| Description | John Ellison Macqueen was born in Aberdeen 3 June 1875, the son of John Otto Macqueen of Aberdeen, S.S.C.. He was educated at Fettes College and Aberdeen University, 1891-95. He was apprenticed firstly to his father and secondly to Melville & Lindsay, W.S., Edinburgh. From 1900 he practised in partnership with his father and Alexander Knox, solicitor, the firm being called Macqueen & Knox. From 1910 he worked with Henry James Findlater, W.S., (d. 1936) and the firm became Macqueen & Findlater, advocates. He died on the Western Front on the 25 September 1915, serving as Lieutenant Colonel in the 6th Bn Gordon Highlanders.
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