The Edinburgh Graveyard Guide

INDEX of Burials of Eminent Men and Women - Adam, Alexander (Buccleuch) headmaster 162 Adam, William (Greyfriars) architect 34 Allan, David (Old Calton) painter 108 Anstruther, Robert (Dean) explorer 124 Appleton, Edward (Morningside) physicist 209 Argyll, Marquess of (St Giles) Covenanter 58 Balfour, David Ian (Colinton) naval officer 171 Balfour, Lewis (Colinton) minister 171 Ballantyne, James (Canongate) printer 82 Bannatyne, Thomas (Greyfriars) merchant 45 Bell, Joseph (Dean) surgeon 130 Black, Adam (Warriston) publisher 190 Black, Joseph (Greyfriars) chemist 31 Blackwood, William (Old Calton) publisher 112 Bobby, Greyfriars (Greyfriars) police dog 53 Bothwell, Adam (Holyrood) bishop 89 Bough, Sam (Dean) painter 124 Brodie, William (Buccleuch) burglar 162 Brunton, Mary (Canongate) novelist 78 Bryce, David (New Calton) architect 117 Buchanan, George (Greyfriars) Reformer 41 Burnett, Eliza (Greyfriars) society beauty 33 Burnett, James [Lord Mondobbo] (Greyfriars) Law lord 32 Campbell, Archibald (St Giles) Marquess of Argyll 58 Carstares, William (Greyfriars) University principal 38 Cauvin, Louis (Restalrig) teacher 214 Chalmers, George (Canongate) plumber 74 Chalmers, Thomas (Grange) minister 173 Chambers, Robert (Dean) publisher 125 Chantrelle, Elizabeth Cullen (Grange) murder victim 181 Chepman, Walter (St Giles) printer 61 Chieslie, John (Greyfriars) murderer 37 Coach-drivers, Society of (Canongate) 77 Cockburn, Henry (Dean) historian 127 Constable, Archibald (Old Calton) publisher 112 Craig, James (Greyfriars) architect 48 Craig, William Lord (Canongate) Law lord 83 Creech, William (Greyfriars) publisher 40 Cruickshank, William (Old Calton) schoolmaster 113 Dalrymple, James (St Giles) Viscount Stair 60 Darnley, Lord (Holyrood) 95 Darwin, Charles (Buccleuch) student 160 David II (Holyrood) king 90 Davies, Captain (Piershill) dog 199 De Quincey, Thomas (St Cuthbert’s) writer 154 Dick, William (New Calton) vet 118 Dog Cemetery (Edinburgh Castle) 9 Douglas, James (Holyrood) 89 Douglas, James [Earl of Morton] (Greyfriars) Regent 46 Downer, Alfred R. (Morningside) athlete 212 Drummond, George (Canongate) Lord Provost 70 Duff, William (Old Calton) soldier 110 Duncan, Andrew (Buccleuch) doctor 159 Ewart, Ensign (Edinburgh Castle) 12 Ferguson, Robert (Old Calton) soldier Fergusson, Robert (Canongate) poet 76 Ferrier, Susan (St Cuthbert’s) novelist 157 Fettes, William (Canongate) merchant 82 Forbes, Duncan (Greyfriars) Law Lord 23 Forbes, John Stuart (St John’s) American soldier 141 Fraser, Alexander (New Calton) vice admiral 117 Fraser, Thomas (New Calton) vice admiral 117 Ged, William (Greyfriars) designer 54 Gibson, William (Old Calton) coach superintendent 108 Gillespie, James (Colinton) philanthropist 169 Gilmore, Samuel (St Cuthbert’s) ropemaker 153 Gow, Nathaniel (Greyfriars) musician 39 Gow, Neil jr (Greyfriars) musician 39 Graham, John (Greyfriars) Marquess of Montrose 63 Grant, Mrs Anne (St Cuthbert’s) author 145 Gray, John (Greyfriars) policeman 52 Gray, John (Mount Vernon) priest 206 Gray, Thomas (Old Calton) carpenter 104 Gregorowicz, Andreas (New Calton) doctor 118 Gregory, James (Canongate) doctor 74 Gregory, James (Greyfriars) astronomer 54 Greyfriars Bobby (Greyfriars) dog 53 Gueldres, Mary of (Holyrood) queen 92 Guthrie, Thomas (Grange) doctor 178 Herd, David (Buccleuch) song-collector 161 Highlanders, 79th (Dean) soldiers 125 Hill, David O. (Dean) photographer 123 Holmes, Robert (Old Calton) merchant 108 Hope, John (Greyfriars) botanist 45 Hume, David (Old Calton) philosopher 108 Hutton, James (Greyfriars) geologist 29 Inglis, Elsie (Dean) surgeon 130 Irving, John (Dean) naval officer 129 James II (Holyrood) king 92 James V (Holyrood) king 3 Jameson, Robert (St Cuthbert’s) lawyer 147 Jamesone, George (Greyfriars) painter 54 Jamieson, John (St Cuthbert’s) lexicographer 147 Jeffrey, Francis (Dean) lawyer 128 Johnston, Suphy (Buccleuch) tom-boy 167 Kay, John (Greyfriars) caricaturist 54 Kemp, George Meikle (St Cuthbert’s) architect 148 Kennedy, David (Grange) singer 179 Kennedy-Fraser, Marjorie (Grange) song-collector 180 Knox, John (Greyfriars) Reformer 66 Lafayette, the Great [see Neuburger] 193 Lampe, Johann Frederick (Canongate) musician 80 Leishman, John (Dean) lawyer 126 Leslie, Thomas (Grange) gunsmith Lichtenstein, George (Morningside) musician 210 Little, Clement (Greyfriars) Commissary 19 Little, William (Greyfriars) Lord Provost 19 Littlejohn, Henry D. (Dean) doctor 126 Lumsden, James (Old Calton) singer 105 MacColla, Fionn (Mount Vernon) novelist 205 McCullogh, Mary (Morningside) Macdonald, Hector (Dean) major general 131 MacDonald, Tom (Mount Vernon) novelist 205 McEwan, John (Old Calton) soldier 110 MacGillivray, William (New Calton) naturalist 119 McGonagall, William (Greyfriars) poet 55 Macintyre, Duncan ban (Greyfriars) poet 49 Mackay, Charles (Old Calton) actor 105 Mackenzie, Agnes Mure (Grange) historian 177 Mackenzie, George (Greyfriars) Law Lord 26 Mackenzie, Henry (Greyfriars) novelist 52 Mackerter, Robert (New Calton) estate worker 119 MacLehose, Agnes (Canongate) friend of Burns 83 MacMorran, John (Greyfriars) bailie 53 Madeleine of France (Holyrood) queen 95 Marie (Holyrood) Duchess of Pomar Martyrs Monument (Greyfriars) Covenanters 50 Martyrs, Political (Old Calton) 101 Mary of Gueldres (Holyrood) queen 92 Medina, Sir John Baptiste de (Greyfriars) painter 44 Menzies, John (Warriston) bookseller 190 Merlioun, Walter (Tron Kirk) mason 217 Miller, Hugh (Grange) writer 175 Miller, Patrick (Greyfriars) inventor 27 Miller, William Henry (Craigentinny) scholar 216 Monboddo, Lord (see Burnett, J) Monro, Alexander primus (Greyfriars) professor of Anatomy 36 Monro, Alexander secundus (Greyfriars) professor Anatomy 36 Monro, Alexander tertius (Dean) professor of Anatomy 127 Montrose, Earl of (St Giles) judge 62 Montrose, Marquess of (St Giles) soldier 63 Moray, earl of (St Giles) politician 64 Morton, John (Old Calton) hat-maker 104 Murray, John (Dean) surgeon 135 Mylne, John (Greyfriars) master mason 17 Mylne, Thomas (Old Calton) metalworker 103 Napier, John (St Cuthbert’s) mathematician 151 Nasmyth, Alexander (St Cuthbert’s) painter 146 Nasmyth, James (Dean) engineer 14 Nasmyth, Patrick (Dean) painter 134 Nelson, Thomas (Grange) publisher 177 Nelson, Thomas jr (Grange) publisher 177 Neuburger, Sigmund (Piershill) the ‘Great Lafayette’ 193 Nicol, William (Old Calton) schoolmaster 114 Nicol, William (Warriston) geologist 192 Paterson, John (Holyrood) golfer 98 Paton, Amelia Robertson (Dean) sculptor 123 Paton, Elizabeth (Greyfriars) 42 Paton, John Noel (Dean) painter 126 Pitcairne, Archibald (Greyfriars) physician 47 Playfair, William (Dean) architect 128 Porteous, John (Greyfriars) soldier 42 Pritchard, Mary Jane (Grange) murder victim 184 Raeburn, Henry (St John’s) painter 139 Raeburn, William (Old Calton) perfumer 107 Ramsay, Allan (Greyfriars) poet 24 Ramsay, Edward (St John’s) priest 137 Reid, Alexander (Old Calton) 108 Reid, Thomas (Old Calton) clockmaker 113 Ritchie, Willam (Greyfriars) solicitor 52 Rizzio [Riccio], David (Canongate) secretary 85, 99 Robertson, Mary Ann (Warriston) the ‘Red Lady’ 188 Robertson, William (Greyfriars) University principal 35 Rochead, James (St Cuthbert’s) 152 Rochead, Janet (St Cuthbert’s) society beauty 152 Rolland, Adam (St Cuthbert’s) lawyer 156 Ruddiman, Thomas (Greyfriars) printer 54 Runciman, Alexander (Canongate) painter 75 Runciman, John (Canongate) painter 75 Russel, Alexander (Dean) editor 129 Rutherford, Alison (Buccleuch) song-writer Rutherford, Andrew (Dean) 128 Rutherford, Anne (St John’s) 138 Rutherford, Francesca (Dean) 128 Scots, Royal (Rosebank) 7th Leith Battalion 202 Scott, David (Dean) painter 123 Scott, Walter (Greyfriars) solicitor 40 Shore, Offley (Dean) soldier 126 Sibbald, Robert (Greyfriars) physician 18 Siddons, Harriot (Greyfriars) actor 29 Siddons, Henry (Greyfriars) actor 29 Simpson, James Young (Warriston) doctor 191 Sinclair, John (Holyrood) MP 98 Sinclair, Margaret (Mount Vernon) nun 207 Smellie, William (Greyfriars) printer 17 Smith, Adam (Canongate) economist 71 Smith, Andrew (New Calton) rear admiral 117 Smith, Robert (St Cuthbert’s) minister 149 Soldiers (Canongate) 79 Soldiers, (Old Calton) American Civil War 110 Stabilini, Girolamo (St Cuthbert’s) musician 150 Stair, Viscount (St Giles) judge 60 Steedman, Robert (Old Calton) soldier 110 Steell, John (Old Calton) sculptor 111 Stevenson, Alan (New Calton) engineer 119 Stevenson, Robert (New Calton) engineer 119 Stevenson, Thomas (New Calton) engineer 119 Stewart, Daniel (Old Calton) philanthropist 110 Stewart, Dugald (Canongate) philosopher 79 Stewart, Henry (Holyrood) Lord Darnley 95 Stewart, James (St Giles) Earl of Moray 64 Strachan, James (New Calton) tanner 120 Stuart, William (Grange) 173 Syme, James (St John’s) surgeon 137 Usher, Andrew (Grange) philanthropist 178 Watson, George (Greyfriars) benefactor 44 Whyte, Thomas (Old Calton) baker 108 Wilkie, Elizabeth (Old Calton) 104 Wilkie, James (Old Calton) soldier 110 Williams, Hugh ‘Greek’ (Canongate) painter 83 Williamson, Peter (Old Calton) bookseller 106 Wilson, John (Dean) singer 125 Witches Fountain (Edinburgh Castle) 2 Woods, William (Old Calton) actor 105 Woodward, Rufus (St Cuthbert’s) American student 156 Yellin, Julius von (Old Calton) scientist 111 Young, Andrew (Rosebank) composer 201