Andrew Hutchison, sugar agent, was proprietor and occupier of No. 6 Malta Terrace in 1855. He was born at Burntisland, Fife on 24 August 1818, son of Thomas Hutchison, a mariner, and Catherine Belram. The Post Office Directory for 1855 and the next four years has no entry for No. 6 Malta Terrace, but lists…
George Plimer and Margaret M. T. Plimer were listed at No. 6 in the Electoral Registers from 1948 to 1955. George Plimer and Margaret Murray Thomson married at St Stephen’s parish church, Edinburgh on 27 December 1929. George Plimer was born in Edinburgh in 1904, son of Andrew Plimer, a jobbing mason, and Sarah Dunse….
Robert Duns, a builder, died at No. 6 on 13 January 1949, aged 51 years. He had lived in Raeburn Place, until at least 1945. He was born in Edinburgh in 1897, son of James Duns and Isabella Brodie. James Duns, who was born in England, was a Clerk of Works in 1901, and a…
John Hodgson and his family took up residence at No. 6 in 1914 but a few months later he died there, of cancer, aged 57, on 17 March 1915. Members of his family remained at No. 6 until the end of the second world war. John Hodgson was born at Lancaster, Lancashire in 1858, the…
Mrs Christian (or Christina) Douglas and members of her adult family occupied No. 6 from 1901 to 1912, when they moved next door to No. 5. She was the widow of John Campbell Douglas, an accountant and company secretary, who died on 10 February 1885 at Southwick Engine Works, Durham. She was born in Edinburgh…
Commander Peter Burn, R.N. and his nephew Peter Burn junior were listed at No. 6 in 1849-1850. They were both at 1 London Street before this. However, Commander Burn died on 12 May 1849, aged 84, at 1 London Street and was not a resident of Malta Terrace for long. His nephew was living in…
William Lyon Alexander lived at No. 6 from 1836 to 1839. He was a portrait and miniature painter.
George Adam and his large family were resident at No. 6 when the 1901 census was taken, but do not appear to have lived there for long. He was listed there in the electoral register only in 1900-01. He was born at Monymusk on 02 August 1843, son of Peter Adam, a carpenter, and his…
Mrs Thomas Kinloch occupied No. 6 between 1897 and 1900. She was Ellen Stuart McKechnie, widow of Thomas Kinloch, and born in Glasgow on 28 August 1830, daughter of William McKechnie, a writer, and his wife Jane Stuart. She married Thomas Kinloch at 63 John Street, Glasgow on 11 July 1862. Thomas Kinloch’s career began…
James Murray, postmaster in Leith, and his family occupied No. 6 for almost four decades, from 1860 to 1897. James Murray was born in Edinburgh on 23 October 1820, son of Alexander Murray and Janet Moffat. He spent his whole career in the Post Office, joining as a clerk in 1836 and retiring as acting…