Robert M. Stark, seedsman and florist, occupied Malta House 1856-1857[1] before moving to 7 South Charlotte Street,[2] where he was recorded in the 1861 census.[3] His nursery was at Edgehill, Dean. Robert Mackenzie Stark was born at Dirleton, East Lothian on 17 June 1815, son of Rev. William Stark and Elizabeth Mackenzie.[4] He published A…
James F Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, was at No. 4 from about 1856 to 1864. James Forman Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire in June 1811, son of Alexander Forman and Grizel Forman. He married Ann Edgar White, daughter of Robert White and Ann Edgar, on 15 July 1841, in Edinburgh….
Samuel Bough, regarded as one of the most influential watercolourists of his time, noted for painting in the open-air, was resident at No. 5 from about 1856 to 1867. He was born on 8 January 1822 at Carlisle, the son of a shoemaker. After a short apprenticeship with a London engraver Bough returned to Carlisle…