He also registered Edinburgh's first ever number plate. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7626467.stm]

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