Jane Walker

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…

The Ewart family

The first occupants of No. 3 Malta Terrace were Peter Ewart and his widowed mother, Jane Lundie. Mrs P Ewart was listed there from 1832 to 1835, and Peter Ewart, accountant, was listed in 1834-35. Jane Lundie was the widow of Peter Ewart of Rosefield, Dumfriesshire, a former surgeon in the Honourable East India Company,…

James Mackay

James Mackay, a merchant and commission agent, lived at No. 7 between 1832 and 1839. In 1833, his business premises moved from 10 Hunter Square to 23 Waterloo Place, and then to 13 North Bridge in 1835.