John Steel, writer and clerk to the Jury Court, was resident at No. 5 from 1823[1] until his death there on 31 December 1846.[2] He was born at Lanark on 07 September 1774, son of Robert Steel and Jean Aiton.[3] Robert Steel, a writer in Lanark, died at No. 5 Malta Terrace, on 25 August 1831, aged 85.[4]
John Steel was described as a writer (lawyer) when he first occupied No. 5. Three years later he was listed as depute-clerk to the Jury Court.[5] At the time of his death in 1846 he was Assistant to the Clerk of Issues.
His younger sister, Jane Steel, was recorded living with him at No. 5 in the 1841 census[6] and continued to live there until 1848.[7] She was born at Lanark and baptised there on 21 June 1790.[8] She died in Edinburgh on 18 June 1876.[9]
[1] PO Directory 1823-24.
[2] Death announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 09 January 1847. p. 03, col. 05. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 16 August 2021.
[3] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Lanark, Lanarkshire. 12 September 1774. STEEL, John. 648/ 30 279. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 16 August 2021; https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 August 2021.
[4] Death announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 31 August 1831.
[5] PO Directory 1825-26.
[6] Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. STEEL, John (Head). 685/2 https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 August 2021.
[7] PO Directory 1847-48.
[8] Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Lanark, Lanarkshire. 21 June 1790. STEEL, Jean. 648/ 40 150. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 16 August 2021.
[9] Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 18 June 1876. STEEL, Jane. Paul, James Balfour, editor. (1915) Monumental Inscriptions in St Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Edinburgh (Older Portion). Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society. #272, p. 50. https://familysearch.org: accessed 16 August 2021.