Joseph Kinniburgh, M.D., occupied No. 4 in 1844-45. He was born in Edinburgh on 06 April 1814, son of Robert Kinniburgh and Margaret McPherson. Robert Kinniburgh was a pioneer of communication with people who are deaf and mute and founded Edinburgh’s Deaf and Dumb Institution. Joseph Kinniburgh graduated M.D. at St Andrew’s and L.R.C.S. Edinburgh…
Desmond A. E. Ker and Priscilla Ker were listed in the 1951 electoral register at No. 4 Malta Terrace. They moved to 6 Lonsdale Terrace where they remained until 1957. At the time, Desmond Agar-Ellis Ker was a journalist. He was born at Grantham, Lincolnshire on 26 May 1915, son of Reginald Arthur Ker, a…
James Bannerman McAra lived at No. 4 between 1934 and 1940. He was born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1900, son of James McAra and Ann Bannerman. He enlisted, aged 18, on 03 April 1918, qualified as a signaller and was transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps. He was discharged from service on 28…
Alexander Wilson and his wife May Wiseman Crawford were living at No. 4 Malta Terrace in 1936 when their twin daughters were born prematurely at the Elsie Inglis Maternity Home. Tragically, Frances Wilson died on 16 March 1936 and May Jean Wilson died on 21 March 1936. Alexander Wilson, a seedsman, married Annie May Wiseman…
The 1930-31 Valuation Roll shows Miss Jessie McLeod as tenant and occupier of No. 4. Jessie MacLeod and Malcolm MacLeod were listed there in electoral registers until 1933.
Thomas Wishart and his family lived at No. 4 between 1869 and 1871. He was born in 1830 at Kirkcaldy, Fife, son of James Wishart, a shoemaker, and Violet Dick. He began his working life as a shoemaker, but in the 1861 census his occupation was given as warehouseman in the flint glass trade. Ten…
John Edward Vernon, jeweller, watchmaker and optician, lived at No. 4 from 1865 to 1869. His business premises were at 54 Leith Street. He was born in Edinburgh in 1821, son of Thomas Vernon and Ann Elizabeth Harker, who were married at Hanover Square, London on 05 January 1806. Thomas Vernon was a lapidary. John…
Robert Lunn and his family lived at No. 4 from 1896 to 1929. Robert Hume Lunn was a plumber and gasfitter, with business premises at 3 Deanhaugh Street. He was born about 1855 in Edinburgh, son of James Lunn, a joiner, and Mary McDougall. Aged 16, he was described as a plumber in the 1871…
James Hay, who worked for the North British Railway, lived at No. 4 from about 1892 to 1895. He was born in Edinburgh on 08 July 1842, son of Alexander Hay, artist and portrait painter, and his wife Jean Mitchell. He spent most of his working life with the North British Railway Company, progressing from…
James Burnet was listed at No. 4 in the Post Office Directory of 1889-90 and at 1 St Bernard’s Crescent the following year. He was born at Cramond on 21 July 1845, son of Charles Burnet and Janet Gillespie. His father, a farmer at Lauriston, died three years later. In 1871, James Burnet was farming…