Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank

Biographical Summary

Maconochie of Kirknewton, Lord Meadowbank, Allan. 26/01/1748-14/06/1816. Ref: 1000. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Hon.
• Place of Birth: Midlothian.
• Place of Death: Coates House, Edinburgh.
• Place of interment: Family burying-ground, Kirknewton, Midlothian.
• Profession: Advocate, Agriculturalist.
• Appointments Held: Advocate 1770; Professor 1779-96, Public Law, Edinburgh University; Sheriff-Depute 1788-96 Renfrewshire; 1796-1816 Senator of the College of Justice; 1804-16 Lord of Justiciary; 1815-16 Lord Commissioner of Jury Court.
• Schools and Tutors: Dr Alexander Adam, High School, Edinburgh 1755.
• Training: Thomas Tod, WS, Edinburgh, Lincoln's Inn 1771.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University c.1764-8.
• Marital Status: Married (1774) Elizabeth Welwood of Garvock and Pitliver.
• Family: Son, Alexander Maconochie-Welwood, Lord Meadowbank FRSE 1777-1861.
• Mother: Isabella Allan.
• Father: Alexander Maconochie of Meadowbank, WS, Edinburgh.
• Other Family: Grandfather of Allan Alexander Macconochie FRSE 1806-85.
• References: DNB 1893, 256-7; F J Grant 1944; Anderson 3, 60, 634; Shapin 321; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage 2, 1981, 61.
• Memberships: FSA(Scot), Edinburgh Astronomical Institution (Director), Speculative Society(Founding Member 1774).
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Service to the RSE: Vice-President 1812-16.
• Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Residential.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 612

Other References

• Wikipedia contributors, "Allan Maconochie", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• "Maconochie, Allan (DNB00)", Wikisource
• BBC - Your Paintings - Allan Maconochie (1748–1816), 1st Lord Meadowbank, Judge