Burial place Surbiton Cemetery | Occupation Tattoo artist | |
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Born 25 June 1860 Boundary Terrace, Leeds Spouse(s) Sophia Weedon Annie Caroline Mayne (M:1887)
Amy Mary Keen (M:1934) Parents Robert Macdonald (1821/2-1898) (father)
Elizabeth Mitchell Macdonald (1821-1893) (mother) Died 18 June 1942, Surbiton, United Kingdom | ||
Sutherland Macdonald was a prominent English tattoo artist in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and the first tattooist in Britain with an identifiable premises open to the public. Macdonald served in the British Army in the 1870s as a telegraph operator in the Royal Engineers and was in the Anglo-Zulu War. He trained George Burchett. He died at his home on 3 Guilford Avenue, Surbiton and is buried at Surbiton Cemetery.
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