Thomas Anderson

Thomas Anderson and Margaret J. Anderson were listed at No. 2 in electoral registers between 1951 and 1966.

Alison Linklater-Betley

Alison Sarah Linklater-Betley was listed in the Electoral Register at 2a Malta Terrace between 2003 and 2010. Known as Sally, she was born in 1934, daughter of novelist Eric Linklater and his wife Marjorie Macintyre. She became a painter. On 15 April 1983 she married at St Andrews Jan Andrzej Betley (1926-1991), a Polish historian….

John Young

John Young lived at No. 2a between 1915 and 1949.[1] He was a tailor, born 16 September 1871 at Torphichen, West Lothian, son of William Young and Christina Irvine.[2] The family moved to Edinburgh when he was a young child and were at 22 Caledonian Crescent in 1881.[3] In 1911, he was described as a…

Daniel Gunn

Daniel Gunn, a cabman, was listed at No. 2 Malta Terrace in the register of electors in 1911-12 and 1912-13. He was born in Edinburgh on 18 July 1873, son of John Gunn, an ironmonger, and Mary Berry. In 1891 he was a 17-year old butcher’s assistant, but in 1900 his occupation was given as…

Stuart Lunn

Stuart Lunn, a dentist, was at No. 2 between 1911 and 1913. He was born in Edinburgh on 3 June 1886, son of Robert Lunn and Mary Ann Courtneidge, who lived at No. 4 for many years. He was admitted Licentiate in Dental Surgery (LDS) in 1908. He was recorded in the 1911 census as…

Alexander W. D. McGregor

Alexander W. D. MacGregor, a typewriter dealer and repairer, occupied No. 2 from 1915[1] until his death in 1945. His widow Elizabeth T. MacGregor remained at No. 2 until 1959.[2] Alexander William Duncan Macgregor was born in Gorbals, Glasgow in 1884,[3] son of John Bryce McGregor and Elizabeth McDonald. In Alexander’s death registration, John McGregor’s…

Mrs Elizabeth Urquhart

Mrs W. M. Urquhart occupied No. 2 between 1906 and 1910.[1] She was the widow of William Mackie Urquhart (1846-1897) who operated the bookstall at Waverley station for 30 years before establishing his own stationery shop.[2] She and her son Edward A. Urquhart, who also lived at No. 2, were both involved in running the…

Elizabeth Nicol

Elizabeth Nicol lived at No. 2 from 1898 until 1906. She was the widow of John Nicol, and born about 1848, at Lasswade. She had five sons living with her in 1901: James S Nicol, an insurance clerk (aged 20); John L Nicol, a law apprentice (19); Robert C Nicol, a mercantile clerk (18); William…

George Storrar Brown

George Storrar Brown lived at No. 2 for sixteen years, between 1882 to 1898. He was born at East Wemyss, Fife on 21 October 1840, son of brewer James Brown (1814-1888) and Isabella Storrar (1815-1891). He was described as a draper’s assistant in the 1891 Census, and as a shopkeeper (draper) in 1881 when he…

Robert C Johnstone

Robert Cuthbert Johnstone and his family were recorded at No. 2 in the census of 1881, when he was chaplain at Holy Trinity, Episcopal church. He was born 20 December 1857, at Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, son of Robert Johnstone and Sophia Wilson. He attended Edinburgh Theological College, and was ordained in 1880. In 1882 he became…