Thomas Gifford Esq. died at No. 8 Malta Terrace on 6 January 1835, aged 45.[1] He was the son of Gideon Gifford of Busta and Grace Nicolson, born 08 June 1789. He was in the service of the Honourable East India Company and styled of Hillswick.[2] He married Janet Scott on 19 June 1821 at…
David Rose, a builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born in 1880, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Margaret Clinkscales Bell (1850-1928). His maternal grandfather was Dvaid Bell, at one time chairman of the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company, which…
Caroline Andrina Leslie was listed as householder at No. 8 in the Post Office Directory of 1930/31. The Valuation Roll of that year describes her as the proprietrix. She was born at Earlston, Berwickshire on 27 October 1886, daughter of Andrew Leslie and Helen Bain. She lived at No. 8 from a young age until…
Post Office Directories list a Miss Leslie as householder at No. 8 between 1904 and 1931. The 1911 census lists Miss Margaret Leslie as head of the household, and the 1920 valuation roll lists her as proprietor. Margaret Leslie was born 4 March 1843 at Earlston, Berwickshire, daughter of clothier and tailor, Andrew Leslie and…
Robert G Baird and his brother Hugh J Baird were listed at No. 8 in the post office directory of 1845/46. They moved to Malta Terrace from 2 Grove Street, but in 1841 and again in 1851 were living at Jocks Lodge. Robert Baird was an artist and portrait painter, born about 1797 in Edinburgh,…
Hugh J Baird and his brother Robert G Baird were listed at No. 8 in the post office directory of 1845/46. They moved to Malta Terrace from 2 Grove Street, but in 1841 and again in 1851 were living at Jocks Lodge. Hugh James Baird was an accountant and stockbroker, born in Russia and baptised…
Mrs Scott was listed at No. 8 in the post office directory for 1836/37.
Archibald Thorburn, a writer and farmer, lived at No. 8 from about 1867 to 1869. He was born at Lauder, on 13 June 1838, son of Robert Thorburn and Elizabeth Vallance. Archibald Thorburn was appointed Carrick Pursuivant to the Lord Lyon King of Arms on 9 January 1865, when he probably moved to live in…
Mrs Archibald Thorburn was listed in post office directories as resident at No. 8 from 1874/75 to 1883/84. Sarah Jane Anderson was born in Edinburgh 3 January 1837, daughter of Michael Anderson and Jane Hogg. She married Archibald Thorburn on 7 January 1862 at Kirkliston. He died in 1873. In the census of 1881 she…
James Taylor Mackay, an Edinburgh hat manufacturer, lived at No. 8 between 1863 and 1866. He lived in Danube Street before and after living in Malta Terrace. He was born in Edinburgh on 9 January 1805, son of Patrick Mackay and his wife Ann Taylor. Patrick Mackay was also a hat manufacturer, trading in 1830…