John Ireland Falconer

Sir John Ireland Falconer, WS (30 November 1879 – 6 April 1954) was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1944 to 1947.

John Ireland Falconer was born in 1879,[1] in Fortrose, Ross-shire, in the Black Isle area of Scotland.

Falconer received his early education at the Fortrose Academy in his home town, later attending George Watson's College in Edinburgh.

[2] After initially practising law in Glasgow, Falconer joined the Edinburgh firm of Fyfe, Ireland & Co., W.S., in 1911.

[3] On the outbreak of World War I, Falconer received a commission as lieutenant in 9th Royal Scots on 1 October 1914.

[2] In 1944 Falconer was again put forward as the Progressive Party's candidate for Lord Provost, this time winning the position.

[9] The honour noted his "dignity, capacity, assiduity, and courtesy of manner has added not only to the lustre of the office he holds but to his own considerable record of achievement in the public service.