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, 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…