Robert Stewart was listed as a writing master at Malta House when J. Cameron’s school operated there. This may have been the same Robert Stewart, teacher of writing, arithmetic and book-keeping, who was also listed at 22 South Hanover Street. The duplication of entries in the directory suggests he may not have been resident at…
Commander Peter Burn, R.N. and his nephew Peter Burn junior were listed at No. 6 in 1849-1850. They were both at 1 London Street before this. However, Commander Burn died on 12 May 1849, aged 84, at 1 London Street and was not a resident of Malta Terrace for long. His nephew was living in…
William Lyon Alexander lived at No. 6 from 1836 to 1839. He was a portrait and miniature painter.
George Adam and his large family were resident at No. 6 when the 1901 census was taken, but do not appear to have lived there for long. He was listed there in the electoral register only in 1900-01. He was born at Monymusk on 02 August 1843, son of Peter Adam, a carpenter, and his…
Mrs Thomas Kinloch occupied No. 6 between 1897 and 1900. She was Ellen Stuart McKechnie, widow of Thomas Kinloch, and born in Glasgow on 28 August 1830, daughter of William McKechnie, a writer, and his wife Jane Stuart. She married Thomas Kinloch at 63 John Street, Glasgow on 11 July 1862. Thomas Kinloch’s career began…
James Murray, postmaster in Leith, and his family occupied No. 6 for almost four decades, from 1860 to 1897. James Murray was born in Edinburgh on 23 October 1820, son of Alexander Murray and Janet Moffat. He spent his whole career in the Post Office, joining as a clerk in 1836 and retiring as acting…
John Logan and his family were recorded at Malta House in the census taken on 30 March 1851. Later that year the family moved to No. 6 Malta Terrace and remained there until 1855. John Logan, a commission agent in the grain trade, was born at Hutton, Berwickshire and baptised there on 17 April 1787,…
James Munro and his large family lived at No. 6 between 1841 and 1849. He was born in Ayr on 16 January 1803, son of James Monro, who sold provisions to soldiers (a suttler), and Ann McLean. In the 1841 census he was described as a dressing case maker, employed by Wilson & Co., dressing…
Duncan Grant McDougall, a teacher, lived at No. 6 between 1833 and 1840. Though he does not appear in the Post Office Directory before 1837-38, he was recorded at No. 6 in 1833, and may have begun living there a year or two earlier. Duncan Grant McDougall was born at Urquhart, Inverness about 1798. In…
Alexander Ponton, solicitor and procurator fiscal for the City of Edinburgh lived at No. 6 from about 1826 to 1829. He was born in Edinburgh on 12 August 1769, son of Alexander Ponton, a wright and measurer, and his wife Isobel Anderson. Alexander junior was a practising solicitor by 1795 and in 1807 was appointed…