Archibald Geikie, perfumer, occupied Malta House in 1835-1836. The previous year he was living at 2 Drummond Street. He was born in 1770, son of John Geikie, barber and hairdresser, and his wife Isabel Gillespie. Archibald Geikie was listed in the 1794-95 directory as a hairdresser in Charles’s Street. His father John was a hairdresser…
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…
Mrs M’Farquhar was listed at No. 3 from 1835 to 1838, having moved from 18 Fettes Row. Bethia Brown was born at Dunsyre, Lanarkshire on 17 May 1765, and was the daughter of Lawrence Brown of Edmonston and his wife Anna Lawson. She died at 18 Fettes Row on 16 February 1846. She married John…