John Cumming Macdona (1836 – 4 May 1907) was a British cleric, barrister, and Conservative MP for Rotherhithe.

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in the Church of England and was Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire until 1873. He was subsequently a vicar in Sefton. He later gave up the clerical life for a career as a politician and barrister, being called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1889.

John Macdona

He was elected for Rotherhithe as a Conservative in 1892, held the seat in 1895 and 1900, but lost it to the Liberals in the landslide of 1906.

John Macdona

He was also a breeder of St. Bernard dogs and was President of the Kennel Club.

John Macdona

Sources

Craig, F.W.S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918

Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 to 1910 editions

Some portraits

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

1836 births

1907 deaths

Politics of the London Borough of Southwark

UK MPs 1892–1895

UK MPs 1895–1900

UK MPs 1900–1906

19th-century English Anglican priests

Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

Dog breeders