Robert M. Stark, seedsman and florist, occupied Malta House 1856-1857[1] before moving to 7 South Charlotte Street,[2] where he was recorded in the 1861 census.[3] His nursery was at Edgehill, Dean. Robert Mackenzie Stark was born at Dirleton, East Lothian on 17 June 1815, son of Rev. William Stark and Elizabeth Mackenzie.[4] He published A…
Joseph Dods occupied Malta House in 1833/34. He was a plumber and glazier with business premises at 71 Northumberland Street. He was born in Edinburgh on 5 June 1804, son of James Dods and Jean Landels. His wife Mary Hawkins at Malta House in July 1834, at the age of 26. They were married on…
Donald Cameron purchased almost a quarter of a hectare of the former mill lands of Stockbridge in 1804.[1] He named the property Malta and was listed at Malta House in the 1805 Post Office Directory.[2] He remained there until 1816 when he moved to Albany Cottage, where he died on 17 January 1818 aged 74.[3],…
William Smith, land steward and gardener, was listed at Malta House in the directory of 1829/30.
Henry William Baynes, Esquire, acquired Malta, near Stockbridge around 1816. He was listed at Malta in the post office directories of 1816/17 and 1817/18. In 1818/19 he was at Ann Street, Stockbridge, and the following year at 11 Raeburn Place. He was again listed at Malta House in the directory of 1820/21. However, in 1820…
J Cameron, a teacher of English and geography, lived at Malta House from 1826 to 1828.
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 ofthe Dickson family who were prominent nursery and seedsmen in Edinburgh at this time. However, Thomas Dickson, son of seedsman James Dickson, founder of James Dickson & Sons, was…
George Home of Buskinburn lived at Malta House from about 1840 until his death in 1844. He was the fourth son of Alexander Home of Buskinburn (1741-1823), a captain in the Royal Navy who sailed with Captain Cook, and laid claim to the Earldom of Marchmont. George Home was born about 1797, and died of…
Alexander Bennet, Writer to the Signet, lived at Malta House between 1851 and 1853. He was born on 25 September 1811, in Edinburgh, son of William Bennet and Margaret McCraw; and died in 1855. On 9 March 1846, in Edinburgh, Alexander Bennet married Isabella Nelson. She was born at Dunbar on 24 June 1827, daughter…
Alex Kedslie, a grocer and spirit dealer, was the proprietor of Malta House in 1855 and listed there in the Post Office Directory for 1854-55 but does not appear to have taken up residence before 1862. The Wright family were recorded there in the 1861 census and Alex Kedslie at 1 Leslie Place. The Kedslie…