John Steel

John Steel, writer and clerk to the Jury Court, was resident at No. 5 from 1823¹ 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 census⁶ 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.