William Thomson M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E. was listed at No. 4 in 1883-84. He was an Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He was born on 31 December 1856 at Kirkton of Mailer, Perthshire, son of Robert Thomson and Eliza Ronaldson. He graduated M.A., B.Sc. in mathematics and natural philosophy in 1878 and took…
Ann Anderson Thomson, John Edward Vernon’ sister-in-law, lived at No. 4 between 1865 and 1872. She was born in Edinburgh on 5 September 1819, daughter of Edward Thomson and Marion Laidlaw. Edward Thomson was Inspector of the Poor for Canongate parish. In the 1871 census, Ann Thomson was described as living on houses, dividends and…
James Forman Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, lived at No. 4 from about 1855 to 1865. James Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire and baptised there on 16 June 1811, son of Alexander Henderson and Grizel Forman. He was a clerk and dealer of shares in Edinburgh when his estate was sequestered…
James Lawson, W.S., lived at No. 4 from about 1846 to 1853. He was born about 1795, son of Peter Lawson, a seedsman in Edinburgh. He was a legal apprentice to James Laidlaw, and admitted W.S. on 19 June 1818. He died on 27 February 1864. In april 1826, James Lawson married Margaret Clark, youngest…
William Napier, a music teacher, lived with his family at No. 4 from about 1837 to 1844. Born in Midlothian about 1800, he was listed in directories as a teacher of music and, in the 1841 census, his occupation was given as professor of music. William Napier was listed a professor of music in Glasgow,…
Mrs James Walker occupied No. 4 from 1832 to 1837. This was probably the same Mrs James Walker listed at 29 St Bernard’s Crescent from 1837 to 1841 and recorded in the 1841 census at 30 Rutland Square. She was Jane Somerville, who married James Walker at Athelstaneford, East Lothian on 21 October 1828. Jane…
Thomas Scott Melville was at No. 4 in 1895-96, before moving next door to No. 5 where he remained until 1907. He was born in Glasgow on 03 March 1851, son of Thomas Melville, cap and hat manufacturer, and Jane Scott. His father died soon after and his mother remarried in 1855, to Robert Kennedy…
John Buchanan lived at No. 4 from 1872 to 1883, and then at No. 7 from 1883 to 1890. He was a civil engineer, born in Edinburgh about 1838, son of John Buchanan, a quarryman, and Janet Gray. The 1841 census recorded the family at 7 Bedford Street. He first appears in the Edinburgh Post…