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 Forman Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, lived at No. 4 from about 1855 to 1865. James Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire and baptised there on 16 June 1811, son of Alexander Henderson and Grizel Forman. He was a clerk and dealer of shares in Edinburgh when his estate was sequestered…
Samuel Bough, a landscape painter who established watercolour as a significant medium in Scottish art, was resident at No. 5 from 1856 to 1867. He was born on 8 January 1822 at Carlisle, the son of James Bough, a shoemaker, and Lucy Walker. He moved from Malta Terrace to 7 Jordan Bank, Edinburgh, where he…