| Administrative History | John Otto MacQueen ( - 1907) was a solicitor before the Supreme Courts. A graduate of Edinburgh University he worked in Edinburgh before going into partnership in Aberdeen with Dr Francis Edmond, advocate, in the firm of Edmonds and Macqueen between 1865 and 1890, along with Francis' sons Alexander and John, advocates (see DD457). Macqueen then operated his own business until entering a partnership with Alexander Knox, solicitor, in 1895 as Macqueen and Knox. He was legal advisor to the Aberdeen School Board and law agent to the Caledonian Railway Company in the Aberdeen district. He also served on Aberdeen County Council as the representative for Dyce, Fintray and Kinellar, and on Aberdeen District Committee.
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.
Macqueen & Findlater were based at 34 Bridge Street, Aberdeen.
· W& F Haldane
· Edmonds and Macqueen 1865 – 1890 - with Francis Edmond Junior (1842-1872)
· Macqueen 1890 - 1895
· Maqueen and Knox 1895 -1910
· Macqueen and Findlater 1910 - |