Thomas Dickson

Thomas Dickson, gardener, was listed at Malta House in 1828.¹ He was previously resident in India Place.²

He does not appear to have been a member of the Dickson family who were prominent nursery and seedsmen in Edinburgh at this time. Thomas Dickson, son of seedsman James Dickson, founder of James Dickson & Sons, was born in 1810³ and would have been only 18 years when his namesake occupied Malta House. James Dickson’s brother Thomas, also a seedsman, died in 1817.⁴

1. PO Directory 1828-29.
2. PO Directories 1824-25 and 1827-28.
3. Deaths (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 12 June 1883. DICKSON, Thomas. 685/5 482. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.
4. Cemetery registers. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s Edinburgh. 26 May 1817. DICKSON, Thomas. BR0001. City of Edinburgh Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.