John Pillans

John Wilson Pillans lived briefly at No. 3 in 1841 and 1842. He and his family were recorded there in the census on 06 June 1841,¹ and he was listed there in the directory for 1841-42. He was at 09 Salisbury Place in 1842-43, before moving to 17 George Square, where the family were recorded in the 1851 census.²

He was born 19 March 1803 and baptised at South Leith on 12 April 1803, son of James Pillans and Ann Wilson.³ His occupation was recorded as ‘Independent’ in the 1841 census, and as house proprietor and fund holder in the 1861 census, when he was living in Kensington, London.⁴ His stock and share broking business in Edinburgh, in partnership with David Hume, went into sequestration in July 1849.⁵ In 1852 he was described as Secretary of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank,⁶ and in 1862 as a banker for the Turin and Savona Railway Company.⁷ He died In Dublin after a long illness on 17 March 1872.⁸

John Wilson Pillans married Jane Davidson Broughton at Trieste (Leghorn) on 22 October 1833.⁹ She was born  in 1811, on St Helena, where her father, Edward Swift Broughton, was Lieutenant Governor. She died 11 November 1884.¹⁰

Three of their eight children were recorded at No. 3 Malta Terrace in the 1841 census:

• • Barbara Ann Pillans, the eldest, was born in Trieste on 10 December 1835. She married John Kinahan¹¹ and died in London on 05 September 1895.
  • Louisa Henrietta Frances Pillans was born 06 September 1838, in Trieste. She married Alphonso Busby and died in London in 1904.
  • Edward Broughton Pillans was born in Yorkshire in 1840,¹² and died at St Austell, Cornwall in 1889.¹³

1. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. PILLANS, John (Head). 685/2 6B/ 04. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
2. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. PILLANS. John Wilson (Head). 685/2 49/ 8. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
3. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. South Leith, Midlothian. PILLANS, John Wilson. 692/2 70 501. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
4. Census records. England. Kensington, Middlesex. PILLANS, John Wilson (Head). RG9/21/145. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
5. Elgin Courant and Morayshire Advertiser. p. 04, col. 06. 13 July 1849. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
6. Globe. 11 September 1852. p. 01, col. 02. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
7. Sun. 01 February 1862. p. 5, col. 02. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
8. Monumental inscriptions. Ireland. Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. 17 March 1872. PILLANS, John Wilson. http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/: accessed 27 June 2021.
9. Marriage announcements. 1833. Gentleman’s Magazine. November 1833. p. 462. PILLANS, John Wilson and BROUGHTON, Jane Davidson. https://google.co.uk/books/: accessed 27 June 2021.
10. Testamentary records. England. 09 February 1885. PILLANS, Jane Davidson. Will. National Probate Calendar. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
11. Marriage notices. 1855. Dublin Daily Express. 09 November 1855. KINAHAN, John and PILLANS, Barbara Anne. p. 04, col. 06. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 27 June 2021.
12. Births index (CR) England. Sculcoates, Yorkshire. 4th Q., 1840. PILLANS, Edward Broughton. vol. 22, p. 455. https://www.gro.uk/: accessed 27 June 2021.
13. Deaths index (CR) England. St Austell, Cornwall. 3rd Q., 1889. PILLANS, Edward Broughton. vol. 5c, p. 67. https://www.gro.gov.uk/: accessed 27 June 2021.