Thomas Gifford Esq. died at No. 8 Malta Terrace on 6 January 1835, aged 45. 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. He married Janet Scott on 19 June 1821 at…
David Rose, a prominent Edinburgh builder, took up residence at No. 8 in 1932 and lived there until his death on 25 February 1960. He was born on 26 August 1880, at 16 Cumberland Street, son of John Rose, a joiner, and Mary Clinkscales Bell. His maternal grandfather was David Bell, at one time chairman…
Brothers Hugh James Baird and Robert G. Baird were listed at No. 8 in the 1845-46 directory. The following year they were at 2 Grove Street. Hugh James Baird, an accountant, was born in Russia and baptised at the British chaplaincy in St Petersburg on 08 July 1793, son of James Baird and Margaret Gunning….
Mrs Scott was listed at No. 8 in the post office directory for 1836/37.
Archibald Thorburn, a farmer and writer, lived at No. 8 from about 1867 to 1869. He was born on 13 June 1838 and baptised at Lauder on 24 July 1838, son of Robert Thorburn in Kedslie and Elizabeth Vallence. In 1861, he was described as a land office clerk, lodging at 47 Great King Street,…
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…
Henri van Laun, a French teacher at Edinburgh Academy, lived at No. 8 for about a year, in 1870-71. He was born on 13 November 1819 in Amsterdam, Netherlands., About 1848 he moved to England and embarked on a brief career in journalism, before turning to teaching. He was French master successively at King William’s…
No. 8 was occupied by two generations of women from the Leslie family between 1891 and 1931. Mrs Helen Leslie was householder from about 1891 to 1901. She was the widow of Andrew Leslie, a clothier and tailor in Earlston, Berwickshire. She was born Helen Bain, on 30 November 1820, at Channelkirk, Berwickshire, daughter of…
The 1841 census recorded the family of Mrs Ann Telfer living at No. 8. She was the widow of George Telfer, a merchant, who died in 1837. They had a total of twelve children, six of whom were at No. 8 when the census was taken on 06 June 1841. Their eldest son, John Tailour…
Edward Owen Crichton, R.N., lived at No. 8 in 1872-73. He was born on 24 April 1824 and baptised in South Leith parish on 20 May 1824, son of George Crichton, a ship owner, and Gifford Allan. He joined the Royal Navy in 1846, was appointed Assistant Engineer in 1848 and Chief Engineer in 1852….