John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh

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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.^[1] 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).^[2]

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.^[3]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lyon Playfair	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities 1885–1888	Succeeded by Moir Darling
Legal offices
Preceded by James Moncreiff	Solicitor General for Scotland 1876-1880	Succeeded by John Millar
Preceded by John Blair Balfour	Lord Advocate 1885-1886	Succeeded by John Blair Balfour
Preceded by John Blair Balfour	Lord Advocate 1886-1888	Succeeded by James Robertson
Preceded by Lord Moncreiff	Lord Justice Clerk 1888-1915	Succeeded by Lord Dickson

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