| Authorised form of name | Macdonald; John Hay Athole (1836 - 1919); Lord Kingsburgh |
| Dates | 1836 - 1919 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 29 Great King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 28 December 1836 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 09/05/1919 |
| Activity | Career:
Promoted to the bench as Lord Justice-clerk and assumed the judicial title of Lord Kingsburgh (1888)
Honours:
KCB 1900; GCB 1916
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/05/1888 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 23 June 1888 |
| Code | NA3797 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/5/745 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Right Honorable Lord Kingsburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 October 1891 |
| NLB/5/740 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Assistant Manager, Union Bank of Scotland, 62 Cornhill | 5 October 1891 |
| NLB/25/389 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald, Fellow of the Royal Society | 28 October 1902 |
| NLB/46/217 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to The Right Honourable Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 June 1912 |
| NLB/56/731 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 12 May 1919 |
| EC/1888/03 | Macdonald, John Hay Athole, Lord Kingsburgh: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |