Robert M. Stark, seedsman and florist, occupied Malta House 1856-1857 before moving to 7 South Charlotte Street, where he was recorded in the 1861 census. 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. 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…