Sir John Lorne MacLeod (20 October 1873 – 7 September 1946) was a Scottish solicitor and public servant who served as Lord Provost and Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh from 1916 to 1919.

[4] From 1933 to 1944 Sir John served as the tenth president of the Cockburn Association, the influential Edinburgh conservation organisation that was founded in 1875.

The currently (2019) toppled monument lies towards the west end of one of the main east-west paths north of the central vaults.

Phoebe died at Woodbine Cottage in Colinton in 1925 and is buried with John in Warriston Cemetery.

His full length portrait (in military uniform) by George Fiddes Watt is held at Edinburgh City Chambers.