William George Muirhead was listed at Malta House in the directories from 1899, though he was living with his father James Muirhead and working in the same business as an auctioneer and fish salesman. His business address was the Newhaven fishmarket. His occupation in the 1901 census is given as commission agent. He was born…
John Gillot lived at Malta House from 1823 to about 1826. He was described as an agent in post office directories, and as a merchant in a court report in The Scotsman on 21 February 1827. By September 1827 he had moved to 5 Hermitage Place. He appears to have come to Edinburgh from Sheffield,…
Mrs Agnes Graham was resident at No. 9 from 1841 until her death there on 7 October 1859. She was the widow of Thomas Graham, Crown Chamberlain in Orkney, who died at Kirkwall on 25 April 1835. She was born Agnes Spears on 24 June 1771, at Kirkcaldy, daughter of the minister there, Rev. Alexander…
Alexander Somerville, a wine merchant, lived at No. 9 between 1821 and 1837. He was born at Govan on 16 March 1785, son of Neil Somerville, a merchant trading with the West Indies, and his wife Eleanora Scott. Before moving to the newly built No. 9, Alexander Somerville lived in Raeburn Place. During his time…
Edward Owen Crichton, R.N., lived at No. 8 in 1872-73. He was born on 24 April 1824 and baptised in South Leith parish on 20 May 1824, son of George Crichton and Gifford Allan. George Crichton was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy before becoming a ship-owner, operating the route between Edinburgh and London. He…
Mrs Jane Brown, widow of Abram Brown, of Leith, was resident at No. 8 for a decade between 1853 and 1862. She was born at Lethnot, Angus on 04 April 1805, daughter of James Hunter, a farmer, and Elizabeth Paterson. She married Abram Brown, a tobacconist in Kirkgate, Leith, in February 1835. He died on…
Alexander M’Leod, a supervisor of excise, lived at No. 8 between 1846 and 1853. He was born at Assynt, Sutherland about 1786. The census of 1851, when he was living at No. 8, recorded his occupation as retired supervisor of excise. In 1861 he was living at 45 Lauriston Place, which he occupied until his…
John Robertson lived at No. 1 between 1887 and 1889. According to the Electoral Register he was a clerk.
James Johnston lived at No. 1 from about 1873 to 1877. He was a baker and confectioner with business premises at 6 Glanville Place. James Johnston was born on 22 May 1824, at Liberton, the son of farm worker James Johnston and his wife Catherine Cleghorn. In 1851, when still living with his parents at…
Evan Baillie Fraser Tant, a master butcher, was at No. 1 / 7 St Bernard’s Row for a decade, from 1898 to 1909. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 March 1866, son of William Tant, also a butcher, and Ann Plummer. Evan B.F. Tant was working as a butcher at the age of 15…