Thomas Wishart and his family lived at No. 4 between 1869 and 1871. He was born about 1830at Abbotshall, Fife, son of James Wishart, a bootmaker, who was at No. 4 in 1871. Thomas Wishart was a shopman in the glass trade. He married Mary Anne Taylor at Stirling on 18 September 1865. They had several children, including Mary Wishart (born abt 1867), Violet Wishart (born 27 April 1868), and James Wishart, born 21 January 1870 at No. 4 Malta Terrace. By 1881 the family had left Edinburgh.