James Lawson, W.S., lived at No. 4 from about 1846 to 1853. He was born about 1795, son of Peter Lawson, a seedsman in Edinburgh. He was a legal apprentice to James Laidlaw, and admitted W.S. on 19 June 1818. He died on 27 February 1864. In april 1826, James Lawson married Margaret Clark, youngest…
Frances Ronaldson and her family lived at No. 3 between 1843 and 1853. She was the widow of John Ronaldson in Loquhariot who died on 27 October 1834. She was born Frances Torrance on 11 October 1789, daughter of James Torrance in Oxgangs and Anne Howie, and died at Haverstock-hill, London on 29 September 1863….
The Cleland family occupied No. 7 for almost twenty-five years, between 1843 and 1867. Mrs William Cleland was the listed householder from 1843 until her death there on 12 April 1862. Though some directories in the 1840s listed Mrs Helen Cleland at No. 7, she was in fact Mrs Janet Cleland, widow of William Cleland,…
Alexander M’Leod, a supervisor of excise, lived at No. 8 between 1846 and 1853. He was born at Assynt, Sutherland about 1786. The census of 1851, when he was living at No. 8, recorded his occupation as retired supervisor of excise. In 1861 he was living at 45 Lauriston Place, which he occupied until his…