John MacKay Bernard

John MacKay Bernard of Dunsinnan and Buttergask FRSE (1857 – 19 April 1919) was a Scottish brewer, philanthropist and noted amateur meteorologist.

[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1887 due to his contributions to meteorology.

His proposers were Sir Thomas Jamieson Boyd, Andrew Peebles Aitken, Alexander Crum Brown and David Alan Stevenson.

[3] In 1888 they relocated to Slateford Road to a custom built brewery designed by the Edinburgh architect Hippolyte Blanc in 1887.

The Slateford premises were then renamed Thomas and James Bernard Brewery Ltd (the original brewery name) in 1895[5] The company survived until 1960 when it was taken over by Scottish Brewers Ltd.[6][7] He owned estates in Perthshire near Dunsinane Hill (Dunsinnan House).