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Businesses (241)
- Akros Publications, publishers
- Alexander Anderson, merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Anstruther Whale-Fishing Co Anstruther, Fife
- D & W Auchterlonie, golf club makers St Andrews, Fife
- William Baillie, wright Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Ballantyne & Co, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Barberfield Farm Haddington, East Lothian
- John Bartholomew & Son, geographical publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Begbie family, farmers Congelton Mains, East Lothian;Carperstane, East Lothian
- Bell & Bradfute, booksellers and publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thomas Bell, candle maker
- W & R Beveridge & Co, weavers and woollen manufacturers Kinross, Kinross-shire
- A & C Black Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- R Blackadder, civil engineer
- William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, printers and publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Blairgowrie Co-operative Society Ltd Blairgowrie, Perthshire
- Charles Blythe and family, farmers Pencaitland, East Lothian
- Bonnington flour and yarn mills Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Braidwood Farm, Midlothian Midlothian;Lothian
- Brechin United Co-operative Society Brechin, Angus
- Bridgeness Coal Co Bridgeness, West Lothian
- Bridgeness ironworks Bridgeness, West Lothian
- Walter, William and Robert Brisbane, merchants Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Ayr, Ayrshire
- British Broadcasting Corporation London;Bedford, Bedfordshire
- British Linen Co, linen manufacturers, bleachers and bankers Saltoun, East Lothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Broadsheet magazine
- William Brown, booksellers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- WS Brown, China merchant Haddington, West Lothian
- Henry Bruce & Sons Ltd, paper makers Currie, Midlothian
- James Burness, printer Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ilay Burns, lawyer Bo'ness, West Lothian
- Cadell & Davies, publishers and booksellers London
- Robert Cadell & Co, booksellers and publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Caledonian Railway Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Alan Cameron, merchant Fort William, Inverness-shire
- John Campbell, lawyer, of the Citadel
- Canongate Publishing Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Castletown Farm Fordoun, Kincardineshire
- Caverhill family, farmers, Berwickshire Berwickshire;Borders
- Cencrastus, journal
- Mme Chaffard Et Cie, milliners and dressmakers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- George Chalmers, physician Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Patrick Chalmers, physician Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- W & R Chambers Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Chapman, literary magazine Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Charlestown Limeworks Charlestown, Fife
- James Chisholme, Jamaica sugar planter Jamaica
- William Chisholme, Jamaica sugar planter Jamaica
- R & R Clark Ltd, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- T & T Clark Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Club Leabhar Ltd, Gaelic and Highland publishers Inverness, Inverness-shire;Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty
- Clyde Iron Works Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Cochran & Co (Annan) Ltd, shipbuilders, engineers and boiler makers Annan, Dumfriesshire;Birkenhead, Cheshire
- Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies (Darien Co) Edinburgh, Midlothian
- The Company of Scottish History Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Archibald Constable & Co, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- T & A Constable Ltd, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Cornhill Magazine, journal London
- J & G Cox Ltd, gelatine and glue manufacturers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Craigie and Maryburgh saltpans Craigie, Ayrshire;Maryburgh, Ayrshire
- Crawford & Gammell, merchants Greenock, Renfrewshire
- Crinan Canal Argyllshire;Strathclyde
- William Cuninghame & Co, tobacco merchants Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Daily Herald, newspaper London
- Darien Press (Edinburgh Co-operative Printing Co Ltd), printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- John Davidson, lawyer Stewartfield, Aberdeenshire
- Dickson & Co, nursery seedsmen Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Dickson & Co, wholesale stationers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Dionysia Press, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Aitken Dott & Son, art dealers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- John Douglas, farmer Inchmarlo, Kincardineshire
- Dowells Ltd, auctioneers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Dundas, physician Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Duns Linen Co, linen manufacturers Duns, Berwickshire
- Earlston Co-operative Society Earlston, Berwickshire
- East India Co London
- William Eccles, physician Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Gas Light Co Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Opera Company Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Review Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ellemford coal mine Ellemford, Berwickshire
- Faskine Colliery Faskine, Lanarkshire
- John Fergus & Co, flax spinners and bleachers Leslie, Fife
- William Fergusson & Sons Ltd, jute manufacturers Dundee, Angus
- John Fulton, haberdasher and woollen-draper Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- Gairfish, poetry magazine
- Gairm Publications Ltd Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Galashiels United Co-operative Society Galashiels, Selkirkshire
- James Gall, publisher Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Gallus Stage Productions Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Garnkirk Coal Co Garnkirk, Lanarkshire
- James Gentleman, merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Giles, gardener Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- William Gillespie & Sons, textile printers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gilmerton colliery Gilmerton, Midlothian
- Glasgow Free Church Building Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- J & R Glen, bagpipe makers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- John Gordon, lawyer Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Govan colliery Govan, Lanarkshire
- Robert Graham, West Indies merchant Gartmore, Perthshire
- Grange colliery Grange, West Lothian
- John Grant (Booksellers) Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- W Green & Son, law publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Henry Guthrie and Thomas Wright, lawyers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Hay family, merchants Lerwick, Shetland
- Holden family, merchants Dundee, Angus
- Alexander Houston & Co, merchants, bankers and shipowners Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Howietoun fishery Howietoun, Stirlingshire
- Hurst, Robinson & Co, publishers London
- Innerleithen Co-operative Society Innerleithen, Peeblesshire
- Insurance Co of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Inzievar colliery Inzievar, Fife
- Morley Jamieson, bookseller
- W & AK Johnston Ltd, printers and publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Walter Johnston, merchant and solicitor Mid Calder, Midlothian
- George Johnstone, bookseller, Dumfries Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
- Kelso Races Ltd Kelso, Roxburghshire
- William Patison Kennedy, bookseller and publisher Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Mark & Charles Kerr, King's printers and stationers for Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Kinlay, decorator Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Lallans, magazine
- Lambert Bros (Edinburgh) Ltd, wine and spirits merchants Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Leadhills lead mines Leadhills, Lanarkshire
- Hugh F Leslie, Jamaica sugar planter Jamaica
- Lewis Chemical Works Lewis, Ross and Cromarty
- Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane, accountants Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Lines Review, literary periodical
- Lorn Furnace Co, iron smelters Bonawe, Argyllshire
- Robert Macadam, baker Gifford, East Lothian
- Macfarlane & Erskine Ltd, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Robert Macfie, sugar merchant Liverpool, Lancashire;Greenock, Renfrewshire
- Alexander Mackay, bookseller Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Eneas Mackay, bookseller and publisher Stirling, Stirlingshire
- MacKenzie & Paterson, solicitors and bankers Inverness, Inverness-shire
- Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co, shipping agents Calcutta, India
- Lachlan Mackintosh, agency house Calcutta, India
- Mainstream Publishing Co (Edinburgh) Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Matheson family, grocers Dornie, Ross and Cromarty
- J Maxwell, farmer Baillieston, Lanarkshire
- William McDowell, merchant Castle Semple, Renfrewshire
- McEwen & Co, perambulator manufacturers Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Andrew McGeorge, solicitor Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- A & J McNab Ltd, dyers and cleaners Stirling, Stirlingshire
- William McNeil, carpenter Loanhead, Midlothian
- Sir Frank Mears Associates, architects Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Miller & Muter, textile printers Milton, Dunbartonshire
- D & T Milne, silk merchants Edinburgh, Midlothian
- John Moffat, photographer
- Montrose Co-operative Society Ltd Montrose, Angus
- Morning Star Press Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Muirkirk Farm Muirkirk, Ayrshire
- John Murray, publishers London
- Nasmyth, Wilson & Co Ltd, ironfounders, locomotive, hydraulic and general engineers Eccles, Lancashire
- Neill & Co Ltd, printers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Niddrie Mill coal mine Niddrie, Midlothian
- North Angus Co-operative Society Ltd Brechin, Angus
- Oliver & Boyd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Charles Ormston, merchant Kelso, Roxburghshire
- Painted, spoken, magazine
- William Patrick, merchant India
- William Pattison, merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Peebles Co-operative Society Peebles, Peeblesshire
- Perth Theatre Perth, Perthshire
- H & J Pillans & Wilson, printers and stationers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Pitfirrane colliery Pitfirrane, Fife
- Porpoise Press, publishers
- Prestongrange coal and salt works Prestongrange, East Lothian
- David Rattray, joiner and builder Lochore, Fife
- Rattray family, sawmillers Blairadam, Kinross-shire
- Raymond Press Cullen, Banffshire
- Redford Colliery Redford, West Lothian
- John & George Rennie, civil engineers London
- James Richardson, writer Perth, Perthshire
- John Richardson & Co, shipowners, fish merchants and millers Perth, Perthshire
- James Robertson, civil engineer
- Sanderson & Paterson, builders and timber merchants Galashiels, Selkirkshire
- Scotia and Scotia Review
- Allan Scott, bookseller, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Andrew Scott & Co, woollen merchants Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Walter Scott, farmer Nether Bonchester, Roxburghshire
- Scottish Theatre Company
- Scottish Daily News Enterprises Ltd, newspaper publishers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Literary Journal Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Poetry
- 7:84 (Scotland) Theatre Company Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Alexander Shairp, merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- William Sim & Sons Ltd, paint manufacturers Leith, Midlothian
- Sloan & Son, haulage contractors Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Smith, Elder & Co, publishers London
- John Smith & Son, booksellers Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Patrick Somervell, lint dresser Leith, Midlothian
- James Sommervail, merchant Leith, Midlothian
- Soutra Mains Farm Soutra, Midlothian
- James Spalding, flax dresser and linen manufacturer Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Spottiswoode & Robertson, solicitors London
- Standard Press Ltd, printers Montrose, Angus
- David & Charles Stevenson, civil engineers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Robert Stevenson & Sons, civil engineers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Stirling, Glasgow & Edinburgh Canal
- Charles Strachan & Co, traders Mobile, Alabama
- Sutherland Savings Bank Tongue, Sutherlandshire
- Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thomas Terras, road contractor St Andrews, Fife
- James Thin Ltd, booksellers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- JG Thomson & Co Ltd, wine and whisky merchants Leith, Midlothian
- Tods, Murray & Jamieson, solicitors Edinburgh, Midlothian
- William Tough, general merchant Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Traverse Theatre Co Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Turnbull, grocer Hawick, Roxburghshire
- Uphall Mineral Oil Co Uphall, West Lothian
- Walkerburn Co-operative Society Walkerburn, Peeblesshire
- David Wallace, fence contractor Grantshouse, Berwickshire
- George Waterston & Sons Ltd, printers, stationery manufacturers and retailers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Western Bank of Scotland Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Westfield Market Garden Cowpits, Midlothian
- Westmuir Colliery Shettleston, Lanarkshire
- Willison family, Parish Holm farm Douglas, Lanarkshire
- James Wilson, stockingmaker, Scotland
- William Wilson & Son, tartan manufacturers Bannockburn, Stirlingshire
- JL Woodman, writer to the signet Shetland
- York Buildings Co Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edward Young, writer Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Farm Renfrewshire;Strathclyde
- Farm Fife;Fife
- Farm Pittrichie, Aberdeenshire
- Farm Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
- Fishmonger Newburgh, Fife
- Grocer Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Jute company Dundee, Angus
- Merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Merchant
- Merchant Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Notary Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Shoemaker Kinross-shire;Tayside
- Unnamed bookseller, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Unnamed carpenter, Leith Leith, Midlothian
- Unnamed doctor, Scotland Scotland
- Unnamed farm, Brechin Brechin, Angus
- Unnamed Farm, Springwood Park Springwood Park, Roxburghshire
Organisations (607)
- Abbey School, Stirling Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Abbotsford Club
- Aberdeen bishopric Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeen Soup Kitchen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeenshire militia Aberdeenshire;Grampian
- Adelaar, east indiaman
- Advisory Council for the Arts in Scotland
- Airth Barony Airth, Stirlingshire
- Albany Church for the Deaf, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Alembic Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Alfred, east indiaman
- All Saints Dining Club Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Edinburgh Central branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Edinburgh district committee Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Musselburgh branch Musselburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Slaters Society of Scotland
- Amalgamated Slaters Society of Scotland: Edinburgh and Leith branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Slaters Society of Scotland: Fort William branch Fort William, Inverness-shire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Leith branches Leith, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants: Leith branch Leith, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Abbeyhill branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Edinburgh no 1 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers: Falkirk district Falkirk, Stirlingshire
- Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- An Comunn Gaidhealach Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty
- Andrew Fletcher Society
- Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland: Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) 1, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Arbroath Abbey (Order of Tiron) Arbroath, Angus
- Arthur D Little Research Institute Musselburgh, Midlothian
- ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ashkirk School Ashkirk, Selkirkshire
- Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland
- Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Associated Iron, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland
- Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen: Maryhill branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics (ASTRA) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Association of Master Bookbinders and Paper Rulers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Association of Sheriff and Commissary Clerks of Scotland
- Association of Sheriff Clerks Depute in Scotland
- Ayr Hunt Ayr, Ayrshire
- Ayr Mariners Society Ayr, Ayrshire
- Ayrshire Hunt Ayrshire;Strathclyde
- Banff Town Council Banff, Banffshire
- Bannatyne Club
- Barnton Sector Fire-Fighting Leaders, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Bellahouston Dorcas Society Bellahouston, Lanarkshire
- Belles-Lettres Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Berwickshire Liberal Association Berwickshire;Borders
- Bible Board for Scotland
- Blantyre Mission Council, Nyasaland Blantyre, Nyasaland;Blantyre, Malawi
- Board of Ordnance
- Bo'ness Associate Congregation (Anti-Burgher) Bo'ness, West Lothian
- Beneficent Society of Bo'ness Bo'ness, West Lothian
- Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland: Scottish branch
- Braehead Mountaineering Club Braehead, Lanarkshire
- Brechin Upper and Nether Tenements Saving Association Brechin, Angus
- Bridgeness harbour Bridgeness, West Lothian
- Bristo Street Secession Church, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- British Deaf Association: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Brunswick Cricket Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Burns Club, London London
- Bute, east indiaman
- Buteshire, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Liberal Association Ardrossan, Ayrshire;Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- Caithness bishopric Caithness-shire;Sutherlandshire;Highland
- Calder comitis Barony Calder, Midlothian
- Camanachd Association
- Cambuskenneth Abbey Cambuskenneth, Stirlingshire
- Cambuslang Yeomanry Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
- Cape Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Captain Scott, adventure schooner
- Cardrona Barony Cardrona, Peeblesshire
- Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
- Carnoustie Cricket Club Carnoustie, Angus
- Carnoustie Free Church Carnoustie, Angus
- Carriden Brotherly Society Carriden, West Lothian
- Carse of Gowrie Yeomanry Carse Of Gowrie, Perthshire
- Castleview Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf, Hawthornden Hawthornden, Midlothian
- Central Ayrshire Conservative and Unionist Association Ayrshire;Strathclyde
- Charles Grant, east indiaman
- Charming Molly, of Fort William
- Children in Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland) Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Church of Scotland Committees on Colonial Churches
- Church of Scotland foreign missions and societies
- Church of Scotland India Mission Committee
- Church of Scotland Overseas Council
- Civil Service Clerical Association: Edinburgh youth advisory committee Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Clan Gregor Society
- Clan Mackay Society
- Clarilaw School Clarilaw, Roxburghshire
- Commissariat in the Peninsula
- Commissariat of His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany
- Commissary General
- Commonwealth Writers Conference: Edinburgh 1986 Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Conference of Scottish Medieval Historians
- Constructional Engineering Union: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Convention of estates, 1689
- Coquette, yacht
- Cornwall, east indiaman
- Cowlairs Works and National Shopmens Machinery Committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Cristofori Club, musical society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Culross Bee Society Culross, Fife
- Cupar Fife Chapman Society Cupar, Fife
- Customs, Scotland, pre-1707
- Dalgety barony Dalgety, Fife
- Dalkeith Branch Labour Party Dalkeith, Midlothian
- HMS Dart (1847)
- Deaf Action Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Democracy for Scotland Campaign
- Department of the Environment
- Discovery Committee
- Dollar Literary and Scientific Society Dollar, Clackmannanshire
- Donaldson's School for the Deaf and the Edinburgh Royal Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Donegal (1798)
- Dornoch Cathedral Dornoch, Sutherlandshire
- Archibald Douglas, Receiver General, Scotland
- HMS Dragon (1736)
- 11th Dragoons (later 11th Hussars)
- Dryburgh Abbey Dryburgh, Roxburghshire
- Duke of Ormonde's army in Flanders
- Dumfriesshire Commissioners of Supply Dumfriesshire
- Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association Dunbartonshire
- Duncan Street firewatch, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Dundee Typographical Society: Courier and Argus chapel Dundee, Angus
- Dunfermline Abbey Dunfermline, Fife
- Dunfermline Incorporation of Weavers Dunfermline, Fife
- Dunfermline Incorporation of Wrights Dunfermline, Fife
- Dunkeld bishopric Dunkeld, Perthshire
- Dunnichen Company of Loyal Riflemen Dunnichen, Angus
- Earl of Sutherland's Regiment
- East and North of Scotland Liberal-Unionist Association
- East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) lieutenancy East Lothian;Lothian
- East Lothian Reform Association East Lothian;Lothian
- East Neuk Chapmen of Fife East Neuk, Fife
- Eastwood Militia Society Eastwood, Renfrewshire
- HMS Eclipse (1867)
- Edinburgh and District Jobbing Printers Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh and District Trades Council Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh and District United Operative Plasterers Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh and Leith Engineers Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh and Leith Master Lithographers Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Architectural Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Association of Science and Arts Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Booksellers Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Browning Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Cabinet and Chairmakers Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingite) Young Mens Meetings Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Central Independent Labour Party Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Chopin Circle Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Commercial Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Constituency Labour Party Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Discharged Prisoners Aid Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh District Labour Party Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Festival Guild Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Festival Society Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Gaelic Choir Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Harmonists Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Incorporation of Furriers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Incorporation of Wrights and Masons Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Journeymen Slaters Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Master Printers Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Playhouse Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Rhyme and Reason Club Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh School of Salesmanship Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Singverein Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Skating Club Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Socialist Sunday School Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Society of Musical Amateurs Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Society of Musicians Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Society of Stentmasters Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh South Constituency Labour Party Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh United Furniture Trades Committee Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh, Leith and District Retail Tobacconists Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Eglise Protestante Francaise d'Edinbourg Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Eira, whaler
- Electrical Trades Union: Edinburgh Central branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Elgin Fencibles Elgin, Moray
- Elizabeth, of Prestonpans
- Excise officer, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Fabian Society: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Family Care Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Fearn Abbey Fearn, Ross and Cromarty
- Fenwick Improvement Society Fenwick, Ayrshire
- Fenwick Weavers Society Fenwick, Ayrshire
- Fife elections Fife;Fife
- Fife militia Fife;Fife
- Fife, Clackmannan and Kinross Miners Association
- Findhorn Foundation Findhorn, Moray
- Founders' Guild for an Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Franco-Scottish Society: Scottish branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Fraserburgh Golf Club Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Free Church of Scotland: colonial, continental and Jewish mission committee
- Free Church of Scotland: financial committee
- Free Church of Scotland: foreign mission committee
- Free Church of Scotland: General Assembly Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Freefield Ploughmen Society Freefield, Aberdeenshire
- Friday Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Galashiels West Relief Church Galashiels, Selkirkshire
- Gatton, east indiaman
- Gibraltar commissariat Gibraltar
- Gibraltar garrison Gibraltar
- Girlguiding Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Glasgow Conservative Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Conservative Operatives Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Incorporation of Cordiners Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Moray and Banffshire Friendly Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Tontine Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glasgow Unionist Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Glenluce Abbey Glenluce, Wigtownshire
- Gordon Highlanders (75/92nd Regiments)
- Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Graphical, Paper and Media Union: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Gray Library, Haddington Haddington, East Lothian
- Great Britain-Russia Centre, Scotland
- 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards
- Grenville, east indiaman
- Greyfriars Sabbath School Society, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gude Cause Project, celebration of women's suffrage Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Guernsey (1696)
- Guild of Insurance Officials: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Haddington Burgh Haddington, East Lothian
- Haddington Burns Club Haddington, East Lothian
- Haig Ferguson Memorial Home, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Hammermen Incorporation of Perth Perth, Perthshire
- Hawick Labour Party Hawick, Roxburghshire
- Hay Magistrates Court Hay, Brecknockshire
- James Henderson, customs officer, Musselburgh Musselburgh, Midlothian
- Heriot's Benefit Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- High Court of Justiciary
- Highland Chief, brig, of Leith Leith, Midlothian
- Highland Light Infantry (71st Foot)
- Highland Society of London London
- Historical Association of Scotland
- Home Guard: Scottish Command
- Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Hospital of St Anthony, Leith Leith, Midlothian
- Humayoon Shah, east indiaman
- HMS Immortalite (1859)
- Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh Musselburgh, Midlothian
- Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Incorporation of Wrights of Culross Culross, Fife
- India garrisons India
- Institute of Seaweed Research (formerly Scottish Seaweed Research Association)
- International Brigade Association
- International PEN, Scottish Centre
- Inverness Trades Council Inverness, Inverness-shire
- Inverness-shire elections Inverness-shire;Highland
- Iona Community, ecumenical Christian community Iona, Argyllshire;Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Mull, Argyllshire
- Irish Treasury Board
- Ironfounding Workers Association
- Ironfounding Workers Association: Dublin branch Dublin, County Dublin
- Ironfounding Workers Association: Edinburgh district Edinburgh, Midlothian
- James Clark Technical Institute, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Jedburgh elections Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
- Jedburgh Tract Society Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
- John Davidson's School, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Jubilee 2000, Scotland (campaign to cancel Third World debt)
- Kelso Abbey (Order of Tiron) Kelso, Roxburghshire
- Kelso Burgh Kelso, Roxburghshire
- Kelso Incorporation of Glovers Kelso, Roxburghshire
- Kelty Sick and Funeral Society Kelty, Fife
- Killearn Golf Club Killearn, Stirlingshire
- Killearn Subscription Library Killearn, Stirlingshire
- Kilmarnock Liberal Association and Club Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- Kilmarnock Unionist Club Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
- Kilspindie Golf Club, Aberlady Aberlady, East Lothian
- 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
- King's Own Scottish Borderers (25th Foot)
- Kinross-shire Liberal Association Kinross-shire;Tayside
- Kirk and Parliament meetings, Scotland 1648
- Kirkcaldy parish Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Kirkcaldy Prime Guild Box Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Kirkliston Reading Room Kirkliston, West Lothian
- Ladies Edinburgh Debating Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Lanark Burgh Lanark, Lanarkshire
- Lanarkshire Justices of the Peace Lanarkshire;Strathclyde
- Larkhall Miners Association Larkhall, Lanarkshire
- Lauder and Kelso Road Trust Lauder, Berwickshire;Kelso, Roxburghshire
- Leith Burghs Branch Labour Party Leith, Midlothian
- Leith Constituency Labour Party Leith, Midlothian
- Leith Franklin Cricket Club Leith, Midlothian
- Leith Shipwrights Trade Protection Society Leith, Midlothian
- Liberal League
- Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt Club West Lothian;Lothian
- Linlithgow Incorporation of Shoemakers Linlithgow, West Lothian
- London Missionary Society: Glasgow committee Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Longniddry barony Longniddry, East Lothian
- Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- Lord Keith, east indiaman
- Lothians and Border Horse
- Lothians Coursing Club Lothian
- Lowgee Family, east indiaman
- Luffness New Golf Club Luffess, East Lothian
- Mackintosh of Farr Mortification Farr, Inverness-shire
- Maitland Club (historical) Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Manchester Regiment (63/96th Regiments)
- Maryhill Conservative (later Unionist) Association, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Maryhill District Liberal-Unionist Association, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Melrose Abbey Melrose, Roxburghshire
- Midas, yacht
- Midlothian Liberal Association Midlothian;Lothian
- Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry Midlothian;Lothian
- Minto School Minto, Roxburghshire
- HMS Monarch (1832)
- Monks of St Giles, literary society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Monthly Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Montrose Loyal Volunteers, and 2nd Regiment of Montrose Volunteers Montrose, Angus
- Moray bishopric Moray;Grampian
- Morecambe Hockey Club Morecambe, Lancashire
- Morton Hall Curling Club Morton Hall, Midlothian
- Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland
- Musicians Union: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Nairnshire Farming Society Nairnshire;Highland
- National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association: unspecified Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen:Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National and Local Government Officers Association: Edinburgh Gas section Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Council for Carers and their Elderly Dependants: Edinburgh and District branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Council of Labour Colleges
- National Graphical Association: Hugh Paton and Sons printing chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Independent Order of Oddfellows: Pride of Midlothian Lodge Midlothian;Lothian
- National League of the Blind and Disabled: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National League of the Blind and Disabled: Scottish District Council
- National Scottish Horsemens Union: Musselburgh and Fisherrow branch Musselburgh, Midlothian
- National Trade Union of Coopers: Edinburgh and district branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Clerks: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Conservative Associations for Scotland
- National Union of Foundry Workers: District Committee no 1 (West of Scotland)
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers: Edinburgh no 5 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish area
- National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish area: Ayr district Ayr, Ayrshire
- National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish area: Easthouses branch Easthouses, Midlothian
- National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish area: Gilmerton branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish area: Lanark district Lanark, Lanarkshire
- National Union of Mineworkers: Brora branch Brora, Sutherlandshire
- National Union of Mineworkers: Lothian districts East Lothian;Midlothian;West Lothian
- National Union of Printers, Bookbinders, Machine Rulers and Papers Workers: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Printers, Bookbinders, Machine Rulers and Paperworkers: Scottish district council
- National Union of Railwaymen: Edinburgh no 1 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Railwaymen: Edinburgh no 1 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Railwaymen: Edinburgh no 3 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Seamen: Ardrossan branch Ardrossan, Ayrshire
- National Union of Seamen: Greenock branch Greenock, Renfrewshire
- National Union of Seamen: Leith branch Leith, Midlothian
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers: Edinburgh no 1 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Union of Vehicle Builders: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Navy, Royal Navy (general)
- Newbattle Abbey Newbattle, Midlothian
- Newbattle Abbey College Dalkeith, Midlothian
- Newington Ward Liberal Association, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Nightingale (1805)
- Norma, yacht
- North and North-West parishes, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- North Berwick Golf Club North Berwick, East Lothian
- North British Militia, 2nd Regt
- North East Fife Conservative Association Cupar, Fife
- North Fencible Regiment
- North of Scotland Shinty Association
- Northern District Conservative Association, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ogleface Friendly Society and Avonbridge New Hearse Society Avonbridge, Stirlingshire
- Operative Slaters of Edinburgh and Leith Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Orford (1749)
- HMS Orion (1854)
- Outlook Tower Association (museum) Edinburgh, Midlothian
- 2nd Regiment Paisley Volunteer Infantry Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Paisley Abbey Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Pandemonium Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Pantheon (debating) Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Parliament House, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Parliament, Scotland: committee to consider Hugh Chamberlen's financial projects
- HMS Pearl (1855)
- Peebles-shire and South Midlothian Divisional Labour Party Midlothian;Peeblesshire;Borders;Lothian
- Peeblesshire elections Peeblesshire
- Peeblesshire sheriffs Peeblesshire;Borders
- Pentland Reformed Presbyterian meeting house Pentland, Midlothian
- Perth burghs elections Perth, Perthshire
- Perth Society of the Chapmen of Perthshire Perth, Perthshire
- Perthshire elections Perthshire;Tayside
- Perthshire militia Perthshire;Tayside
- Perthshire taxes Perthshire;Tayside
- Piobaireachd Society
- Plebs League
- Plumbing Trades Union: Edinburgh and Leith lodge Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Pluscarden Priory Pluscarden, Moray
- Polish Army in Great Britain
- Prestonpans Incorporation of Seamen Prestonpans, East Lothian
- Primrose League: Edinburgh and District habitation Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Primrose League: Scottish branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Prince Louis, training schooner
- Prince of Wales Light Infantry Volunteers Perthshire;Tayside
- Printing and Kindred Trades Federation: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Queen's Regiment of Dragoons
- Regent Road Public School and Evening School etc, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- 39th Regiment of Foot
- 79th Regiment of Foot (later the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- Restenneth Priory Restenneth, Angus
- Roxburgh Regiment of Volunteer Infantry Roxburgh, Roxburghshire
- Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Constituency Labour Party Roxburghshire;Selkirkshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Divisional Labour Party Roxburghshire;Peeblesshire;Selkirkshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire elections Roxburghshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire land tax Roxburghshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire militia Roxburghshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire sheriffs Roxburghshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire Turnpike Trust Roxburghshire;Borders
- Roxburghshire Yeomanry Cavalry Roxburghshire;Borders
- Royal Aberdeen Volunteers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Celtic Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Charlotte, revenue cutter, of Leith
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Garrison Artillery
- Royal Highland Yacht Club
- Royal Household and Wardrobe
- Royal Scottish Society of Arts Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Russell (1822)
- Rymour Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Saltire Gaelic Choir, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Saltire Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Saltoun Kirk Library Saltoun, East Lothian
- Scone Abbey Scone, Perthshire
- Scotland-UN
- 3rd Scots (Fusilier) Guards
- Scots Club, London London
- Scots Kirk, Paris Paris, France
- Scottish Alliance of Masters in the Printing and Kindred Trades Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Anti-Poll Tax Federation Scotland
- Scottish Arts Council
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse
- Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade Roxburghshire;Borders
- Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Carters Association: Plantation branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Central Bureau for the Employment of Women Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Coal Trade Conciliation Board Scotland
- Scottish Commercial Motormens Association
- Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association
- Scottish Convention of Women
- Scottish Covenant Association
- Scottish Craft Centre Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Decolonisation Project
- Scottish Far East Prisoners of War Association
- Scottish Female Domestic Servants Benevolent Association
- Scottish Gaelic Texts Society
- Scottish Genealogy Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Green Party
- Scottish Home Rule Association
- Scottish Horse and Motormens Association: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Scottish Horse and Motormens Association: Edinburgh and Leith branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Horse and Motormens Association: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Human Rights Centre Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Junior Imperialist Union
- Scottish Labour History Society
- Scottish Liberal Club
- Scottish Liberal Party
- Scottish Library and Information Council Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Library Association Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Mathematical Council
- Scottish Miners Federation Scotland
- Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Missionary Society
- Scottish Mothers Union
- Scottish Mountaineering Club
- Scottish Music Hall Society
- Scottish National Academy of Music, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish National Dictionary Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish National Operative Plasterers Federal Union: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish National Operative Plasterers Federal Union: Montrose branch Montrose, Angus
- Scottish National Party
- Scottish National Party: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish National Union of Cabinet and Chairmakers: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish National War Memorial Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Newspaper Proprietors Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Painters Society: Edinburgh Central branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Painters Society: Edinburgh district committee Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Peat Committee
- Scottish Plebiscite Society
- Scottish Poetry Library Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Print Employers Federation Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Sculpture Trust Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Secretariat
- Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers Society: Banff and Macduff branch Banff, Banffshire
- Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers Society: Lanark branch Lanark, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Sunday School Union for Christian Education
- Scottish Text Society
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society, Ballantyne, Hanson and Co chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society, Courant chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society, Evening Express chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society, Scotsman chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Typographical Association: Edinburgh Typographical Society, Scottish Daily Mail chapel Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Unionist Association
- Scottish Unionist Organising Secretaries Association
- Scottish USSR Society
- Scottish Womens Liberal Federation
- Scottish Workers' Representation Committee: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Working People's History Trust
- Scottish Youth Hostels Association Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Scottish-Malaysian Association
- Scottish-Polish Society: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Select Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Seton barony Seton, East Lothian
- Ship Constructors and Shipwrights Association: Leith branch Leith, Midlothian
- Signet: royal commissions
- Sinnet Club, Leith Leith, Midlothian
- Social Democratic Party
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Bannockburn Bannockburn, Stirlingshire
- Society for the Reformation of Manners in Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Society for the Relief of the Destitute Sick, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Society of Civil Servants: Edinburgh town committee Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Society of Master Printers in Scotland
- South East Parish, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- South Edinburgh Liberal Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- South Edinburgh Unionist Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- South Fencible Regiment
- South Leith Incorporation of Coopers South Leith, Midlothian
- South of Scotland Shinty Association
- South Queensferry Library South Queensferry, West Lothian
- South Wales Borderers (24th Foot)
- Southern Light Drama, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Southern Light Opera Company, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Spartan (1841)
- St Andrew Order of Ancient Free Gardeners Friendly Society: East of Scotland district
- St Andrew Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- St Andrews archbishopric St Andrews, Fife
- St Andrew's Chapel, Golspie Golspie, Sutherlandshire
- St Andrews Conservative Club St Andrews, Fife
- St Andrews Fold Secession Church, Muckhart Muckhart, Perthshire
- St Andrews Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane Episcopal diocese St Andrews, Fife
- St Colm's College, Edinburgh, women's missionary training college Edinburgh, Midlothian
- St George Quartet, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- St Giles College (later Cathedral), Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Dalkeith Dalkeith, Midlothian
- St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth Perth, Perthshire
- St Ninians Parish Church St Ninians, Stirlingshire
- Stair Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Stirling Chapmen of the Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Stirling Port Club Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Stirlingshire taxes Stirlingshire;Central
- HMS Surprize (1812)
- Sutherland Free Church Congregation Sutherlandshire;Highland
- Sutherland militia Sutherlandshire;Highland
- Sutherland Volunteers Sutherlandshire;Highland
- Sweetheart Abbey New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale
- Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thekla, yacht
- HMS Topaze (1858)
- John Traill of Woodwick and John Traill of Westness Woodwick, Orkney;Westness, Orkney
- Transport and General Workers Union: Edinburgh branch, automotive section Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Transport and General Workers Union: Edinburgh branch, Scottish Slaters section Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Transport and General Workers Union: Edinburgh brewery workers district branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Transport and General Workers Union: Edinburgh corporation transport branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Transport Salaried Staffs Association: Edinburgh no 1 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Trinity Bowling Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Under the Beeches Literary Society, Bathgate Bathgate, West Lothian
- Union Friendly Society, Gilcomston, Aberdeen Gilcomston, Aberdeenshire
- Union of Communication Workers: Scotland No 2 branch, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians: South East of Scotland district
- Union of Democratic Control: Scottish federation
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers: EdinburghSouth branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- United Free Church of Scotland: foreign mission committees
- United General Sea Box of Bo'ness Bo'ness, West Lothian
- United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers: Edinburgh no 2 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- United Operative Cabinet and Chairmakers Society of Scotland: Edinburgh no 3 branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- United Original Secession Church Library, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- United Pointsmen and Signalmens Society: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- United Presbyterian Mission Board
- United Secession Church foreign mission committee
- Upper Foyers estate Inverness-shire;Highland
- Victoria League in Scotland for Commonwealth Friendship Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Waldensian Missions Aid Society Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Wandsworth
- Wardie Bowling Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Water of Leith Project Group Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Waterstonian Bowling Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Waterstonian Golf Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- HMS Wellesley (1815)
- West Neuk Chapmen of Fife West Neuk, Fife
- West of Scotland Liberal-Unionist Association
- Western District Conservative Association, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Westminster Club Westminster, Middlesex
- Wigan borough elections Wigan, Lancashire
- Winton barony Winton, East Lothian
- Women for Independence North-East Fife
- Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich, Kent
- Workers Educational Association: Scotland
- World Day of Prayer: Scottish committee
- Wright Incorporation of Perth Perth, Perthshire
- Young Women's Christian Association of Scotland
- Young Women's Christian Association: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Unnamed carpenters and joiners union lodge Edinburgh, Midlothian
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- Barke, James William (1905-1958), novelist
- Barker, Sir Ernest (1874-1960) Knight, historian and political thinker
- Barker, Henry Aston (1774-1856), panorama proprietor and painter
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- Barnes, William Emery (1859-1939) Professor of Divinity Cambridge
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- Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860-1937), 1st baronet, playwright, novelist Kirriemuir, Angus
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- Baylies, William (1724-1787) Physician to Frederick the Great
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- Beaumont, Sir George Howland (1753-1827), Knight, art patron and landscape painter
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- Beckwith, Sir George (1753-1823) Knight, Lieutenant General, colonial governor
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- Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland (1826-1905) Antiquary Genealogist
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- Begg, Isabella (1771-1858), sister of Robert Burns
- Begg, Thomas Hutchison Burns- (b 1897), minister of South Balfron
- Beith, John Hay (1876-1952), Novelist and Playwright 'Ian Hay'
- Belasye, Thomas (1627-1700) Earl Fauconberg
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- Bellenden, Sir John (d 1577) Knight, Scottish Lawyer
- Bellenden, John (fl 1533-1587), poet
- Bellew, John Chippendall Montesquieu (1823-1874), author and preacher
- Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (1870-1953), poet and author
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- Bennett, Enoch Arnold (1867-1931), novelist playwright and journalist
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- Berkeley, George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge (1800-1881), author and politician
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- Besant, Annie (1847-1933), theosophist, educationist and Indian politician
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- Bibesco, Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy (1897-1945), novelist, wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco
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- Bingham, William (1752-1804), merchant Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Bismarck-Schonhausen, Nikolaus Heinrich Ferdinand Herbert (1849-1904) Prince, German statesman and diplomat
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- Black, David Macleod (b 1941), poet and author Cape Town, Cape Province
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- Blackadder, John (1615-1686), Scottish clergyman
- Blackie, John Stuart (1809-1895), classical scholar and man of letters
- Blackie, Walter Graham (1816-1906), publisher
- Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900), author
- Blackwood, Alexander (fl 1825-1845), publisher
- Blackwood, George Frederick (1838-1880), Major, Indian Artillery
- Blackwood, Helen Selina (1807-1867), author and poet
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- Blackwood, William (d1861), publisher
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- Blaikie, Walter Biggar (1847-1928) publisher and historian
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- Blair, Sir David Oswald Hunter- (1853-1939) 5th Baronet Abbot of Dunfermline
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- Blair, Robert (1593-1666), Presbyterian minister, chaplain to Charles I
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- Blake, Sir Arthur Ernest (1869-1935) Knight Businessman
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- Blane, Sir Gilbert (1749-1834) 1st Baronet Physician of the Fleet
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- Bodley, John Edward Courtenay (1853-1925), civil servant and historian
- Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar (1834-1890) 1st Baronet Sculptor
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- Bonar, John James (1803-1891), Free Church of Scotland minister
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- Bone, James (1872-1962), London editor Manchester Guardian
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- Bone, Phyllis Mary (1896-1972) Animal Sculptor
- Bonnar, Robert (fl 1917-1978), railway worker and writer
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- Boothby, Robert John Graham (1900-1986) Baron Boothby, politician
- Borden, Sir Frederick William (1847-1917) Knight, Canadian statesman
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- Bosanquet, Jacob (c 1756-1828) London Merchant and Banker
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- Boswell, James (1740-1795), biographer of Samuel Johnson, diarist
- Boswell, James (1778-1822), lawyer and editor
- Bothwell, Adam (1527-1593) Bishop of Orkney
- Bottomley, Gordon (1874-1948), poet and dramatist
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- Bourke, Robert (1827-1901) Baron Connemara, Governor of Madras
- Bouverie, Edward Pleydell- (1818-1889), politician
- Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850), Canon of Salisbury, poet, antiquary
- Bowman, Walter (d 1782), antiquary
- Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872) Knight, MP, diplomat, colonial governor, author, traveller
- Boyce, John Cox (?1828-1889), writer
- Boyd, Alexander Stuart (1854-1930), illustrator
- Boyd, Andrew (fl 1613-1636) Bishop of Argyll
- Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison (1825-1899) Church of Scotland Minister at St Andrews Essayist
- Boyd, Charles Walter (1869-1919) Imperial Propagandist
- Boyd, Mark Alexander (1563-1601), classical scholar
- Boyd-Orr, John (1880-1971) 1st Baron Boyd Orr, statesman
- Boyle, David (1772-1853) Lord Justice General and President of Session
- Boyle, George David (1828-1901) Dean of Salisbury
- Brackenbury, Sir Henry (1837-1914) Knight General Writer On Military Subjects
- Braddon, Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry (1829-1904), Knight, Premier of Tasmania
- Bradley, Arthur Granville (fl 1883-1899) Author
- Bradley, Edward (1827-1889) novelist 'Cuthbert Bede'
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- Bradley, Katharine Harris (1846-1914), poet and dramatist
- Bradshaigh, Sir Roger (1628-1684) 1st Baronet MP
- Bradshaigh, Sir Roger (c 1649-1687) 2nd Baronet MP
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- Brand, Barbarina (1768-1854) Lady Dacre, poet and dramatist
- Brand, George (1816-1860) British Consul at Lagos
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- Brand, John (1669-1738), Church of Scotland minister
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- Bray, Charles (1811-1884) Author Social Reformer
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- Brett, Reginald Baliol (1852-1930) 2nd Viscount Esher
- Brett, Thomas (1667-1744), Nonjuror and theologian
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- Brougham, Henry Peter (1778-1868) 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, Lord Chancellor
- Brougham, William (1795-1886) 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux
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- Brown, Sir George (1790-1865) Knight, General
- Brown, George Douglas (1869-1902), writer
- Brown, George Mackay (1921-1996), author
- Brown, Hamish Macmillan (b 1934) mountaineer and author
- Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes (1854-1926), historian of Venice
- Brown, Ivor John Carnegie (1891-1974), author and journalist
- Brown, James Baldwin (fl 1868-1900), poet
- Brown, John (? 1610-1679), Scottish minister
- Brown, John (d 1816) Major General
- Brown, John (1754-1832), Minister of the Burgher Church, Whitburn and biographer
- Brown, John (1784-1858), minister of the United Presbyterian church and theologian
- Brown, John (1810-1882), physician and essayist
- Brown, John Alexander Harvie- (1844-1916), ornithologist
- Brown, Peter Hume (1849-1918), historian
- Brown, Robert (1795-1847), Secession minister at Cumnock
- Brown, Robert Neal Rudmose (1879-1957), geographer and botanist
- Brown, Samuel (1817-1856), chemist
- Brown, Thomas (1778-1820), metaphysician
- Brown, Thomas (1811-1893), Free Church of Scotland minister
- Brown, Thomas Graham (d 1965), physiologist
- Brown, William (fl 1820-1838), secretary of the Scottish Missionary Society
- Brown, William Laurence (1755-1830) Principal of Aberdeen University
- Browne, Sir George Washington (1853-1939) Knight, architect
- Browne, James (1793-1841), newspaper editor and journalist
- Browne, John Cave (1818-1898), vicar and antiquary Detling, Kent
- Browne, John Hutton Balfour- (1845-1921), lawyer
- Browne, Dame Sidney Jane (1850-1941) President of the College of Nursing
- Browne, William Alexander Francis (1805-1885), psychiatrist
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- Bruce, George (1909-2002), poet and broadcaster
- Bruce, Sir Henry William (1792-1863) Knight, Admiral
- Bruce, James (1730-1794), African traveller
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- Bruce Lockhart, Sir Robert Hamilton (1887-1970), Knight civil servant journalist and author
- Bruce, Robert (1813-1862) Governor to Prince of Wales
- Bruce, Thomas (1766-1841) 7th Earl of Elgin
- Bruce, Victor Alexander (1849-1917) 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India
- Bruce, William Speirs (1867-1921), polar explorer and oceanographer
- Bruce, William Straton (1846-1933), Scottish minister and author
- Brudenell, James Thomas (1797-1868) 7th Earl of Cardigan, Lieutenant General
- Brunton, Alexander (1772-1854), Church of Scotland minister and scholar of oriental languages
- Brunton, Sir Thomas Lauder (1844-1916) 1st Baronet Physician
- Bryan, Tom (b 1950), writer
- Bryce, James (1838-1922) Viscount Bryce, statesman
- Brydges, Sir Harford Jones (1764-1847) Knight, diplomat and author
- Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837), 1st Baronet, MP, bibliographer and genealogist
- Brydone, Patrick (c 1741-1818), traveller and author
- Buchan, Alastair Francis (1918-1976) Professor of International Relations Oxford
- Buchan, Anna Masterton (1877-1948), novelist
- Buchan, James Walter (1882-1954) Historian of Peeblesshire
- Buchan, John (1875-1940) 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, novelist, historian, MP, governor-general of Canada
- Buchan, John Norman Stuart (1911-1996) 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, civil servant
- Buchan, Peter (1790-1854), collector of Scottish ballads
- Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortescue (1915-1978) Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician
- Buchan, Susan Charlotte (1882-1977), author, wife of 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
- Buchanan, Sir Andrew (1807-1882) 1st Baronet Diplomat
- Buchanan, Claudius (1766-1815), missionary in India
- Buchanan, David (? 1595-? 1652), Scottish historian
- Buchanan, Francis Hamilton (1762-1829), surgeon and botanist
- Buchanan, George (1506-1582), historian and scholar
- Buchanan, Sir George (1831-1895) Knight, physician
- Buchanan, Sir George Seaton (1869-1936) Knight Medical Officer to the Ministry of Health
- Buchanan, John (fl 1850-1870), antiquary
- Buchanan, Robert (1802-1875), Free Church of Scotland minister and historian
- Buchanan, Robert (1841-1901) Poet and Novelist
- Buckle, George Earle (1854-1935) Biographer Editor of the Times
- Buller, Sir George (1802-1884) Knight, General
- Bulloch, John Malcolm (1867-1938), author and literary critic
- Bulstrode, Sir Richard (1610-1711) Knight, diplomat
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton (1803-1873) 1st Baron Lytton, statesman and novelist
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert (1831-1891) 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India
- Bunbury, Sir Henry Edward (1778-1860) 7th Baronet Lieutenant General and Historian
- Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias von (1791-1860) Baron von Bunsen, German diplomat and scholar
- Bunting, Sir Percy William (1836-1911) Knight, social reformer and journalist
- Buonaparte, Joseph (1768-1844) Comte De Survilliers
- Burdon-Sanderson, Sir John Scott (1828-1905) 1st Baronet, physiologist
- Burge, Hubert Murray (1862-1925), headmaster of Winchester Bishop of Oxford
- Burgoyne, Sir John (1739-1785) 7th Baronet General
- Burke, Edmund (1729-1797), statesman
- Burn, William (1789-1870), architect
- Burnet, Alexander (1614-1684), Archbishop of St Andrews
- Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury and historian Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Burnet, Lady Margaret (c1630-1685), 1st wife of Bishop Gilbert Burnet
- Burnett, James (1714-1799) Lord Monboddo Scottish Judge
- Burney, Charles Fox (1868-1925), theologian
- Burns, John Elliot (1858-1943) Politician and Trade Unionist
- Burns, Robert (1759-1796), poet
- Burns, Robert (1869-1941), painter
- Burrell, George (1777-1853) Lieutenant General
- Burrell, Sir William (1732-1796) Knight, antiquary
- Burroughs, Sir Frederick William Traill- (1831-1905) Knight General
- Burton, John Hill (1809-1881), historian
- Bury, Charles Kenneth Howard (1883-1963) MP Soldier and Explorer
- Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (1775-1861), novelist
- Busk, Mary Margaret (d 1863) Writer
- Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850-1910), classical scholar educationist MP
- Butler, Henry Montagu (1833-1918) Headmaster of Harrow Master of Trinity Cambridge
- Butler, John (1717-1802) Bishop of Oxford and Hereford
- Butler, Richard Austen (1902-1982) Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, politician
- Butler, Sir Spencer Harcourt (1869-1938) Knight, governor of Burma
- Butlin, Ron (b 1949), writer and journalist
- Butter, Peter Henry (1921-1999), English scholar and critic
- Byres, James (1734-1817), architect and virtuoso antiquary
- Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824) 6th Baron Byron, poet
- Cadell, Francis Campbell Boileau (1883-1937) Painter
- Cadell, Henry Moubray (1860-1934), geologist
- Cadell, Robert (1788-1849), publisher
- Cadell, Thomas (1742-1802) Publisher
- Cadell, Thomas (1773-1836), publisher
- Cadell, William Archibald (1775-1855), traveller
- Cadenhead, James (1858-1927), artist
- Caie, John Morrison (1878-1949), poet and author
- Caine, Sir Thomas Henry Hall (1853-1931) Knight, novelist
- Caird, Edward (1835-1908) Master of Balliol College Oxford
- Caird, James Bowman (b 1913) Educationist and Author
- Caird, Janet Hinshaw (1913-1994), author
- Caird, John (1820-1898) Principal of Glasgow University
- Cairns, David H (1904-1992), professor of Practical Theology
- Cairns, David Smith (1862-1946), principal of Christ's College Aberdeen and theologian
- Cairns, John (1818-1892), United Presbyterian minister, author
- Cairns, Joyce Gunn (b 1948), portrait painter
- Calcraft, John (1716-1772), politician and regimental agent
- Caldecott, Alfred (1850-1936) Professor of Philosophy King's College London
- Calder, Angus Lindsay (1942-2008), academic and author
- Calder, John (1743-1783), minister of Rosskeen
- Calder, Peter Ritchie Ritchie- (1906-1982) Baron Ritchie Calder, author
- Calderwood, David (1575-1650) Presbyterian Apologist
- Caley, John (1763-1834), archivist, antiquary and Secretary to Record Commission
- Callander, James Henry (1803-1851) MP
- Callander, John (d 1789), lawyer and antiquary
- Callcott, Maria (1785-1842), author and traveller Chile;Brazil
- Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick (1774-1850) 1st Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal
- Cambridge, Alexander Augustus Frederick William (1874-1957) Earl of Athlone, Major General
- Cambridge, George William Frederick Charles (1819-1904) 2nd Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal
- Cambridge, Gerry (b 1959), poet
- Camden, William (1551-1623), antiquary, herald and schoolmaster
- Cameron, Charles (fl 1795-1820) Colonial Governor
- Cameron, Sir David Young (1865-1945) Knight, painter and etcher
- Cameron, Donald (? 1695-1748) Jacobite
- Cameron, Sir Ewen (1629-1719) Knight, Jacobite
- Cameron, John (1771-1815) Lieutenant Colonel 92nd Regiment
- Cameron, John Kennedy (1860-1944) Professor of Systematic Theology
- Cameron, Samuel (1813-1872), minister of Logierait
- Cameron, Una (1904-1987), climber
- Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844-1894), African explorer
- Campbell, Sir Alexander (d 1824) 1st Baronet Lieutenant General
- Campbell, Alexander (1764-1824), composer and writer
- Campbell, Archibald (1598-1661) Marquess of Argyll
- Campbell, Archibald (1629-1685) 9th Earl of Argyll
- Campbell, Archibald (d 1703) 1st Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, Archibald (d 1744) Bishop of Aberdeen
- Campbell, Archibald (1682-1761) 3rd Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, Sir Archibald (1739-1791), Knight, Major General, Colonial Governor
- Campbell, Lord Archibald (1846-1913) 2nd son of 8th Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, Archibald (1877-1963) Piobaireachd Collector
- Campbell, Colin (1644-1726), theologian
- Campbell, Donald (b 1940), playwright and poet
- Campbell, Elizabeth (1659-1735), nee Tollemache, wife of 1st Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, Gavin (1851-1922) Marquess of Breadalbane
- Campbell, Sir George (1778-1854) Knight, surgeon
- Campbell, Sir George (1824-1892) Knight, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal MP
- Campbell, George Douglas (1823-1900) 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman
- Campbell, Hugh Hume- (1708-1794) 3rd Earl of Marchmont
- Campbell, Sir Ilay (1734-1823) 1st Baronet Lord Succoth Scottish Judge and MP
- Campbell, Sir James (1667-1745) Knight, General
- Campbell, James Archibald (1854-1926) Author and Spiritualist
- Campbell, John (1635-1716) 1st Earl of Breadalbane
- Campbell, John (1680-1743) 2nd Duke of Argyll Duke of Greenwich
- Campbell, John (1693-1770) 4th Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, John (1696-1782) 3rd Earl of Breadalbane
- Campbell, John (1705-1782) 4th Earl of Loudoun, General
- Campbell, John (1723-1806) 5th Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, John (1766-1840), Independent minister, philanthropist and traveller
- Campbell, John (1779-1861) 1st Baron Campbell, Lord Chancellor
- Campbell, John (1796-1862) 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
- Campbell, John Douglas Edward Henry (1777-1847) 7th Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland (1845-1914) 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada
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- Carmichael, Thomas David Gibson- (1859-1926) 1st Baron Carmichael, politician
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- Carruthers, Robert (1799-1878), writer and editor
- Carson, Edward Henry (1854-1935) Baron Carson, politician
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- Carswell, Catherine Roxburgh (1879-1946), novelist and book-reviewer
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- Cary, Arthur Joyce Lunel (1888-1957), writer
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- Chalmers, Alexander (1759-1834), writer
- Chalmers, Esther Barbara (b 1894), author
- Chalmers, George (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chalmers, George Paul (1836-1878), painter
- Chalmers, Patrick (1802-1854), antiquary, MP for Montrose
- Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847), Church of Scotland minister and social reformer
- Chamberlain, Arthur Neville (1869-1940), statesman
- Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914), statesman
- Chamberlain, Sir Joseph Austen (1863-1937) Knight, politician
- Chambers, Charles Edward Stuart (1859-1936), editor and publisher
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- Chapman, John (1822-1894) Physician Author and Publisher of the Westminster Review
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- Churchill, George (fl 1747-1753) Lieutenant General
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- Clair, Charles St (1768-1863) 13th Baron Sinclair
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- Clark, Ronald William (1916-1987), biographer and historian
- Clark, William George (1821-1878), literary and classical scholar
- Clarke, John Smith (1885-1959), socialist and MP
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- Clarkson, Euan Neilson Kerr (b 1937), palaeontologist
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- Clerk, John (1757-1832) Lord Eldin Scottish Judge
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- Clifford, Jo (b 1950), playwright
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- Close, Sir Barry (1756-1813), Major General
- Clouston, William Alexander (1843-1896) writer
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- Cochrane, Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton (1852-1935) 12th Earl of Dundonald, Lieutenant General
- Cochrane, John (1750-1801) Deputy Commissary to Forces in North America
- Cochrane, John George (1781-1852), Scottish editor, bibliographer and librarian
- Cochrane, Thomas (1775-1860) 10th Earl of Dundonald, Admiral
- Cochrane, Sir Thomas John (1789-1872), Knight, Admiral
- Cochrane, William George (d 1857) Lieutenant General
- Cochrane-Baillie, Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart (1816-1890) 1st Baron Lamington, politician
- Cockburn, Alicia (? 1712-1793), author
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- Cockburn, Sir George (1772-1853), 8th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet
- Cockburn, Henry (1779-1854), Lord Cockburn Scottish judge
- Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863), architect and archaeologist
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- Collins, William Edmund Wood (fl 1868-1900), letter writer
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- Colquhoun, John (1805-1885) Writer On Sport
- Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop, Alexander (1798-1870), church lawyer and politician
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- Conway, William Martin (1856-1937) Baron Conway of Allington, art critic
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- Cooke, George Albert (1865-1939) Professor of Hebrew Oxford
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- Cooper, Sir Grey (c1726-1801), 2nd Baronet and politician
- Cooper, Leo (1934-2013), publisher
- Cooper, Thomas Mackay (1892-1955) Baron Cooper of Culross, Lord Justice General of Scotland
- Coote, Sir Colin Reith (1893-1979), Knight journalist
- Coote, Sir Eyre (1726-1783) Knight, General
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- Copeland, Fanny Susan (1872-1970) translator and journalist
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- Cornwallis, Sir Charles (d 1629) Knight, diplomat
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- Cottington, Francis (1578-1652) 1st Baron Cottington, diplomat
- Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller- (1863-1944), Knight, novelist and literary scholar
- Cousin, Anne Ross (1824-1906), hymn writer
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- Cowell, Herbert (fl 1854-1900), miscellaneous writer
- Cox, Robert (1810-1872) Anti Sabbatarian
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- Craig, Sir James Gibson (1765-1850) Knight, politician
- Craig, Sir James Henry (1748-1812) Knight, General, colonial governor
- Craig, James Thomson Gibson (1799-1886), antiquary
- Craig, Robert (1917-1995) Theologian
- Craig, Sir Thomas (1538-1608) Knight, Scottish Feudalist
- Craig, William (1745-1813) Lord Craig Judge and Essayist
- Craig, Sir William Gibson (1797-1878) 2nd Baronet MP
- Craigen, James Mark (b 1938) MP
- Craigie, Robert (1685-1760) Scottish Judge
- Craigie, Sir William Alexander (1867-1957) Knight, philologist and lexicographer
- Craik, Dinah Maria (1826-1887), author
- Craik, George Lillie (1798-1866), author
- Craik, Sir Henry (1846-1927) 1st Baronet, civil servant and author
- Crampsey, Robert Andrew (1930-2008), writer, teacher and broadcaster
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- Crewe-Milnes, Robert Offley Ashburton (1858-1945) 1st Marquess of Crewe, statesman
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- Crichton-Stuart, John Patrick (1847-1900) 3rd Marquess of Bute
- Crichton-Stuart, Sophia Frederica Christina (1809-1859), 2nd wife of 2nd Marquess of Bute
- Crick, Sir Bernard Rowland (1929-2008) Knight, political theorist and public servant
- Croal, John P (1852-1932), journalist
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- Cross, Mary Ann (1819-1880), novelist and poet Nuneaton, Warwickshire
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- Cunningham, Peter (1816-1869), author, critic, antiquary and editor
- Cunningham, William (c 1610-1664) 9th Earl of Glencairn
- Cunningham, William (1805-1861), Free Church of Scotland minister and theologian
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- Curle, Richard Henry Parnell (1883-1968), traveller and author
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- Curwen, Henry (1845-1892) journalist
- Curzon, George Nathaniel (1859-1925) 1st Marquess Curzon, statesman
- Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (1842-1933), wife of General Armstrong Custer
- D'Aguilar, Sir Charles Lawrence (1821-1912) Knight General
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- Daiches, Lionel Henry (1911-1999), advocate
- Dallas, Eneas Sweetland (1828-1879), journalist and author
- Dallas, George (1630-1702), Scottish lawyer
- Dallmeyer, Andrew (1945-2017), playwright, theatre director and actor
- Dalrymple, Alexander (1737-1808), hydrographer to the Navy
- Dalrymple, Sir Charles (1839-1916) 1st Baronet Politician
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- Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792) third baronet, Lord Hailes, judge and historian
- Dalrymple, Sir Hew Hamilton (1857-1945) Knight MP Vice Chairman of Trustees National Library of Scotland
- Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord (1750-1830) 1st Baronet General
- Dalrymple, Sir James (1692-1751) 2nd Baronet
- Dalrymple, Sir John (1648-1707) 1st Earl of Stair
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- Dalrymple, Sir John (1726-1810) 4th Baronet, judge and historian
- Dalrymple, Sir John Hamilton Macgill (1771-1853) 8th Earl of Stair, General
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- Dalyell, Sir John Graham (1775-1851) Knight, antiquary and naturalist
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- D'Arcy, Robert (1718-1778) 4th Earl of Holdernesse, statesman
- Darling, Sir Charles Henry (1809-1870) Knight, colonial administrator
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- Dasent, Sir George Webbe (1817-1896) Knight Assistant Editor of the Times
- Davidson, Andrew Nevile (1899-1976), minister of Glasgow Cathedral
- Davidson, Harriet Miller (1839-1883), poet and novelist
- Davidson, James Lauder (1916-1992), forester and soldier
- Davidson, John (c1724-1797), lawyer and antiquary
- Davidson, John (1857-1909), poet
- Davidson, Sir John Humphrey (1876-1954) Knight Major General
- Davidson, Randall Thomas (1848-1930) Baron Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Davidson, William Leslie (1848-1929), Professor of Logic and Metaphysics
- Davie, Elspeth (1919-1995), author
- Davies, William (d 1820) Bookseller
- Davis, Sir John Francis (1795-1890), Knight, diplomat and writer
- Dawkins, Richard McGillivray (1871-1955), Classical Scholar Philologist Archaeologist
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- Dearmer, Mabel (1872-1915), artist, writer and dramatist
- Deas, Sir George (1804-1887) Knight Scottish Judge
- Debenham, Frank (1883-1965) Geographer
- Delafaye, Charles (d 1762) Under Secretary of State
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- Delane, John Thadeus (1817-1879), editor of The Times
- Dempster, George (1732-1818), MP, East India Co director, agriculturalist
- Denham, Sir Archibald Steuart- (1683-1773) 6th Baronet
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- Denison, Edward (1801-1854) Bishop of Salisbury
- Dennistoun, James (1803-1855), antiquary
- Dent, Edward Joseph (1876-1957), musicologist
- Deuchar, Alexander (d 1844), antiquary
- Devisme, Louis (1720-1776) Diplomat
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847), vicar of Exning, antiquary and bibliographer
- Dick, Sir Alexander (1703-1785) 3rd Baronet, physician
- Dick, Thomas (1774-1857), writer on science and philosopher
- Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), novelist and journalist
- Dickie, James Fowlie (1886-1983), Scottish fiddler and music collector
- Dickie, John (1875-1942), theologian
- Dickinson, William Croft (1897-1963), historian
- Dickson, Sir David James Hamilton (? 1781-1850) Knight, Inspector of Hospitals RN
- Dickson, James Douglas Hamilton (1849-1931) Physicist
- Dickson, Robert Kirk (1898-1952) Rear Admiral
- Dickson, Thomas Elder (1899-1978), artist Barrhead, Renfrewshire
- Dickson, William Kirk (1860-1949), librarian
- Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1843-1911) Knight, 2nd Baronet, politician and author
- Dillon, Emile Joseph (1854-1933), philologist, author and journalist
- Dimsdale, Nathaniel (1748-1811) Russian Baron, MP for Hertford
- Dirom, Alexander (d 1830) Lieutenant General
- Dixon, William Macneile (1866-1946), author and English scholar
- Dobbie, Sir Joseph (1862-1943) Knight President of Scottish Vernacular Association
- Dobell, Sydney Thompson (1824-1874), poet and critic
- Dobie, Alexander (fl 1831-1871), solicitor and parliamentary agent
- Doddridge, Sir John (1555-1628) Knight Judge MP Historian
- Dods, Marcus (1834-1909), New Testament scholar
- Donaldson, Arthur (fl 1946-1972) Scottish Nationalist and Journalist
- Donaldson, Sir James (1831-1915) Knight Educationist Classical and Patristic Scholar
- Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw (1773-1841) Knight General
- Donne, Sir Daniel (d 1617) Knight Civilian
- D'Orsey, Alexander James Donald (1812-1894), Scottish Episcopal clergyman and Portuguese scholar
- Dott, George (fl 1909-1954) Scottish Nationalist
- Doubleday, Thomas (1790-1870) Author Politician
- Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (1870-1945), poet
- Douglas, Andrew (b 1753) Paymaster of the Navy
- Douglas, Archibald James Edward (1748-1827) 1st Baron Douglas of Douglas
- Douglas, Catherine (1701-1777) Duchess of Queensberry, wife of 3rd Duke of Queensberry
- Douglas, David (1823-1916), bookseller and publisher
- Douglas, Dunbar (1722-1799) 4th Earl of Selkirk
- Douglas, George (1662-1738) 13th Earl of Morton
- Douglas, Sir George Brisbane (1856-1935), 5th Baronet writer
- Douglas, George Henry (1821-1905) Admiral
- Douglas, Sir Henry Percy (1876-1939) Knight Vice Admiral
- Douglas, Sir Howard (1776-1861) 3rd Baronet General and Colonial Governor
- Douglas, James (d 1581) 4th Earl of Morton
- Douglas, James (d 1692) Lieutenant General
- Douglas, James (1646-1700) 2nd Marquess of Douglas
- Douglas, James (1671-1692) Styled Earl of Angus
- Douglas, John (d 1768) minister of Jedburgh
- Douglas, Sir Kenneth (1754-1833), 1st Baronet, Lieutenant General
- Douglas, Norman (1868-1952), author and traveller
- Douglas, Robert (d 1716) Bishop of Dunblane
- Douglas, Sir Robert (1694-1770), 6th Baronet, genealogist
- Douglas, Robert (1727-1809) Lieutenant General
- Douglas, Robert (1747-1820), minister of Galashiels
- Douglas, Sir Robert Kennaway (1838-1913) Knight Professor of Chinese
- Douglas, Sylvester (1743-1823) Baron Glenbervie, politician
- Douglas, Thomas (1771-1820) 5th Earl of Selkirk
- Douglas, William (d1606) 6th Earl of Morton
- Douglas, William (1554-1611) 10th Earl of Angus
- Douglas, William (c 1584-1648) 7th Earl of Morton
- Douglas, William (1589-1660) 1st Marquess of Angus
- Douglas, William (1635-1694) 3rd Duke of Hamilton
- Douglas, William Scott (1815-1883), editor of Robert Burns
- Douglas-Hamilton, James Alexander (b 1942) Baron Selkirk of Douglas, lawyer and politician
- Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick (1903-1995) Baron Home of the Hirsel, statesman
- Doveton, Sir John (1768-1847) Knight Lieutenant General Madras Army
- Dowden, Edward (1843-1913), Professor of English Literature and critic
- Dowden, John (1840-1910) Bishop of Edinburgh, historian
- Downer, Arthur Cleveland (1847-1943), theologian
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930), Knight author physician criminologist Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings Charles (1810-1888) 2nd Baronet, poet
- Doyle, Richard (1824-1883) Artist and Caricaturist
- Drake, Francis (1764-1821) Diplomat
- Drew, Mary (1847-1927), author, private secretary of WE Gladstone
- Drummond, George (1687-1766) Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Drummond, Henry (1851-1897), theologian and scientist
- Drummond, Henry Home (1783-1867) MP
- Drummond, James (1648-1716) 4th Earl and 1st Titular Duke of Perth
- Drummond, James Andrew John Laurence Charles (1767-1851) 8th Viscount Strathallan
- Drummond, John (c 1584-1662) 2nd Earl of Perth
- Drummond, William (1585-1649) Poet
- Drummond, William Hamilton (1778-1865) poet and controversialist
- Drury, William O'Bryen (d 1832) Admiral
- Duckworth, Sir John Thomas (1748-1817) 1st Baronet Admiral
- Dudden, Frederick Homes (1874-1955), Master of Pembroke College Oxford, theologian
- Dudley, Robert (1532-1588) Earl of Leicester
- Duff, Alexander (1806-1878), missionary
- Duff, Alexander William George (1849-1912) 1st Duke of Fife
- Duff, William (1696-1763) 1st Earl Fife
- Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (1816-1903), Knight, MP, Irish Nationalist and Australian politician
- Dugdale, Blanche Elizabeth Campbell (1880-1948), Head of Intelligence, League of Nations Union
- Dunbar, John Telfer (1912-2003), costume historian
- Dunbar, Sir William (1812-1889), 7th Baronet MP
- Dunbar, Sir William Cospatrick (1844-1931) 9th Baronet Assistant Under Secretary for Scotland
- Duncan, Andrew (1773-1832), physician
- Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth (1926-2017), Scottish historian
- Duncan, George Alexander Philips Haldane- (1845-1933) 4th Earl of Camperdown
- Duncan, George Simpson (1884-1965), New Testament scholar
- Duncan, Sir Henry (d 1835), Knight, Captain RN
- Duncan, Henry (1774-1846), Church of Scotland minister, founder of Savings Banks
- Duncan, John (1866-1945), painter
- Duncan, Jonathan (1756-1811) Governor of Bombay
- Duncan, Joseph Forbes (1879-1964), agricultural trade unionist
- Dundas, Colin (1842-1911), Lieutenant, RN
- Dundas, Sir David (1735-1820) Knight General
- Dundas, David (1749-1826) Baronet Surgeon
- Dundas, Sir David (1799-1877) Knight, statesman
- Dundas, George (1819-1880), politician, colonial governor
- Dundas, Henry (1742-1811) 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Dundas, James (1842-1879) Captain Royal Engineers
- Dundas, Sir Lawrence (d 1781) 1st Baronet Commissary General
- Dundas, Robert (1685-1753) Lord Arniston Scottish Judge
- Dundas, Robert (1713-1787) Lord Arniston Scottish Judge
- Dundas, Robert (1758-1819) Lord Arniston Scottish Judge
- Dundas, Robert James (1832-1904), Anglican clergyman
- Dundas, Thomas (1795-1873) 2nd Earl of Zetland, MP
- Dunfermaline, Mary Elizabeth Abercromby (c1815-1874), wife of Ralph, 2nd Baron Dunfermaline
- Dunlop, Alexander (1684-1747), classical scholar
- Dunlop, Alexander Graham (1819-1892), diplomat
- Dunlop, Annie Isabella (1897-1973), historian
- Dunlop, John (1755-1820), collector of Scottish songs and Lord Provost of Glasgow
- Dunlop, John (1789-1868) Abolitionist
- Dunlop, John (b 1915) International Brigade volunteer
- Dunlop, William (? 1649-1700) Principal of the University of Glasgow
- Dunlop, William (1692-1720), Ecclesiastical historian
- Dunn, James Nicol (1856-1919), journalist
- Dunn, Robert (1799-1877), general practitioner and psychologist
- Dunnett, Sir Alastair Mactavish (1908-1998) Knight, journalist and author
- Dunnett, Dorothy (1923-2001), author and painter
- Durand, Sir Edward Law (1845-1920), 1st Baronet colonial administrator
- D'Urban, Sir Benjamin (1777-1849) Knight Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Durham, Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood (1763-1845) Knight, Admiral
- Duthie, George Ian (1915-1967) Professor of English Literature Aberdeen University
- Dwelly, Edward (1864-1939) Gaelic lexicographer
- Dyce, William (1806-1864), painter
- Dyer, George (1755-1841) Poet
- Eagles, John (1783-1855) Artist and Author
- Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding (1921-1963) painter
- Earle, Sir Lionel (1866-1948) Knight, civil servant
- Earwaker, John Parsons (1847-1895) Cheshire Antiquary
- Eastlake, Elizabeth (1809-1893), reviewer and author
- Eaton, Charlotte Anne (1788-1859), writer
- Eckford, James (? 1786-1867) Lieutenant General Bengal Army
- Eden, Emily (1797-1869) Novelist and Traveller
- Eden, George (1784-1849) Earl of Auckland, Governor General of India, statesman
- Eden, Morton Frederick (1752-1830) 1st Baron Henley, diplomat
- Eden, William (1744-1814) 1st Baron Auckland, statesman
- Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849), novelist and children's writer
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell (1744-1817), author
- Edmonstone, Sir Archibald (1795-1871) 3rd Baronet Traveller and Author
- Edmonstone, Neil Benjamin (1765-1841), Indian administrator
- Edward, Thomas (1814-1886), naturalist and shoemaker
- Edward VII, (1841-1910) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Edward VIII, (1894-1972) King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor
- Edwards, Clement Alexander (1812-1882) General
- Egerton, Francis (1800-1857) 1st Earl of Ellesmere, politician, poet
- Egerton, Granville George Algernon (1859-1951) Major General
- Elder, Michael Aiken (1931-2004), playwright
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) poet
- Elizabeth, (1900-2002) Queen Consort of George VI
- Elizabeth I, (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland
- Ellershaw, Henry (1863-1932), Master of University College Durham
- Ellice, Edward (1781-1863), merchant and politician
- Ellice, Edward (1810-1880), politician
- Ellice, Robert (1774-1856) General
- Elliot, Alexander Kynynmound (1754-1778), East India Co official
- Elliot, Andrew (1728-1797) Colonial Administrator
- Elliot, Arthur Ralph Douglas (1846-1923) Politician
- Elliot, Sir Charles (1801-1875) Knight Admiral Colonial Governor
- Elliot, Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone (1818-1895) Knight Admiral
- Elliot, Frederick Eden (1837-1916) Indian Civil Servant
- Elliot, Sir George (1784-1863) Knight Admiral MP
- Elliot, Sir George Augustus (1813-1901) Knight Admiral MP
- Elliot, George Francis Stewart (1822-1901), barrister and historian
- Elliot, Sir Gilbert (1693-1766) Knight Lord Minto Scottish Judge MP
- Elliot, Sir Gilbert (1722-1777) 3rd Baronet Statesman Philosopher and Poet
- Elliot, Gilbert (1800-1891) Dean of Bristol
- Elliot, Gilbert (1826-1865) Lieutenant Colonel
- Elliot, Sir Henry George (1817-1907) Knight Diplomat
- Elliot, Hugh (1752-1830) Diplomat and Colonial Governor
- Elliot, Hugh Frederick Hislop (1848-1932) MP
- Elliot, James Scott (1902-1996) Major General
- Elliot, John (1733-1808) Admiral
- Elliot, John Edmund (1788-1862) MP
- Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick (1808-1880) Knight Assistant Under Secretary for the Colonies
- Elliot, Walter Elliot (1888-1958), politician
- Elliot, William (1766-1818) MP Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Elliot, William Nassau (? 1736-1775) Lawyer and Commissary General
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Arthur Ralph Douglas (1846-1923), politician and journalist
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Emma Eleanor Elizabeth (fl 1824-1882) Countess of Minto, wife of 3rd Earl of Minto
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert (1751-1814) 1st Earl of Minto, Governor General of India
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert (1782-1859) 2nd Earl of Minto, statesman
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert Edward George Lariston (1938-2005) 6th Earl of Minto
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert John (1845-1914) 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Mary (1786-1853) Countess of Minto, wife of 2nd Earl Minto
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Mary Caroline (1858-1940), Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet (1891-1975) 5th Earl of Minto
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, William Hugh (1814-1891) 3rd Earl of Minto, MP
- Elliotson, John (1791-1868) Physician
- Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849) Corn Law Rhymer
- Elliott-Binns, Leonard Elliott (1885-1963), theologian
- Ellis, George (1753-1815), writer
- Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1855) Knight, diplomat
- Ellis, James (1763-1830), antiquary and lawyer
- Ellis, Sarah (1812-1872), writer
- Ellis, Thomas Edward (1859-1899) Liberal MP
- Ellis, William (1800-1881), economist
- Elphinstone, Alexander (1552-1648) 4th Baron Elphinstone
- Elphinstone, George Keith (1746-1823) 1st Viscount Keith, Admiral
- Elphinstone, John (1722-1785), naval officer in the Russian service
- Elphinstone, Margaret (b 1948), author
- Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859), Governor of Bombay, historian of India
- Elphinstone, William Fullerton (1740-1834) Director of East India Co
- Elton, Oliver (1861-1945), scholar and critic
- Elwin, Whitwell (1816-1900), Anglican clergyman, editor of 'Quarterly Review'
- Empson, William (1791-1852), lawyer and literary reviewer
- Empson, William (1906-1984) Poet and Professor of English Literature
- Erickson, John (1929-2002), military historian
- Erskine, Sir Charles (d 1663) Knight, governor of Dumbarton Castle
- Erskine, Sir Charles (1643-1690) 1st Baronet MP
- Erskine, Charles (1650-1689) 5th Earl of Mar
- Erskine, Charles (1680-1763) Lord Justice Clerk
- Erskine, Sir David (1772-1837) Knight, dramatist and antiquary
- Erskine, David Steuart (1742-1829) 11th Earl of Buchan, author and antiquary
- Erskine, Ebenezer (1680-1754), founder of Scottish Secession Church
- Erskine, James (1679-1754) Lord Grange Scottish Judge
- Erskine, James (1722-1796) Lord Barjarg Scottish Judge
- Erskine, James St-Clair- (1762-1837) 2nd Earl of Rosslyn, General, statesman
- Erskine, John (1558-1634) 2nd Earl of Mar
- Erskine, John (1675-1732) 6th Earl of Mar
- Erskine, Ralph (1685-1752) Scottish Seceding Minister, Poet
- Erskine, Thomas (1750-1823) 1st Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor
- Erskine, Thomas (1788-1870), advocate and theologian
- Erskine, William (1769-1822) Lord Kinneder Friend of Sir Walter Scott
- Erskine, Sir William (1769-1813) 1st Baronet Major General
- Erskine, William (1773-1852), historian and orientalist
- Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet (1844-1924) Journalist and Editor
- Etans, Lewis Petit Des (c 1665-1720) Military Engineer
- Evans, Ivor (b 1918), mining scientist
- Evans, Jean Bell Shaw (1910-2000), author
- Evelyn, Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh- (1751-1804) 6th Baronet Mathematician
- Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (1916-1995), poet
- Ewart, Joseph (1759-1792), diplomat
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia (1841-1885), children's author
- Ewing, William (1857-1932), Free Church of Scotland minister and historian
- Fahie, Sir William Charles (1763-1833) Knight Vice Admiral
- Fairbairn, Sir Nicholas Hardwick (1933-1995) Knight, MP
- Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds (1889-1964), psychiatrist and psycho-analyst
- Fairbank, Alfred John (1895-1982) Calligrapher
- Fane, Henry (fl 1725-1757) Chief Clerk at the Treasury
- Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito (c 1857-1927) Dean of St Andrews Dunkeld and Dunblane
- Farquhar, Sir Robert (d 1676) Knight of Mounie Politician
- Farquhar, Sir Robert Townsend (1776-1830) 1st Baronet Politician and Colonial Governor
- Farquhar, Ronald Middleton (1929-1986), minister of Monigaff
- Farquhar, William (c 1771-1839) Major General
- Farrer, Thomas Henry (1819-1899) 1st Baron Farrer, civil servant
- Fawkener, Sir Everard (1684-1758) Knight, merchant, diplomat, civil servant
- Felix, Orlando (1790-1860), Major General, traveller and Egyptologist
- Fell, Alison (b 1944), poet and novelist
- Fels, Joseph (1854-1914) Soap Manufacturer and Philanthropist
- Fennell, John Greville (1807-1885), artist and naturalist
- Fenwick, Nicholas (fl 1782-1785) Consul General at Elsinore
- Ferguson, Adam (1723-1816), philosopher
- Ferguson, Sir Adam (1771-1855) Knight Keeper of the Regalia in Scotland
- Ferguson, James (1621-1667), minister of Kilwinning
- Ferguson, James (1700-1777) Judge
- Ferguson, James (1710-1776), astronomer
- Ferguson, James (1857-1917) Lawyer Legal Author Historian
- Ferguson, Ronald Crauford Munro- (1860-1934) Viscount Novar
- Ferguson, Sir Samuel (1810-1886) Knight Poet and Antiquary
- Fergusson, Bernard Edward (1911-1980) Baron Ballantrae, Governor General of New Zealand
- Fergusson, Sir Charles Dalrymple (1800-1849) 5th Baronet
- Fergusson, George (d 1827) Lord of Session as Lord Hermand
- Fergusson, Sir James (1787-1863) Knight General
- Fergusson, Sir James (1832-1907) 6th Baronet Colonial Governor
- Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774), poet
- Fergusson, Sir William (1808-1877) 1st Baronet Surgeon
- Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael Leigh (1915-2011) Knight, author, scholar and soldier
- Ferrier, James Frederick (1808-1864), metaphysician
- Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone (1782-1854), novelist
- Fidler, Kathleen A (1899-1980), author, teacher and headmistress
- Fielding, Alexander Wallace (1918-1991), intelligence officer and author
- Fielding, Gabriel (b 1916), author
- Finch, George (1752-1826) 9th Earl of Winchilsea
- Finch, George Ingle (1888-1970), chemist and mountaineer
- Findlay, Adam Fyfe (1869-1962), theologian
- Findlay, John Ritchie (1824-1898), newspaper proprietor
- Finlay, Alec (b 1966), artist, poet and publisher
- Finlay, George (1799-1875), historian of Greece
- Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006), poet
- Finniston, Sir Harold Montague (1912-1991) Knight, metallurgist
- Firth, Sir Charles Harding (1857-1936) Knight, historian
- Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens (1865-1940), historian and statesman
- Fisher, John Arbuthnot (1841-1920) 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet
- Fitzgerald, Edward (1809-1883), poet and translator
- Fitzgibbon, John (1792-1851) 2nd Earl of Clare
- Fitzherbert, Alleyne (1753-1839) 1st Baron St Helens, diplomat
- Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James (1857-1923), Historian of Spanish Literature
- Fitzroy, Augustus Henry (1735-1811) 3rd Duke of Grafton, statesman
- Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth- (1748-1833) 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, statesman
- Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth- (1839-1877) Styled Viscount Milton
- Flahault, Margaret Mercer (1788-1867) Viscountess Keith and Baroness Nairn, wife of Comte de Flahault
- Fleming, Archibald Lang (1883-1955), Bishop of the Arctic
- Fleming, David Hay (1849-1931), historian, antiquary and critic
- Fleming, John Robert (1858-1937), Presbyterian minister and historian
- Fleming, Margaret (1803-1811) Poet called Pet Margarie
- Fleming, Maurice (fl 1960-2000), editor, The Scots Magazine
- Fletcher, Alexander (1787-1860), Presbyterian minister
- Fletcher, Andrew (1655-1716) Scottish Patriot
- Fletcher, Andrew (1692-1766) Lord Milton Lord Justice Clerk
- Fletcher, Andrew (d 1799) Auditor of Scottish Exchequer
- Fletcher, Eliza (1770-1858), wife of Archibald Fletcher
- Fletcher, Harold Roy (b 1907) Keeper of Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
- Fletcher-Campbell, John (d 1806), General
- Fleure, Herbert John (1877-1969), zoologist and geographer
- Flint, Robert (1838-1910), philosopher and theologian
- Flint, Sir William Russell (1880-1969), Knight, artist
- Flynn, Vincent Laurie Macpherson (b 1946), journalist and independent film maker
- Forbes, Alexander (1678-1762) 4th Baron Forbes
- Forbes, Sir Charles Fergusson (1779-1852) Knight Army Surgeon
- Forbes, Duncan (? 1644-1704), genealogist
- Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747) Lord President of the Court of Session
- Forbes, Edward (1815-1854), naturalist
- Forbes, James David (1809-1868), natural philosopher
- Forbes, John (1733-1808) Lieutenant General in Portuguese Service
- Forbes, John Hay (1776-1854) Lord Medwyn Judge
- Forbes, Sir John Stuart Hepburn- (1804-1866) 8th Baronet Advocate
- Forbes, Robert (1708-1775), Bishop of Ross and Caithness, Jacobite
- Forbes, Sir William (1739-1806), 6th Baronet, banker and author
- Ford, William (1771-1832), bookseller and bibliographer
- Foresti, Spiridion (d 1822) Minister to Septinsular Republic
- Forman, Sir Robert (dc1593) Lyon King of Arms 1555-67
- Forrester, Charles (1895-1980), Director, Indian School of Mines
- Forrester, Thomas (c 1635-1706) Presbyterian Theologian
- Forster, Edward Morgan (1879-1970), novelist and critic
- Forster, John (1812-1876), historian and biographer
- Fortescue, Hugh (1818-1905) 3rd Earl Fortescue
- Foster, John (1898-1973), ecclesiastical historian
- Fowler, Alastair David Shaw (b 1930), poet and scholar
- Fowler, Henry Hartley (1830-1911) 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, statesman
- Fowler, Orson Squire (1809-1887), phrenologist
- Fowler, Thomas (1832-1904), President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and logician
- Fowler, William (fl 1603), Scottish poet
- Fox, Charles James (1749-1806), statesman
- Fox, Elizabeth Vassall (1770-1845), political hostess, wife of 3rd Baron Holland
- Fox, Henry Edward (1755-1811) General colonial governor
- Fox, Henry Edward (1802-1859) 4th Baron Holland, diplomat
- Fox, Henry Richard Vassall (1773-1840) 3rd Baron Holland, statesman
- Fox, Mary Augusta (1812-1889), wife of 4th Baron Holland
- Fox, Sir Stephen (1627-1716) Knight, statesman
- Frame, Ronald William Sutherland (b 1953), author and playwright
- Francillon, Robert Edward (1841-1919) Novelist and Journalist
- Fraser, Alexander Campbell (1819-1914), Professor of Logic, Edinburgh University
- Fraser, David Kennedy (1888-1962), psychologist
- Fraser, Donald (1870-1933), missionary
- Fraser, Duncan (fl 1938-1979), publisher and author
- Fraser, George Sutherland (1915-1980), writer
- Fraser, James Baillie (1783-1856), traveller and writer
- Fraser, Simon (c 1667-1747) 12th Baron Lovat
- Fraser, Sir William (1816-1898) Knight, genealogist and antiquary
- Frazer, Andrew (d 1792) Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
- Freeling, Sir Francis (1764-1836) 1st Baronet, postal reformer
- Freeman, Edward Augustus (1823-1892), historian
- Freeman, John (1880-1929), poet and critic
- Fremantle, Sir William Henry (1766-1850) Knight Politician
- French, Gilbert James (1804-1866) Biographer of Samuel Crompton
- French, John Denton Pinkstone (1852-1925) 1st Earl of Ypres, Field Marshal
- Frere, Bartholomew (1776-1851) Diplomat
- Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846), diplomat and author
- Friel, George (1910-1975), novelist
- Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894), historian
- Fullarton, John (1780-1849) Economist
- Fullerton, John (1775-1853) Lord Fullerton, Scottish judge
- Fulton, William (1876-1952), theologian
- Fyfe, Christopher (fl 1960-1992), historian
- Gadderar, James (1655-1733) Bishop of Aberdeen
- Gall, James (d 1872) Publisher Founder of Edinburgh Blind School
- Galloway, George (1861-1933), theologian
- Galt, John (1779-1839), novelist
- Galwey, John (1726-1797) Consul at Malaga
- Garden, Francis (1721-1793) Lord Gardenstone Scottish Judge
- Garden, Mary (1874-1967), opera singer
- Gardiner, James (1688-1745) Colonel
- Gardiner, Marguerite (1789-1849), author and hostess, wife of 1st Earl of Blessington
- Gardiner, Sir Robert William (1781-1864) Knight, General
- Gardner, Alan (1742-1809) 1st Baron Gardner, Admiral
- Gardner, Herbert Coulston (1846-1921) Baron Burghclere
- Garlike, Benjamin (d1815), diplomat
- Garnett, Edward (1868-1937), writer
- Gascoigne, Ernest Frederick (1796-1876) General
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote (1869-1956) Baron Quickswood, politician
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur James (1893-1972) 5th Marquess of Salisbury
- Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot (1830-1903) 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, statesman
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865), novelist Chelsea, Middlesex
- Geake, Charles (1867-1919) Liberal Editor
- Geddes, Alexander (1737-1802), Biblical critic
- Geddes, Sir Patrick (1854-1932) Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner
- Geikie, Sir Archibald (1835-1924) Knight, geologist
- Geikie, James (1839-1915), geologist
- Gell, Sir William (1778-1836) Knight, archaeologist and traveller
- George, David Lloyd (1863-1945) 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, statesman
- George V, (1865-1936) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Ghibaldan, Sam (b 1969), public affairs specialist
- Gibb, Andrew Dewar (d 1974) Professor of Law
- Gibb, Robert (1845-1932) Painter
- Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794) Historian
- Gibson, Sir Alexander Charles Maitland (1755-1848) 2nd Baronet
- Gibson, Sir Alexander Drummond (1926-1995), Knight, musician
- Gibson, Th (fl 1925-1968) Scottish Nationalist
- Giffard, Sir George (1815-1895) Knight Admiral
- Gifford, Adam (1820-1887) Lord of Session
- Gifford, William (1756-1826) Editor of the Quarterly Review
- Gilfillan, Robert (1798-1850) Poet
- Gill, Eric (1882-1940), sculptor and engraver
- Gillespie, Sir Robert Rollo (1766-1814) Knight Major General
- Gillespie, Thomas (1777-1844) Professor of Humanity
- Gillies, John (1747-1836) Historian
- Gillies, Robert Pearse (1788-1858) Author
- Gilliland, Samuel White (b 1939), poet
- Gilmour, Sir Alexander (c1737-1792), 3rd Baronet, MP
- Gilmour, Sir Charles (d 1750) 2nd Baronet MP
- Gilmour, Thomas Lennox (1859-1936), Private Secretary to Lord Rosebery, journalist
- Gisborne, Thomas (1758-1846) Prebendary of Durham, author
- Gissing, George Robert (1857-1903), novelist
- Gladstone, Catherine (1812-1900), philanthropist, wife of William Ewart Gladstone
- Gladstone, Herbert John (1854-1930) Viscount Gladstone, statesman
- Gladstone, Sir Thomas (1804-1889) 2nd Baronet MP
- Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), statesman
- Glassford, James (d 1845), legal writer
- Gleig, George (1753-1840) Bishop of Brechin
- Gleig, George Robert (1796-1888), Chaplain General to the Forces, biographer
- Glen, Duncan (b 1933), poet and publisher
- Godley, John Arthur (1847-1932) 1st Baron Kilbracken, civil servant
- Godolphin, Sidney (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin
- Godolphin, Sir William (? 1634-1696) Knight Diplomat
- Godwin, William (1756-1836) Philosopher and Novelist
- Gollan, John (1911-1977) Communist Party Leader
- Gomm, Sir William Maynard (1784-1875), Knight, Field Marshal
- Goodall, Walter (? 1706-1766), Scottish historian
- Goodier, Rawdon (b 1931), biologist and mountaineer
- Goodricke, Sir John (1708-1789) 5th Baronet, diplomat and politician
- Gordon, Lord Adam (1726-1801), General and MP
- Gordon, Alexander (1678-1728) 2nd Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, Alexander (? 1692-? 1754), antiquary
- Gordon, Alexander (1743-1827) 4th Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming- (1749-1806), 1st Baronet, MP
- Gordon, Alexander Reid (1872-1930), Professor of Hebrew, St Andrews University
- Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton- (1829-1912) 1st Baron Stanmore, colonial governor
- Gordon, Charles (1847-1937) 11th Marquess of Huntly
- Gordon, Charles A C (fl 1914-1977), Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Artillery
- Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885) Major General China
- Gordon, Charles Harry Clinton Pirie- (1883-1969), journalist, naval intelligence officer and genealogist
- Gordon, George (1643-1716) 1st Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, George (1770-1836) 5th Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, George Stuart (1881-1942), literary scholar and poet
- Gordon, Ishbel Maria (1857-1939), wife of 7th Earl of Aberdeen
- Gordon, James (? 1615-1686), topographer
- Gordon, Sir James Willoughby (1773-1851) 1st Baronet General
- Gordon, Jane (1748-1812), political hostess, wife of 4th Duke of Gordon
- Gordon, John (1609-1663) 14th Earl of Sutherland
- Gordon, Sir John (c 1707-1783) 2nd Baronet of Invergordon, MP for Cromartyshire
- Gordon, John Campbell (1847-1934) 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Gordon, Sir John Watson (1788-1864), Knight, painter
- Gordon, Robert (1580-1661), geographer
- Gordon, Sir Robert (1580-1656), Knight, statesman and historian
- Gordon, Sir Robert (1647-1704) 3rd Baronet, MP and inventor
- Gordon, Sir Robert (1696-1772) 4th Baronet, MP for Caithness
- Gordon, Seton Paul (1886-1977), naturalist and photographer
- Gordon, Sir William (1830-1906), 6th Baronet, Lieutenant Colonel
- Gore, Catherine Grace Frances (1799-1861), Novelist and dramatist
- Gore, Charles Alexander (1811-1897), civil servant
- Goschen, George Joachim (1831-1907) 1st Viscount Goschen, statesman
- Gosse, Sir Edmund William (1849-1928) Knight, poet, biographer and literary critic
- Gough, Richard (1735-1809), antiquary
- Gould, Sir Charles (1726-1806) Knight Judge Advocate General
- Gould, Sabine Baring- (1834-1924), rector of Lew Trenchard, antiquary, folklorist and hymn writer
- Gourdie, Thomas (1913-2005), painter, calligrapher and teacher
- Gourlie, William (1815-1856) Botanist
- Graham, Angus (1892-1979), architectural historian
- Graham, Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame- (1893-1981) Knight, Admiral
- Graham, Charles (fl 1829-1857) Rear Admiral
- Graham, Clementina Stirling (1782-1877), author
- Graham, Elizabeth Susanna (d 1844), travel diarist and wife of Thomas Graham Edmond Castle, Cumberland
- Graham, James (1612-1650) 1st Marquess of Montrose
- Graham, James (1633-1669) 2nd Marquess of Montrose
- Graham, James (1745-1794), quack doctor
- Graham, James (1755-1836) 3rd Duke of Montrose, statesman
- Graham, Sir James Robert George (1792-1861), 2nd Baronet, statesman
- Graham, John (1573-1626) 4th Earl of Montrose
- Graham, John (1776-1844), historian
- Graham, John (1778-1822), Lieutenant Colonel, Cape Corps
- Graham, John Anderson (1861-1942), missionary
- Graham, Robert (1749-1815), patron of Robert Burns
- Graham, Robert (d 1859), lawyer and politician
- Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (1852-1936), politician and author
- Graham, Thomas (1748-1843) Baron Lynedoch, General
- Graham, Thomas Henry (1793-1881), landowner Edmond Castle, Cumberland
- Graham, William (c 1634-1694) 2nd Earl of Airth and 8th Earl of Menteith
- Graham, William (1807-1872), minister of Lochwinnoch
- Graham, William Sydney (1918-1986), poet
- Grahame, James (1765-1811) Poet and Episcopal Clergyman
- Grainger, Percy Aldridge (1882-1961), composer and pianist
- Grant, Alexander (1679-1720) Brigadier General
- Grant, Sir Alexander (1826-1884) Knight, Principal of Edinburgh University
- Grant, Sir Alexander (1864-1937) 1st Baronet, philanthropist
- Grant, Anne (1755-1838), author
- Grant, Sir Archibald (1696-1778) Knight MP Agricultural Reformer
- Grant, Charles (1746-1823), statesman and philanthropist
- Grant, Charles (1749-c 1818) Vicomte De Vaux
- Grant, Charles (1778-1866) Baron Glenelg, politician
- Grant, Sir Francis (1803-1878) Knight, portrait painter
- Grant, James (1720-1806) General MP Colonial Governor
- Grant, James (1822-1887), novelist
- Grant, James Augustus (fl 1799-1803) East India Co Official
- Grant, James Augustus (1827-1892) Lieutenant Colonel African Explorer
- Grant, Sir James Augustus (1867-1932) 1st Baronet MP
- Grant, Sir James Hope (1808-1875) Knight General
- Grant, Lachlan (1871-1945), physician and social reformer
- Grant, Sir Ludovic (1707-1773) 7th Baronet MP
- Grant, Patrick (1690-1754) Lord Elchies Scottish Judge
- Grant, William (1701-1764) Lord Prestongrange Lord Advocate
- Grant, William (1863-1946) Editor of Scottish National Dictionary
- Granville-Barker, Harley (1877-1946), actor, dramatist and critic
- Grattan, Thomas Colley (1792-1864), author
- Graves, Charles (1856-1944) Humorous Writer
- Graves, Charles Patrick Ranke (1899-1971) Writer
- Graves, Robert Ranke (1895-1985), poet and author
- Gray, Alasdair James (1934-2019), author and artist
- Gray, Sir Alexander (1882-1968), Knight, economist and poet
- Gray, Sir Alexander George (1884-1968) Knight, banker
- Gray, Andrew (1633-1656) Scottish Preacher, Author
- Gray, Charles (1782-1851) captain in the marines and song-writer
- Gray, David (1838-1861), poet
- Gray, James (1770-1830) poet
- Gray, John (d 1717), minister of Aberlady
- Gray, John (1866-1934) Poet
- Gray, John Alexander (b 1918) broadcaster
- Gray, John Rodger (1913-1984), minister of Dunblane Cathedral
- Gray, Marillyn (1929-2006), actor, director and teacher
- Gray, Ronald (1868-1951), artist
- Gray, William Anstruther- (1859-1938) Lieutenant Colonel MP for St Andrews Burghs
- Gray, William John St Clair Anstruther- (1905-1985) Baron Kilmany, politician
- Green, Alice Sophia Amelia (1847-1929), historian
- Greenough, George Bellas (1778-1855), geographer, geologist and cartographer
- Greenwood, Frederick (1830-1909) Journalist
- Greenwood, Walter (1903-1974), Novelist and Playwright Salford, Lancashire
- Greg, Percy (1836-1889) Author
- Greg, Sir Walter Wilson (1875-1959) Knight, bibliographer, Shakespearean scholar and historian
- Greg, William Rathbone (1809-1881), essayist
- Gregory, Donald (1803-1836), antiquary
- Gregory, James (1753-1821), physician
- Gregory, John (1724-1773), physician and writer
- Gregory, William (1803-1858) Chemist
- Greig, Andrew (b 1951) author and mountaineer
- Greig, James (1861-1941), art critic
- Grenville, Thomas (1755-1846) Statesman
- Grenville, William Wyndham (1759-1834) Baron Grenville, statesman
- Greville, Frances Evelyn (1861-1938), social reformer, wife of 5th Earl of Warwick
- Greville, Robert Fulke (1751-1824) MP Courtier
- Greville, Robert Kaye (1794-1866), botanist
- Grey, Albert Henry George (1851-1917) 4th Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada
- Grey, Caroline Eliza (d 1890), Woman of the Bedchamber
- Grey, Charles (1764-1845) 2nd Earl Grey, statesman
- Grey, Charles (1804-1870) General Private Secretary to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria
- Grey, Edward (1862-1933) Viscount Grey of Falloden, statesman
- Grey, Sir George (1799-1882), 2nd Baronet, statesman
- Grey, Sir George (1812-1898) Knight, colonial governor
- Grey, Sir Henry George (1766-1845) Knight General
- Grey, Henry George (1802-1894) 3rd Earl Grey, statesman
- Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford (1866-1960) Knight, Professor of English Literature, Edinburgh University
- Grierson, Sir Robert (?1655-1733), Knight, Laird of Lag, 'persecutor' of the Covenanters
- Grieve, Christopher Murray (1892-1978), poet
- Grieve, James Michael (1932-1995) journalist and broadcaster
- Grieve, Sir Robert (1910-1995) Knight, engineer and town planner
- Grimble, Ian (b 1921), Scottish historian
- Grimond, Joseph (1913-1993) Baron Grimond, politician
- Groome, Francis Hindes (1851-1902) Author
- Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus (1825-1899) 1st Duke of Westminster
- Grote, George (1794-1871), MP and historian
- Guest, Joshua (1660-1747) General
- Gulland, John William (1864-1920) Liberal MP
- Gunn, Clement Bryce (fl 1894-1935) Medical Practitioner Antiquary
- Gunn, Sir James (1893-1964), Knight portrait painter
- Gunn, Neil (1891-1972), author
- Gunning, Sir Robert (1731-1816), 1st Baronet, diplomat
- Gurney, Joseph John (1788-1847), Quaker, philanthropist and writer
- Guthrie, Henry (? 1600-1676) Bishop of Dunkeld
- Guthrie, James (? 1612-1661) Presbyterian Minister
- Guthrie, Sir James (1859-1930), Knight painter
- Guthrie, James (1874-1952) Artist and Printer
- Guthrie, Thomas (1803-1873), Free Church of Scotland minister and philanthropist
- Guthrie, William (1620-1665) Presbyterian Minister
- Gwatkin, Henry Melvill (1844-1916), ecclesiastical historian and naturalist
- Haddon, Alfred Cort (1855-1940), anthropologist
- Haggard, Andrew Charles Parker (1854-1923) Lieutenant Colonel Historian Novelist
- Haig, Douglas (1861-1928) 1st Earl Haig, Field Marshal
- Haining, Peter (fl 1990-2010), mixed media artist
- Haldane, Archibald Richard Burdon (1900-1982), lawyer and historian
- Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson (1862-1937), social reformer and first woman JP in Scotland
- Haldane, Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe (1862-1950) Knight, General
- Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (1892-1965), geneticist
- Haldane, John Scott (1860-1936), physiologist
- Haldane, Richard Burdon (1856-1928) Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor
- Haldane, Robert (1772-1854) Principal of St Mary's College St Andrews
- Haldane, Sir William Stowell (1864-1951) Knight, Crown Agent for Scotland
- Halkett, Anne (1622-1699), Royalist and author
- Halkett, James (1822-1870) Baron Halkett of the Kingdom of Hanover
- Halkett, Sir John (1720-1793) 4th Baronet
- Halkett, Sir Peter (1765-1839) 6th Baronet Admiral
- Halkett, Sir Peter Arthur (1834-1904) 8th Baronet
- Hall, Basil (1788-1844), Captain RN, author
- Hall, Sir James (1761-1832) 4th Baronet Geologist and Chemist
- Hall, Rosemary (1925-2011), National Secretary of the Scottish National Party
- Hall, Samuel Carter (1800-1889), author and editor
- Halliday, James (1927-2013), author, historian and politician
- Hallyburton, Lord John Frederick Gordon- (1799-1878), MP for Forfar
- Halsey, Frederick (d 1762) Commissary General of the Allied Army in Germany
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert (1834-1894) Artist and Essayist
- Hamilton, Alexander (1684-1763) Postmaster General for Scotland
- Hamilton, Alexander (1767-1852) 10th Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, Lady Anne Jane (1763-1827), 3rd wife of 1st Marquess of Abercorn
- Hamilton, Charles (1753-1828) 8th Earl of Haddington
- Hamilton, Sir Edward Walter (1847-1908) Knight, civil servant
- Hamilton, Sir Frederick William (1815-1890), Knight, General
- Hamilton, George (1666-1737) 1st Earl of Orkney, General
- Hamilton, Lord George Francis (1845-1927), statesman
- Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947) Knight, General
- Hamilton, James (d 1666) Presbyterian Minister
- Hamilton, James (1606-1649) 1st Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, James (1658-1712) 4th Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, James (1703-1743) 5th Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, John (c1664-1744) 1st Earl of Ruglen
- Hamilton, John James (1756-1818) 1st Marquess of Abercorn, politician
- Hamilton, Terrick (fl 1812-1863), diplomat
- Hamilton, Thomas (1563-1637) 1st Earl of Haddington
- Hamilton, Thomas (1720-1795) 7th Earl of Haddington
- Hamilton, Thomas (1780-1858) 9th Earl of Haddington, statesman
- Hamilton, Thomas (1842-1925) President of Queen's University Belfast
- Hamilton, William (1615-1651) 2nd Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, Sir William (1730-1803), knight, diplomat and archaeologist
- Hamilton, Sir William (1788-1856) Baronet, philosopher
- Hamilton, William Richard (1777-1859), diplomat and antiquary
- Hamilton, William Winter (1917-2000) Labour MP
- Hamilton-Gordon, George (1784-1860) 4th Earl of Aberdeen, statesman
- Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Frederick Temple (1826-1902) 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat
- Hamley, Sir Edward Bruce (1824-1893), Knight, General, MP, author
- Hammond, George (1763-1853), diplomat
- Hamper, William (1776-1831), antiquary
- Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers (1877-1963) 1st Baron Hankey, civil servant
- Hanna, William (1808-1882), theologian
- Hannah, John (1818-1888) Archdeacon of Lewes Author
- Hannan, William (1906-1987), politician
- Harcourt, Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon (1827-1904) Knight, statesman
- Harden, Jessy (1776-1837), diarist
- Harden, John (1772-1847), landowner and watercolourist
- Hardie, James Keir (1856-1915) Politician and Labour Leader
- Hardie, Robert Purves (1864-1942) Reader in Ancient Philosophy Edinburgh University
- Hardinge, Henry (1785-1856) 1st Viscount Hardinge, Field Marshal
- Hardman, Frederick (1814-1874) Correspondent for the Times
- Hardy, Sir Alister Clavering (1896-1985) Knight, zoologist
- Hardy, Marcel E (fl 1901-1930) Botanist and Geographer
- Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928), novelist and poet
- Hardy, Sir Thomas Masterman (1769-1839) 1st Baronet Vice Admiral
- Harmer, Sir Sidney Frederic (1862-1950) Knight Zoologist
- Harper, Edward (1941-2009), composer
- Harraden, Beatrice (1864-1936), novelist and suffragist
- Harriott, John (1745-1817) Magistrate of the Thames Police
- Harris, Sir Charles (1864-1943), Knight, civil servant
- Harris, George (fl 1811-1812) Captain RN
- Harris, James (1709-1780), MP and philosopher
- Harris, James (1746-1820) 1st Earl of Malmesbury, diplomat
- Harris, James Ernest (1917-1985), bank manager
- Harris, James Rendel (1852-1941), biblical scholar, orientalist and archaeologist
- Harris, Walter Burton (1866-1933), journalist
- Harrison, Frederic (1831-1923), author and positivist
- Harvey, Sir John Martin- (1863-1944), Knight and actor manager
- Harvie, Christopher (b1944), professor of British and Irish studies and politician Motherwell, Lanarkshire
- Hasell, Elizabeth Julia (1830-1887) Author
- Hastings, Warren (1732-1818) Governor General of India
- Hatchett, Charles (1765-1847), chemist and mineralogist
- Hawley, Henry (? 1679-1759) Lieutenant General
- Hay, Lord Alexander (1663-1697), Commissioner of Supply, Haddingtonshire Spott, East Lothian
- Hay, Arthur (1824-1878) 9th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, Charles (1667-1715) 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, Lord Charles (1700-1760) Major General
- Hay, Lord David (d 1726) Commissioner of Supply Haddingtonshire
- Hay, David Ramsay (1798-1866), decorative artist and author
- Hay, Denys (fl 1963-76) historian
- Hay, George (1570-1634) 1st Earl of Kinnoull
- Hay, George (1710-1787) 6th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, George (1753-1804) 7th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, George (1787-1876) 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, Field Marshal
- Hay, George (1822-1862) Earl of Gifford
- Hay, George Campbell (1915-1984), poet
- Hay, John (d 1653) 1st Earl of Tweeddale
- Hay, John (1626-1697) 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, Lord Chancellor of Scotland
- Hay, John (d 1706) Lord, Brigadier-General
- Hay, John (1645-1713) 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, John (1691-1740) Titular Earl of Inverness
- Hay, John (1695-1762) 4th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Hay, Lord John (1793-1851) Rear Admiral
- Hay, Lord John (1827-1916) Admiral of the Fleet MP
- Hay, Richard Augustine (1661-? 1736), antiquary
- Hay, Robert William (1786-1861) Under Secretary for Colonial Affairs
- Hay, Thomas (1710-1787) 8th Earl of Kinnoull, statesman
- Hay, William Montagu (1826-1911) 10th Marquess of Tweeddale
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846), painter
- Hayes, Courtenay Osbourne (1812-1892) Admiral
- Hayley, William (1745-1820), poet
- Hayman, Henry (1823-1904) Headmaster of Rugby School
- Hayward, Abraham (1801-1884), essayist
- Hazlitt, William (1778-1830), essayist
- Heath, Sir Edward Richard George (1916-2005), Knight statesman
- Heaton, Sir John Henniker, (1848-1914) 1st Baronet, postal reformer
- Heber, Richard (1773-1833) MP Book Collector Classical Scholar
- Victoria Helena Augusta (1846-1923) Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein, daughter of Queen Victoria
- Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875) Knight, Clerk of the Privy Council
- Hemans, Charles Isidore (1817-1876) Antiquary
- Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835), poet
- Henderson, Sir David (1862-1921), Knight Lieutenant General pioneer of military aviation
- Henderson, Ebenezer (1809-1879), mechanician and author
- Henderson, Hamish (1919-2002), poet, songwriter, soldier and intellectual
- Henderson, John Murdoch (d 1972) Collector of Scottish Music
- Henderson, Robert Candlish (1874-1964) Professor of Scots Law Edinburgh University
- Henderson, Sir William Hannam (1845-1931) Knight Admiral
- Hendry, Diana (b 1941), poet and author
- Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903), writer
- Hennell, Sara Sophia (1812-1899)
- Henry, George (1858-1943), artist
- Henry, William Stuart (fl 1942-1967) Painter 'henry Stuart' Antiquary
- Henschel, Sir George (1850-1934) Knight, singer
- Hepburn, Sir George Buchan (1739-1819) Baron of the Scottish Exchequer
- Hepburne-Scott, Hugh (1758-1841) 6th Baron Polwarth
- Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, Charles Henry Rolle (1834-1904) 20th Baron Clinton
- Herbertson, Andrew John (d 1914) Geographer
- Herd, David (1732-1810) Collector of Scottish Songs
- Herdman, John Macmillan (b 1941), writer
- Herdman, Robert (1829-1888) Painter
- Herford, Charles Harold (1853-1931) Professor of English Literature Manchester University
- Herries, Sir William Lewis (1785-1857) Knight General
- Herschell, Farrer (1837-1899) 1st Baron Herschell, Lord Chancellor
- Hewett, Sir George (1750-1840) Knight, General
- Hicks, Sir Edward Seymour (1871-1949) Knight, actor and manager
- Hickson, William Edward (1803-1870) Educational Writer
- Higgins, George Gore Ouseley (1818-1874) of Glen Corrib
- Higgitt, John (1947-2006), art historian
- Hildebrandt, Franz (1909-1985), theologian
- Hill, David Octavius (1802-1870), painter and photographer
- Hill, George (1750-1819) Principal of St Mary's College St Andrews
- Hill, John (d ? 1697) Lieutenant Colonel Governor of Fort William
- Hill, Sir John (1774-1855) Knight, Rear Admiral
- Hill, Rowland (1772-1842) 1st Viscount Hill, General
- Hinks, Arthur Robert (1873-1945) Astronomer and Geographer
- Hipkins, John A (d 1933) Wood Engraver
- Hippisley, Sir John Coxe (1748-1825) 1st Baronet Politician
- Hislop, Joseph (1884-1977), singer
- Hislop, Stephen (1817-1863), missionary and naturalist
- Hislop, Sir Thomas (1764-1843) Knight, General, colonial governor
- Hobart, John (1723-1793) 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
- Hobart, Robert (1760-1816) 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, statesman
- Hoby, Sir Edward (1560-1617) Knight MP Diplomat
- Hoby, Sir Philip (1505-1558) Knight Diplomat
- Hodgkiss, Peter (1936-2010), mountaineer and publisher
- Hodgson, William Ballantyne (1815-1880) Educational Reformer
- Hodson, Sir Arnold Wienholt (1881-1944) Knight Colonial Governor Explorer
- Hog, James (1658-1734) Scottish Minister and Controversialist
- Hog, Thomas (1628-1692), Church of Scotland minister
- Hogarth, George (1783-1870), music critic
- Hogg, James (1770-1835), poet and novelist
- Hogg, Quintin Mcgarel (1907-2001) Baron Hailsham, Lord Chancellor
- Holland, Sir Henry (1788-1873), 1st Baronet, physician
- Holland, Henry Scott (1847-1918), theologian
- Holland, Sydney George (1855-1931) 2nd Viscount Knutsford, hospital reformer
- Holland, Thomas Agar (1803-1888) Rector of Poynings Poet Antiquary
- Holm, John Diederick (d 1856) Physician Phrenologist
- Holmes, Sir William Richard (d 1882) Knight Consul in Bosnia
- Holms, William (1827-1903) Politician
- Holton, Harvey (1949-2010), poet
- Home, David Milne- (1804-1890), advocate and scientist
- Home, Henry (1696-1782) Lord Kames, Scottish judge, historian
- Home, John (1722-1808) Author
- Home, Lady Margaret Jane Douglas- (d 1955) afterwards Walsh, daughter of 12th Earl of Home
- Home, William Douglas- (1912-1992), playwright
- Honeyman, Thomas John (1891-1971), Director of Glasgow Art Gallery
- Hood, Samuel (1724-1816) 1st Viscount Hood, Admiral
- Hood, Sir Samuel (1762-1814) 1st Baronet Vice Admiral
- Hood, Thomas (1799-1845) Poet
- Hook, Theodore Edward (1788-1841), novelist
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton (1817-1911) Knight, botanist, explorer, Director of Kew Gardens
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785-1865), Knight, botanist Norwich, Norfolk
- Hope, Sir Alexander (1769-1837) Knight General
- Hope, Charles (1763-1851) Lord Granton President of the Court of Session
- Hope, Sir Edward Stanley (1846-1921), Knight, Lunacy Commissioner
- Hope, Sir George Johnstone (1767-1818) Knight, Rear Admiral
- Hope, George William (1808-1863), politician
- Hope, James (1741-1816) 3rd Earl of Hopetoun
- Hope, Sir James Archibald (1785-1871) Knight, General
- Hope, James Arthur David (b 1938) Baron Hope of Craighead, judge
- Hope, John (1704-1781) 2nd Earl of Hopetoun
- Hope, John (1725-1786), botanist and physician
- Hope, John (1765-1823) 4th Earl of Hopetoun, General
- Hope, Sir John (1781-1853) 11th Baronet, MP
- Hope, John (1794-1858) Solicitor General for Scotland
- Hope, John Adrian Louis (1860-1908) 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, colonial governor
- Hope, Sir Thomas (1573-1646), 1st Baronet Lord Advocate of Scotland
- Hope, Thomas Charles (1766-1844), chemist
- Hope-Scott, James Robert (1812-1873), parliamentary barrister
- Hopkinson, Sir Charles (1784-1864) Knight Lieutenant Colonel
- Horne, Robert Stevenson (1871-1940) Viscount Horne of Slamannan
- Horner, Francis (1778-1817) Politician
- Horner, Leonard (1785-1864), geologist
- Horsford, George (d 1840) General
- Horsley, Samuel (1733-1806) Bishop of St Asaph mathematician
- Hotham, Sir Henry (1777-1833) Knight Vice Admiral
- Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936), poet and classical scholar
- Howard, Charles Wentworth George (1814-1879) MP
- Howard, Frederick (1748-1825) 5th Earl of Carlisle, statesman
- Howard, Henry (1739-1779) 12th Earl of Suffolk
- Howard, Sir Henry Francis (1809-1898) Knight Diplomat
- Howard, Kenneth Alexander (1767-1845) 1st Earl of Effingham, General
- Howe, Samuel Gridley (1801-1876) Philanthropist
- Howley, William (1766-1848) Archbishop of Canterbury
- Hozier, William Wallace (1825-1906) 1st Baron Newlands, businessman and soldier
- Hudson, Sir Robert Arundell (1864-1927), Knight, political organiser
- Hugel, Anatole Andreas Aloys von (1854-1928) Baron von Hugel, archaeologist and anthropologist
- Hughes, Sir Edward (? 1720-1794) Knight Admiral
- Hughes, Emrys (1894-1969) MP
- Hughes, John (1790-1857), author and artist
- Hume, David (? 1560-? 1630), historian, controversialist and Latin poet
- Hume, David (1711-1776), philosopher and historian
- Hume, David (1757-1838), jurist and judge
- Hume, Joseph (1777-1855), politician
- Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp (1843-1910), Spanish historian
- Hume, Patrick (1641-1724) 1st Earl of Marchmont
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh (1784-1859), essayist and poet
- Hunter, Anne (1742-1821), poet
- Hunter, Mollie (b 1922), novelist
- Huntington, Robert (1637-1701) Orientalist, Bishop of Rathoe
- Hurd, Richard (1720-1808) Bishop of Worcester
- Hurlbut, Elisha Powell (1807-1889), author
- Hutchison, Alexander (1943-2015), poet and translator
- Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (1889-1982), botanist, traveller and author
- Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant (1889-1970) Knight, portrait and landscape painter
- Hutton, Sir Edward Thomas Henry (1848-1923) Knight Lieutenant General
- Hutton, George Henry (d 1827), archaeologist
- Hutton, Henry Dix- (1824-1907), Barrister and positivist
- Hutton, James (1726-1797), geologist
- Hutton, John Alexander (1868-1947), editor of the British Weekly
- Hutton, William (1798-1860) Geologist
- Huygens, Constantijn (1596-1687) Dutch Diplomat and Poet
- Illingworth, William (1764-1845) Antiquary and Archivist
- Inge, William Ralph (1860-1954) Dean of St Paul's
- Ingleby, Clement Mansfield (1823-1886), Shakespearean critic and author
- Inglis, Esther (1571-1624), calligrapher and miniaturist
- Inglis, Sir John (1683-1771) 2nd Baronet of Cramond
- Inglis, John (1778-1850) Bishop of Nova Scotia
- Inglis, John (1810-1891) Lord Glencorse President of Court of Session
- Inglis, Margaret Maxwell (1774-1843), poet
- Inglis, Sir Robert Harry (1786-1855) 2nd Baronet, politician
- Ingram, John Kells (1823-1907) Scholar Economist and Poet
- Innes, Cosmo (1798-1874), antiquary
- Innes, Sue (1948-2005), writer and feminist campaigner
- Ireland, Alexander (1810-1894), journalist and publisher
- Irvine, Archibald Clive (d 1974), medical missionary in Kenya
- Irving, Edward (1792-1834) Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church
- Irving, George Vere (1815-1869), Scottish lawyer and antiquary
- Irving, Joseph (1830-1891) Journalist and Historian
- Irving, Sir Paulus Aemilius (1751-1828) Knight General
- Irving, Thomas (fl 1771-1797) Inspector General of Customs in North America
- Irwin, Sir John (1728-1788) Knight General
- Ivory, Holmes (1851-1914) Writer to the Signet
- Ivory, James (1792-1866) Lord Ivory, Scottish judge
- Jackson, Alan (b 1938) poet
- Jackson, Charles D'Orville Pilkington (1887-1973), sculptor
- Jackson, Francis James (1770-1814), diplomat
- Jackson, Thomas (fl 1789-1806) Diplomat
- Jacob, Violet (1863-1946), writer
- James, Henry (1828-1911) Baron James of Hereford, statesman
- James, Henry (1843-1916), novelist
- James, I (1566-1625) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Jameson, Anna Brownell (1794-1860), author
- Jameson, Robert (1774-1854), mineralogist
- Jameson, Sydney Bellinghame (1857-1932), Brigadier General
- Jameson, William (fl 1689-1720), historian
- Jamie, Kathleen (b 1962), author and poet
- Jamieson, John (1759-1838) Antiquary and Philologist
- Jamieson, Robert (? 1780-1844), Scottish anthologist
- Jardine, George (1742-1827) Professor at Glasgow
- Jardine, Sir Henry (1766-1851) Knight King's Remembrancer of Scottish Exchequer
- Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874) 7th Baronet Naturalist
- Jarvie, Gordon (b 1941), writer and editor
- Jast, Louis Stanley (1868-1944), librarian
- Jeffares, Alexander Norman (1920-2005), English scholar, writer and critic
- Jeffrey, Francis (1773-1850), Lord Jeffrey Scottish judge and critic
- Jeffrey, William (1896-1946), author and journalist
- Jenkins, John Robin (1912-2005), novelist
- Jenkins, Roy Harris (1920-2003) Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, politician
- Jenkinson, Robert Banks (1770-1828) 2nd Earl of Liverpool, statesman
- Jerdan, William (1782-1869), journalist
- Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor (1812-1880), novelist
- Jobsob, Richard Jobson (b 1960), film-maker
- John, David Dilwyn (b 1901) Zoologist
- Johnes, John (1800-1876), judge
- Johnes, Thomas (1748-1816), of Hafod, antiquary, translator and MP
- Johnston, Alexander Keith (1804-1871), geographer
- Johnston, Alexander Keith (1844-1879), geographer
- Johnston, David Russell (1932-2008) Baron Russell-Johnston, MP
- Johnston, Edward (1872-1944) Calligrapher and Designer
- Johnston, James (1655-1737) Secretary of State
- Johnston, James Brown (1862-1953), Scottish minister, historian and topographer
- Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796-1855) Chemist
- Johnston, James Frederick Junor (1939-2006), major-general Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
- Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming (1874-1938) Knight, scholar and administrator
- Johnston, Thomas (1881-1965), Secretary of State for Scotland
- Johnston, Sir William (1802-1888) Knight, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane- (1767-1833), Brigadier General, MP and colonial governor
- Johnstone, Doug (b 1970), author
- Johnstone, George (1730-1787) MP Commodore RN
- Johnstone, James (d 1798), Scandinavian antiquary
- Johnstone, James (1801-1888) MP
- Johnstone, William (d 1721) 1st Marquess of Annandale
- Johnstone, William (1897-1981), painter
- Johnstone, Sir William James Hope- (1798-1878) Knight Admiral
- Jones, Harry Longueville (1806-1870) Archaeologist
- Jones, Henry (1605-1682) Bishop of Meath
- Jones, James Idwal (1900-1985), MP for Wrexham and geographer
- Jordan, Louis Henry (1855-1923), theologian
- Joseph, Samuel (d 1850), sculptor
- Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893), biblical and classical scholar Master of Balliol College Camberwell, Surrey;Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Junor, Beth (b 1958), peace activist and writer
- Kavanagh, Julia (1824-1877) Novelist and Biographer
- Kay, David Miller (1866-1930), professor of Hebrew at St Andrews University
- Kaye, Sir John William (1814-1876), Knight military historian
- Kean, Charles John (? 1811-1868) Actor
- Kean, Ellen (1805-1880), actress
- Keating, Sir Henry Sheehy (d 1846) Knight General Governor of Bourbon
- Keats, John (1795-1821), poet
- Keats, Sir Richard Goodwin (1757-1834) Knight, Admiral, Governor of Newfoundland Chalton, Hampshire
- Kebbel, Thomas Edward (fl 1862-1900) Historian and Political Scientist
- Keene, Henry George (1781-1864), Persian scholar
- Keene, Henry George (1825-1915) Orientalist
- Keith, Alexander (fl 1732), Scottish clergyman and antiquary
- Keith, George (1693-1778) 9th Earl Marischal
- Keith, James Francis Edward (1696-1758) Marshal Keith
- Keith, John (d 1714) 1st Earl of Kintore
- Keith, Robert (1697-1774), diplomat
- Keith, Sir Robert Murray (1730-1795) Knight, Lieutenant General and diplomat
- Keith, William (1614-1661) 6th Earl Marischal
- Keltie, Sir John Scott (1840-1927), Knight, geographer
- Kemball, Sir Arnold Burrowes (1820-1908) Knight General
- Kemble, Frances Anne (1809-1893), actress
- Kemp, Arnold (1939-2002), journalist
- Kemp, Robert (1908-1967), playwright
- Kemp, Stanley Wells (1882-1945), marine biologist
- Kempt, Sir James (1764-1854) Knight General Governor General of Canada
- Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing (1928-1968), author
- Kennedy, Archibald Robert Stirling (1859-1938) Professor of Hebrew Edinburgh University
- Kennedy, Gavin (b 1940), economist and author
- Kennedy, James (1785-1851) Physician
- Kennedy, Sir Robert Hugh (1772-1840), Knight, Commissary General
- Kennedy, Thomas Francis (1788-1879) Politician
- Kennett, Robert Hatch (1864-1932) Professor of Hebrew Cambridge University
- Kent, Edward Augustus (1767-1820) Duke of Kent
- Kent, William Charles Mark (1823-1902), poet, biographer and journalist
- Kenyon, Sir Frederic George (1863-1952) Knight Director and Principal Librarian British Museum Papyrologist
- Keogh, Sir Alfred (1857-1936) Knight Lieutenant General
- Keppel, William Anne Van (1702-1754) 2nd Earl of Albemarle
- Ker, Margaret (1657-1753) Countess of Roxburghe
- Ker, Robert (d 1755) 2nd Duke of Roxburghe
- Ker, William Paton (1855-1923), literary scholar India;China
- Kernahan, John Coulson (1858-1943), writer
- Kerr, George (fl 1860-1942), local politician
- Kerr, John William Robert (1794-1841) 7th Marquess of Lothian
- Kerr, Schomberg Henry (1833-1900) 9th Marquess of Lothian, statesman
- Kerr, William (1605-1675) 3rd Earl of Lothian
- Kerr, William (1763-1824) 6th Marquess of Lothian
- Kesson, Jessie (1916-1994), novelist, playwright and radio producer
- Keyes, Sir Terence Humphrey (1877-1939) Knight, Brigadier General, Indian Political Service
- Kidson, Frank (1855-1926) Antiquary
- Kiek, Edward S (1883-1959), Congregational minister
- Kilburn, Nicholas (1843-1923), bishop and musician
- Kilpatrick, George Gordon Dinwiddie (1888-1975), theologian
- Wodehouse, John (1826-1902) 1st Earl of Kimberley, statesman
- King, Sir Edmund (1629-1709) Knight, physician
- King, Jessie Marion (1875-1949), artist
- King, Walker (1755-1827) Bishop of Rochester
- Kingdon-Ward, Francis (1885-1958), botanist
- Kinglake, Alexander William (1809-1891), MP, historian and traveller
- Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875), Canon of Westminster author
- Kinloch, George Ritchie (c 1796-1877) Editor of Scottish Ballads
- Kinross, John (1855-1931), architect
- Kinross, John Blythe (1904-1989), financier
- Kirby, Henry (d 1912), lawyer
- Kirk, Alexander Carnegie (1830-1892), marine engineer
- Kirk, Sir John (1832-1922) Knight, naturalist and political agent
- Kirkwood, James (? 1650-1708), clergyman and advocate of parish libraries
- Kirkwood, William (1876-1902), merchant seaman
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (1850-1916) 1st Earl Kitchener, Field Marshal
- Kitchiner, William (? 1775-1827) Physician and Writer
- Klein, Bernat (b 1922), textile designer
- Knight, William Angus (1836-1916), author and philosopher
- Knighton, Sir William (1776-1836) 1st Baronet, physician, private secretary to George IV
- Knollys, Francis (1837-1924) 1st Viscount Knollys
- Knollys, Sir Henry (1840-1930) Knight Colonel Author
- Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862), dramatist
- Labouchere, Henry Du Pre (1831-1912), journalist and politician
- Lacaita, Charles Carmichael (1853-1933) MP Botanist
- Lacaita, Sir James Philip (1813-1895) Knight, Italian scholar and politician
- Lacy, Maurice (1740-1820) General in the Russian Army
- Laidlaw, William (1780-1845), friend of Sir Walter Scott
- Laing, Alexander (1787-1857), poet
- Laing, David (1793-1878), antiquary
- Laing, Malcolm (1762-1818), historian
- Lamb, William (1779-1848) 2nd Viscount Melbourne, statesman
- Lambton, John George (1792-1840) 1st Earl of Durham, statesman
- Lambton, John George (1855-1928) 3rd Earl of Durham
- Lamont, Archibald (fl 1925-1984) Geologist Ecologist and Scottish Nationalist
- Lamont, Daniel (1869-1950), theologian
- Lamont, Sir James (1828-1913) 1st Baronet, Arctic yachtsman Knockdow, Buteshire
- L'Amy, James (1772-1854) Advocate
- Lancaster, Sir Osbert (1908-1986), cartoonist and designer
- Lane, Edward William (1801-1876), Arabic scholar and Egyptologist
- Lang, Andrew (1844-1912), anthropologist, classicist and historian
- Lang, William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945) Baron Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Langford, Joseph Munt (1809-1884) Publisher Playwright and Drama Critic
- Lanier, Sir John (d 1692) Knight General
- Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859) Scientific Writer
- Lauder, Sir Harry (1870-1950) Knight, music hall entertainer
- Lauder, Sir John (1646-1722) Knight, Lord Fountainhall. Scottish judge, politician and diarist
- Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick (1784-1848) 7th Baronet Author
- Laudy, Jacques (1907-1993), Belgian illustrator
- Laurie, Simon Somerville (1829-1909) Educational Reformer
- Laurie, Thomas (1760-1843) Minister of Newburn
- Laurier, Sir Wilfrid (1841-1919) Knight Prime Minister of Canada
- Lavery, Sir John (1856-1941) Knight, painter
- Law, Thomas Sturdy (1916-1997), poet
- Lawley, Francis Charles (1825-1901) Sportsman and Journalist
- Lawrence, Sir Arthur Johnstone (1809-1892) Knight General
- Lawrence, Sir Herbert Alexander (1861-1943), Knight, soldier and Banker General
- Lawrence, Stringer (1697-1775) Major General
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830) Knight, painter
- Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935), intelligence officer and author
- Lawrie, Sir Archibald Campbell (1837-1914) Knight Judge Historian
- Laws, Robert (1851-1934), missionary
- Lawson, George (1749-1820), theologian
- Lawson, George (d 1849), Secession minister
- Lawson, George Mcarthur (1906-1978) MP for Motherwell
- Lawson, William Ramage (fl 1876-1896) Editor of the Edinburgh Courant
- Layard, Sir Austen Henry (1817-1894) Knight, politician, diplomat and archaeologist
- Laycock, Sir Thomas (1812-1876) Knight, mental physiologist
- Leader, John Temple (1810-1903) Politician and Connoisseur
- Lear, Edward (1812-1888), landscape painter and writer
- Leckie, Joseph Hannay (1865-1935), theologian
- Lee, Arthur Hamilton (1868-1947) Viscount Lee of Fareham, statesman
- Lee, John (1779-1859), Church of Scotland minister and university principal
- Lee, Robert (1793-1877) Obstetric Physician
- Lee, Robert (1804-1868) Professor at Edinburgh
- Lee, William (1817-1866) Ecclesiastical Historian
- Leechman, William (1706-1785) Principal of Glasgow University
- Lees, Sir James Cameron (1834-1913) Knight, historian and minister of St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
- Leger, Francis Barry Boyle St (1799-1829) Novelist
- Leger, William St (fl 1807-1810) Major General
- Leighton, Alexander (1800-1874), author
- Leighton, Robert (1611-1684) Archbishop of Glasgow
- Leith-Hay, Alexander (1758-1838), General
- Lemaire, Angela (b 1944), artist, author and poet
- Leng, Sir John (1828-1906) Knight, newspaper proprietor and politician
- Lennox, Lord George Henry (1737-1805) General and Statesman
- Leonard, Thomas Anthony (1944-2018), Scottish poet Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Leslie, Alexander (1695-1754) 7th Earl of Leven
- Leslie, Sir Charles Abraham (1796-1847) 5th Baronet
- Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859) Painter
- Leslie, John (1698-1767) 9th Earl of Rothes
- Leslie, Sir John (1766-1832) Knight, mathematician and natural philosopher
- Lever, Charles James (1806-1872), novelist
- Leveson-Gower, Elizabeth (1765-1839) Countess of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, George Granville (1758-1833) 1st Duke of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, George Granville (1786-1861) 2nd Duke of Sutherland
- Leveson-Gower, Granville George (1815-1891) 2nd Earl Granville, statesman
- Lewes, George Henry (1817-1878), author
- Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) Romance Writer
- Leyden, John (1775-1811), physician and poet
- Liddell, Henry George (1811-1898) Dean of Christ Church Oxford
- Liddell, Henry Thomas (1797-1878) 1st Earl of Ravensworth, statesman and poet
- Liebenthal, Tertia (d 1970) Musician and Patron
- Lieven, Christopher Andreevich (1774-1839) Prince Lieven, Russian general and diplomat
- Lieven, Dorothea Christoforovna (1784-1857) Princess Lieven, political hostess
- Ligertwood, Thomas (1829-1911), army surgeon
- Lightfoot, John (1735-1788) Naturalist
- Lillie, Robert Alexander (fl 1907-1977), art collector
- Lindesay, Alexander Kyd (1801-1878), surgeon, Bengal Medical Service
- Lindsay, Alexander (1618-1659) 1st Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, Alexander (d 1736) 4th Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, Alexander (1752-1825) 6th Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford (1812-1880) 25th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, Charles Dalrymple (1760-1846) Bishop of Kildare
- Lindsay, Lady Charlotte (d 1849) Lady in Waiting to Queen Caroline
- Lindsay, Colin (1652-1722) 3rd Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, David (d 1558) 9th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, David (1490-1555) Poet and Herald
- Lindsay, Sir David (fl 1542-55) Lyon King of Arms
- Lindsay, Sir David (1551-1610) Baron Edzell
- Lindsay, David (d 1641) 1st Baron Lindsay of Balcarres
- Lindsay, David (d 1646) of Edzell
- Lindsay, David Alexander Edward (1871-1940) 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres, politician
- Lindsay, James (1691-1768) 5th Earl of Balcarres
- Lindsay, James (1783-1869) 24th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James (1793-1855) Lieutenant General MP
- Lindsay, John (1552-1598) Lord Menmuir Secretary of State
- Lindsay, John (1702-1749) 20th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, John Maurice (1918-1990), writer and broadcaster
- Lindsay, Maria Margaret Frances (1783-1850), wife of 24th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, Patrick (d 1753) Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Lindsay, Robert (1500?-1565?) Scottish historian
- Lindsay, Robert (1754-1836) Superintendent of Sylhet Bengal
- Lindsay-Crawford, George (1729-1781) 21st Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay-Crawford, George (1758-1808) 22nd Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay-Crawford, Lady Mary (1760-1833), daughter of 21st Earl of Crawford
- Linklater, Eric (1899-1974), author
- Linton, Eliza Lynn (1822-1898), writer
- Lister, Michael (b 1962), author
- Lister, Thomas (1876-1925) 4th Baron Ribblesdale
- Liston, Lady Henrietta (1751-1828), wife of Sir Robert Liston
- Liston, Sir Robert (1742-1836) Knight, diplomat
- Lithgow, Sir James (1883-1952), 1st Baronet shipbuilder and industrialist
- Lithgow, Stewart Aaron (1833-1899) Surgeon Major General
- Littleton, Edward John (1791-1863) 1st Baron Hatherton, politician
- Livingstone, Alexander (d 1685) 2nd Earl of Callander
- Livingstone, Charles (1821-1873), missionary, consul in West Africa
- Livingstone, David (1813-1873), explorer and missionary
- Livingstone, George (1616-1690) 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
- Livingstone, James (d 1674) 1st Earl of Callander
- Livingstone, James (1616-1661) 1st Viscount Kilsyth
- Livingstone, James (d 1723) 5th Earl of Linlithgow
- Livingstone, John (1603-1672) Scottish Covenanting Minister
- Livingstone, Thomas (? 1652-1711) Viscount of Teviot, Lieutenant General
- Lizars, William Home (1788-1859), painter and engraver
- Lloyd, Robert Wylie (fl1903-1929), alpinist
- Lobban, John Hay (fl 1899-1936), literary critic and scholar
- Loch, James (1780-1855), MP, economist
- Lochhead, Marion Cleland (1902-1985), author
- Lochore, Robert (1762-1852) Poet
- Lock, Charles (fl 1799-1801) Consul at Naples
- Locker-Lampson, Frederick (1821-1895), poet
- Lockhart, Charlotte Sophia (d 1837), wife of John Gibson Lockhart
- Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart (1858-1937) Knight, colonial official and art collector
- Lockhart, John Gibson (1794-1854), writer and literary editor
- Lockhart, Laurence William Maxwell (1831-1882) Novelist
- Lockhart, William (d 1817) Major General
- Lockwood, Sir Frank (1846-1897) Knight Solicitor General MP
- Long, George (1800-1879) Classical Scholar
- Lorimer, James (1818-1890) Professor of Law
- Lorimer, Sir Robert Stodart (1864-1929) Knight, architect
- Lorimer, William Laughton (1885-1967), classical scholar
- Lothian, Andrew (1763-1831), Secession minister
- Lothian, William (1740-1783) Historian
- Loudon, Jane Wells (1807-1858), horticultural writer
- Louise (1848-1939) Princess, Duchess of Argyll
- L'Ouverture, Pierre Dominique Toussaint (c 1746-1803), liberator of Haiti
- Love, Sir James Frederick (1789-1866) Knight General
- Low, George (1746-1795), naturalist
- Lowe, Sir Hudson (1769-1844), Knight, Lieutenant and General Governor of St Helena
- Lowth, Robert (1710-1787) Bishop of London
- Loyd-Lindsay, Harriet Sarah (1837-1920), Red Cross campaigner, wife of Baron Wantage
- Loyd-Lindsay, Robert James (1832-1901) Baron Wantage, politician
- Luca, Christine De (b 1947), poet
- Lucas, Sir Charles Prestwood (1853-1931), Knight civil servant and historian
- Lucas, Samuel (1811-1865) Politician
- Lucas, Samuel (1818-1868) Journalist and Author
- Lucy, Sir Henry William (1843-1924) Knight Journalist
- Ludolf, Count Guglielmo Di (d 1839) Neapolitan Minister in London
- Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry (1858-1945) Baron Lugard, colonial administrator, soldier and author
- Lumisden, Andrew (1720-1801) Jacobite
- Lumsden, John (fl 1795-1813), Indian civil servant
- Lundie, Archibald (1674-1759), minister of Saltoun Saltoun, East Lothian
- Lundie, Robert (1774-1832), minister of Kelso
- Lundie, Robert Henry (1824-1895) Presbyterian Minister
- Lyell, Charles (1767-1849), botanist and student of Dante
- Lyell, Sir Charles (1797-1875), 1st Baronet, geologist
- Lygon, Edward Pyndar (c 1786-1860) General MP
- Lyon, David Murray Murray- (fl 1911-1970) Major General
- Lyon, Sir Patrick (d 1695) Knight, Lord of Session
- Lyons, Edmund (1790-1858) 1st Baron Lyons, Admiral
- Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell (1817-1887) Viscount Lyons, diplomat
- Lyttelton, George William Spencer (1847-1913), Secretary to WE Gladstone
- MacAlister, Donald (1854-1934), 1st baronet Chancellor of Glasgow University
- Macarthur, Edith (b 1926), actress
- Macaulay, Alexander Beith (1871-1950), theologian
- Macaulay, John (1720-1789), minister of Cardross
- Macaulay, Kenneth (1723-1779) Minister of Harris Antiquary
- Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859) Baron Macaulay, statesman and historian
- Macaulay, Zachary (1768-1838) Philanthropist
- MacBeth, George Mann (1932-1992), poet and editor
- MacCaig, Norman Alexander (1910-1996), poet
- MacCaskill, Don (1919-2000), forester and naturalist
- MacColl, Dugald Sutherland (1859-1948), painter and museum administrator
- MacColl, Ewan (1915-1989), Folk Singer Broadcaster
- MacColl, Malcolm (1831-1907), Canon of Ripon, writer
- MacColl, Norman (1843-1904), Editor of the Athenaeum
- Maccormick, Joseph (1733-1799) Principal of St Andrews University
- MacCreery, John (1768-1832) Printer and Poet
- MacCulloch, John (1773-1835), geologist
- Macdonald, Alexander (? 1791-1850), antiquary
- Macdonald, Alexander (1860-1928), Gaelic poet, editor and scholar
- Macdonald, Callum (1912-1999) printer, publisher and editor
- Macdonald, Donald (d 1804) Lieutenant Colonel Governor of Tobago
- MacDonald, George (1824-1905), novelist and poet
- MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866-1937), statesman
- Macdonald, John (1759-1831) Lieutenant Colonel Military Engineer
- Macdonald, Sir John (d 1850) Knight Adjutant General at the Horse Guards
- Macdonald, John Hay Athole (1836-1919) Lord Kingsburgh
- Macdonald, Lawrence (1799-1878) Sculptor
- MacDonald, Margo (1943-2014), teacher, broadcaster and politician
- Macdonald, Norman Malcolm (1927-2000) writer and dramatist
- MacDonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas (1906-1975), writer
- Macdonald, William Bell (1807-1862), linguist
- Macdonald, William Rae (1843-1923) Albany Herald
- Macdonell, Sir Alexander (1820-1891), Knight, General
- Macdougall, Alastair Ian (1888-1972) Major General
- Macdougall, Ian (b 1933), social historian and author
- Macdougall, Sir James Patten (1849-1919) Knight Lawyer Public Servant and Archivist
- MacDougall, Patrick Leonard (1819-1894), Knight General
- Macdougall, Roger (1910-1993), playwright and screenwriter
- MacDowall, Day Hort (1753-1809), merchant
- MacDowall, William (d 1776), 18th of Garthland and Castlesemple
- MacDowall, William (1749-1810), MP
- MacDowall, William (1770-1840), 20th of Garthland and Castlesemple
- MacEwen, Alexander Malcolm (1875-1941), Knight, Provost of Inverness and writer
- Macfarlan, Duncan (1771-1857) Principal of Glasgow University
- Macfarlan, Walter (d 1767) Scottish antiquary
- Macfarlane, Malcolm (1853-1931) Gaelic Scholar
- Macfie, Robert Andrew (1811-1893) MP
- Macfie, Ronald Campbell (1867-1931), physician and poet
- Macgeorge, Andrew (1810-1891) Lawyer Antiquary
- MacGillivray, James Pittendrigh (1856-1938), sculptor
- MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin (1899-1970), writer and animal welfare campaigner
- MacGregor, George Hogarth Carnaby (1892-1963), Professor of Divinity Glasgow University
- MacGregor, James (1832-1910), minister of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh
- MacGregor, James Murdoch (1925-2008), science fiction writer
- Macgregor, Jimmie (b 1930), folksinger and broadcaster
- MacGregor, John (1797-1857), Politician Statistician Traveller Historian
- Macintosh, Charles (1766-1843) Inventor of Waterproofing
- Maciver, Hector (d 1966) Author
- Maciver, Iain Finlay (b 1943), archivist and historian
- Mackay, Charles (1812-1889), poet and journalist
- Mackay, Sir Donald Iain (b 1937) Knight, economist
- Mackay, Donald James (1839-1921) 11th Baron Reay, Governor of Bombay
- Mackay, Hugh (? 1640-1692) General
- Mackay, James Peter Hymers (b 1927) Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor
- Mackay, John (c 1612-1680), 2nd Baron Reay
- Mackay, Lady Lucinda Louise (b 1941), artist
- Mackay, Mackintosh (1793-1873), Free Church of Scotland minister and Gaelic scholar
- MacKechnie, John (1897-1977), minister of St Kiaran's, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Mackellar, Mary (1834-1890) Poet
- Mackenzie, Agnes Mure (1891-1955) historian and literary critic
- Mackenzie, Alexander (d 1737), Scottish lawyer
- Mackenzie, Sir Alexander (d 1796) 6th Baronet of Coul, Major General
- Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Muir (1764-1835) 1st Baronet Lawyer
- Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell (1847-1935), Knight, composer
- Mackenzie, Colin (1753-1821), Colonel Surveyor General of India
- Mackenzie, Donald Alexander (1873-1936), journalist, author and archaeologist
- Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton (1883-1972) Knight, writer
- Mackenzie, Francis Humberston (1754-1815) Baron Seaforth, Lieutenant General
- Mackenzie, George (1630-1714) 1st Earl of Cromarty
- Mackenzie, Sir George (1636-1691) Knight, legal author
- Mackenzie, George (c 1703-1766) 3rd Earl of Cromarty
- Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart (1780-1848) Knight, mineralogist
- Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831), novelist and miscellaneous writer
- Mackenzie, Holt (1787-1876), Indian civil servant, member of the Board of Control
- Mackenzie, James Stuart (1719-1800), Lord Privy Seal of Scotland
- Mackenzie, John (d 1731) Scottish Lawyer
- Mackenzie, John Stuart (1860-1935) Professor of Logic and Philosophy
- Mackenzie, Joshua Henry (1777-1851) Lord Mackenzie Scottish Judge
- Mackenzie, Kenneth (1717-1761) Styled Lord Fortrose
- Mackenzie, Kenneth Augustus Muir (1845-1930) Baron Muir Mackenzie
- Mackenzie, Mary Elizabeth Frederica Stewart- (1783-1862), daughter of Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth.
- Mackenzie, Robert Shelton (1809-1880), poet, journalist and compiler
- Mackie, Alastair Webster (1925-1995), poet and teacher
- Mackie, Albert David (b 1904), poet and journalist
- Mackinnon, William (1823-1893), baronet Founder of British East Africa Co
- Mackintosh, Sir James (1765-1832) Knight, philosopher and MP
- Mackintosh, John Pitcairn (1929-1978), politician and writer
- Mackintosh, Neil Alison (1900-1974), marine biologist
- MacLachlan, Ewen (1775-1822), Gaelic Poet and Scholar
- Maclaren, Charles (1782-1866), editor of the Scotsman
- MacLaurin, Colin (1698-1746), mathematician
- MacLaurin, John (1734-1796), Lord Dreghorn judge and writer
- Maclean, Alasdair (fl 1952-1999), historian and genealogist
- Maclean, Allan Campbell (1922-1989) author
- Maclean, John (d 1746), Jacobite officer
- Maclean, Sorley (1911-1996), poet
- Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight Astronomer
- Macleod, Donald (1831-1916), minister of The Park, Glasgow
- MacLeod, George Fielden (1895-1991) Baron Macleod of Fuinary, Church of Scotland minister
- Macleod, Sir James Maciver (1866-1944) Knight, consular official
- Macleod, John (fl 1775-1781) Major General
- Macleod, Sir John (d 1851) Knight Lieutenant General
- Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon (1903-1984), poet, writer and broadcaster
- MacLeod, Kenneth (1871-1955), writer and folklorist
- Macleod, Kenneth (b1954), science fiction writer Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty
- Macleod, Norman (1812-1872), Church of Scotland minister and journalist
- Macleod, Robert Duncan (d 1973), editor
- Macmillan, Alexander (1818-1896), publisher
- Macmillan, Hugh Pattison (1873-1952) 1st Baron Macmillan, Lord of Appeal
- Macmillan, Maurice Harold (1894-1986) 1st Earl of Stockton, Prime Minister
- Macneacail, Aonghas (b 1942), poet writer and broadcaster
- Macneill, Hector (1746-1818), poet
- MacNish, Robert (1802-1837), author and physician
- Maconochie, Alexander (1787-1860), Governor of Norfolk Island
- Maconochie, Allan (1748-1816) Lord Meadowbank Judge
- Macphail, Earle Monteith (1861-1937), missionary and educationalist
- Macpherson, Hector (1888-1956), Church of Scotland minister, astronomer
- Macpherson, James (1736-1796) Author MP
- Macpherson, John (1713-1765), Presbyterian minister antiquary
- Macquarie, Lachlan (1761-1824) Major General Governor of New South Wales
- MacQueen, James (1778-1870), geographer
- Macrae, John Duncan Graham (1905-1967), actor
- Mactaggart, Sir William (1903-1981) Knight, painter
- Maginn, William (1793-1842) Poet Journalist and Miscellaneous Writer
- Magnusson, Magnus (1929-2007), Icelandic scholar, broadcaster and environmentalist
- Maidment, James (1793-1879), antiquary
- Mainzer, Joseph (1801-1851) Teacher of Music
- Maitland, Charles (c 1620-1691) 3rd Earl of Lauderdale
- Maitland, Edward Maitland (1880-1921), Air Commodore, airship and parachute developer
- Maitland, Elizabeth (1626-1698) Countess of Dysart, wife of 1st Duke of Lauderdale
- Maitland, Sir Frederick Lewis (1777-1839) Knight Rear Admiral
- Maitland, James (1759-1839) 8th Earl of Lauderdale, statesman
- Maitland, John (1616-1682) Duke of Lauderdale
- Maitland, Lady Mary Ramsay Steel- (1871-1944), travel diarist and wife of Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay-Steel-Maitland Palestine;Turkey;Egypt;Scotland
- Maitland, Sir Thomas (? 1759-1824) Knight Lieutenant General MP Governor of Malta
- Maitland, Thomas (1792-1851) Lord Dundrennan Judge and Politician
- Maitland, William (? 1528-1573) of Lethington
- Makdougall, Sir George Hay- (d 1777) 3rd Baronet of Makerstoun
- Malcolm, Sir Charles (1782-1851) Knight Vice Admiral
- Malcolm, Edward Donald (1837-1930) Colonel Royal Engineers
- Malcolm, Sir Ian Zachary (1868-1944) Knight, politician and diplomat
- Malcolm, Sir John (1769-1833) Knight, Indian administrator and diplomat
- Malcolm, Sir Pulteney (1768-1838) Knight, Admiral
- Malden, Richard Henry (1879-1951) Dean of Wells
- Malet, Sir Edward Baldwin (1837-1908) 4th Baronet Diplomat
- Malleson, George Bruce (1825-1898), Colonel, military writer
- Mallet, John Lewis (1775-1861) Secretary of Audit Office
- Malone, Edmund (1741-1812), critic and author
- Man, James (? 1700-1761) Philologist
- Mann, Horace (1796-1859) Educationist
- Mann, Mary Tyler (1806-1887), author
- Manners, Janetta (1836-1899) wife of 7th Duke of Rutland
- Manners, John Henry (1778-1857) 5th Duke of Rutland
- Manners, John James Robert (1818-1906) 7th Duke of Rutland
- Manning, Anne (1807-1879) Miscellaneous Writer
- Manning, Henry Edward (1808-1892) Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Mansel, Henry Longueville (1820-1871), metaphysician Dean of St Paul's
- Manson, John (b 1932), crofter and poet
- Manson, Thomas Walter (1893-1958), biblical scholar
- Manson, William (1882-1958), theologian
- Marcet, Alexander John Gaspard (1770-1822), physician
- Marcet, Jane (1769-1858), writer
- Marchant, Sir James (1867-1956) Knight Philanthropist
- Mare, Walter John de la (1873-1956), author and poet
- Marjoribanks, Edward (1849-1909) 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, MP
- Markham, Sir Arthur Basil (1866-1916) 1st Baronet MP
- Markham, Frederick (1805-1855) Lieutenant General
- Markham, Violet Rosa (1872-1959), Liberal activist and public servant
- Marquand, David Ian (b 1934) MP, political scientist
- Marr, James William Slesser (1902-1965) Zoologist
- Marsh, Narcissus (1638-1713) Archbishop of Armagh
- Marshall, Frederick (fl 1870-1900) Writer
- Marshall, William (1748-1833) Violinist and Composer
- Marshall, William Calder (1813-1894), sculptor
- Marston, John Westland (1819-1890) Dramatic Poet
- Martin, Alexander (1857-1946), Principal of New College, Edinburgh
- Martin, Frederick (1830-1883), writer
- Martin, Martin (d 1719), physician and author
- Martin, Robert Montgomery (c1801-1868), historian and statistician
- Martin, Sir Theodore (1816-1909) Knight, biographer
- Martin, Sir Thomas Byam (1773-1854), Knight and Admiral of the Fleet
- Martine, George (1635-1712) Historian
- Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876), writer
- Martyn, Etherington (fl 1793-1801), antiquary
- Mary (1515-1560) Queen of James V of Scotland
- Mary, (1542-1587) Queen of Scotland
- Mary (1867-1953) Queen Consort of George V
- Masefield, John Edward (1878-1967), poet
- Mason, Eudo Colecestra (1901-1969), German scholar
- Massey, Gerald (1828-1907) Poet
- Masson, David (1822-1907), biographer and editor
- Mather, Cotton (1663-1728) New England Puritan Minister
- Mather, Samuel (1706-1785) American Congregational Minister
- Mathers, George (1886-1965) Baron Mathers, MP, trade unionist
- Matheson, Angus (1912-1962), Celtic scholar
- Matheson, William (1910-1995), Gaelic scholar
- Mathieson, William Law (1868-1938), historian
- Maturin, Charles Robert (1782-1824) Novelist and Dramatist
- Maule, James (1659-1723) 4th Earl of Panmure
- Maule, John (1706-1781) Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer
- Maule-Ramsay, Fox (1801-1874) 11th Earl of Dalhousie, statesman
- Maurice, Sir Frederick Barton (1871-1951) Knight, General
- Maurice, Henry Gascoyen (1874-1950) Naturalist
- Maurice, Sir John Frederick (1841-1912) Knight, Major General
- Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson Du (1834-1896) Artist and Novelist
- Mavor, James (1854-1925), economist
- Mavor, Osborne Henry (1888-1951), playwright
- Mawson, Sir Douglas (1882-1958) Knight Geologist and Antarctic Explorer
- Maxwell, Sir Alexander (d 1730), 2nd Baronet, MP for Wigton Burghs
- Maxwell, Gavin (1914-1969), author and conservationist
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace (1845-1937), Knight, politician and writer
- Maxwell, James Clerk- (1831-1879), physicist
- Maxwell, Sir John Maxwell Stirling- (1866-1956) 10th Baronet MP
- Maxwell, Sir William (d 1709) 1st Baronet
- Maxwell, Sir William (d 1812) 4th Baronet
- Maxwell, Sir William (1779-1838) 5th Baronet Lieutenant Colonel MP for Wigtonshire
- Maxwell, Sir William (1805-1877) 6th Baronet
- Maxwell, Sir William (1841-1929) President International Co-operative Alliance
- Maxwell, William (1873-1957) President British Federation of Master Printers
- Maxwell, Sir William (d 1947) Knight Newspaper Editor
- Mayhew, Henry (1812-1887) Author
- Mcarthur, William (fl 1961) Writer
- McBey, James (1883-1959), painter and etcher
- Mccall, Charles (1907-1989), painter
- McCormick, Daniel (fl 1797-1828), British Agent in New York
- McCrie, Thomas (1772-1835), Scottish Seceder and church historian
- McGlachlan, Robert Lorne (1935-1999), journalist, academic and historian
- McGrath, John (1935-2002), playwright, director, producer and scriptwriter
- McIntosh, George Stewart (b 1935), missionary in South America
- McIntosh, Janet (b 1934), missionary in South America
- Mcintyre, John Ebenezer (1874-1961), Church of Scotland minister
- Mcintyre, Robert Douglas (1913-1998), MP physician
- McKee, Ian (b 1940), physician and politician
- McKie, John (c 1820-1915), engineer
- McKinlay, William Laird (1888-1983), Arctic explorer
- McLaren, Duncan (1800-1886), politician, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- McLaren, John (1831-1910) Lord McLaren Scottish Judge and MP
- McLaren, Priscilla Bright (1815-1906), social reformer
- McLaren, Walter Stowe Bright (1853-1912), MP
- McLaren, William Norman (1914-1987), Film Maker and Artist
- McLean, John David Ruari (1917-2006), Typographer and Author
- McLean, Lex (1907-1975), comedian
- McLellan, Robert (1907-1985), playwright and poet
- McLetchie, David William (b 1952), politician
- McNair, John (d 1840), Lieutenant General
- McNeill, Florence Marian (1885-1973), author and journalist
- McNeill, Sir John (1795-1883), Knight, diplomatist and surgeon
- Mcpherson, Sir Hugh (1870-1960) Knight, Indian civil servant
- Mctaggart, William (1835-1910), painter
- Mcvie, John (1888-1967), Keeper of the Registers of Scotland Burns scholar
- Mcward, Robert (1633-1687) Covenanting Minister
- Meade, Richard Charles Francis Christian (1795-1879) 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, diplomat
- Mears, Sir Frank Charles (1880-1953) Knight Architect
- Mears, Lady Norah (1887-1967), landscape gardener Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Meikle, Henry William (1880-1958), historian and librarian
- Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow (1836-1920), writer of school books
- Meinertzhagen, Richard (1878-1967), colonial administrator ornithologist
- Melvill, Sir James Cosmo (1792-1861) Knight, Indian civil servant
- Melville, David (1660-1728) 3rd Earl of Leven and 2nd Earl of Melville
- Melville, James (1556-1614) Scottish Reformer
- Melville, Robert (1723-1809), General and antiquary
- Menzies, Sir Alexander (d 1644) Knight of Weem
- Menzies, Sir John (d 1800) 4th Baronet
- Menzies, Sir Neil (1780-1844) 6th Baronet
- Menzies, Sir Robert (d 1786) 3rd Baronet
- Menzies, Sir Robert (1790-1815) 5th Baronet
- Mercer, Andrew (1775-1842) Poet and Topographer
- Mercer, James (1734-1804) soldier poet
- Mercer, William (? 1605-? 1675) Lieutenant Colonel and Poet
- Meredith, George (1828-1909), novelist and poet
- Merivale, John Herman (1779-1844) Barrister and Poet
- Merry, Anthony (1756-1835) diplomat
- Metcalfe, William Musham (1840-1916) Church of Scotland Minister and Historian
- Meynell, Wilfrid (1852-1948), journalist and biographer
- Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush (1783-1848), Knight, antiquary
- Michie, Alexander (1833-1902), writer on China
- Mickle, William Julius (1735-1788), poet
- Middleton, John (1619-1674) 1st Earl of Middleton
- Milbanke, Ralph (1852-1903) Diplomat
- Mildmay, Sir Walter (fl1520-1589), Knight Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Miles, William Augustus (? 1753-1817) Political Writer
- Mill, Hugh Robert (1861-1950), geographer and meteorologist
- Mill, James (1773-1836) Philosopher
- Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873), philosopher, MP
- Millar, John (1735-1801), jurist
- Miller, George (1786-1843), Colonel, 95th Rifles
- Miller, Hugh (1802-1856), geologist, evangelical journalist and writer
- Miller, James (1893-1987), painter
- Miller, Lydia MacKenzie Falconer (c1811-1876), author Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty;Lairg, Sutherlandshire
- Miller, William (1769-1844), publisher
- Milligan, George (1860-1934), biblical scholar
- Milman, Henry Hart (1791-1868) Dean of St Paul's
- Milne, Sir Alexander (1806-1896) 1st Baronet, Admiral of the Fleet
- Milne, Sir Archibald Berkeley (1855-1938) 2nd Baronet Admiral
- Milne, Sir David (1763-1845) Knight, Admiral
- Milne, James Alexander (1869-1909), minister Cramond, Midlothian
- Milner, Alfred (1854-1925) Viscount Milner, statesman
- Milnes, Richard Monckton (1809-1885) 1st Baron Houghton, politician and poet
- Minto, William (1845-1893), professor of Logic and English
- Miranda, Francisco Antonio Gabriel de (1750-1816), Venezuelan General and revolutionary
- Mitchell, Sir Andrew (1708-1771) Knight MP Diplomat
- Mitchell, Anthony (1868-1917) Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, historian
- Mitchell, James (c 1786-1844) Scientific Writer Antiquary
- Mitchell, James Leslie (1901-1935), novelist as Lewis Grassic Gibbon
- Mitchell, Robert MacGregor (1875-1938), MP and judge as Lord MacGregor Mitchell
- Mitchell, Thomas (1783-1845) Classical Scholar
- Mitchison, Denis Anthony (b 1919) Bacteriologist
- Mitchison, John Murdoch (b 1922) Zoologist
- Mitchison, Naomi Margaret (1897-1999) Baroness Mitchison, writer and social activist Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Mitford, Mary Russell (1787-1855), novelist and dramatist
- Mittermaier, Karl Joseph Anton von (1787-1867), jurist and statesman
- Mitton, Charles Leslie (1907-1998), Principal of Handsworth College Birmingham
- Moffat, Robert (1795-1883), missionary
- Moffett, Joseph (1885-1962), minister of Crown Court Church of Scotland, Covent Garden
- Moir, David Macbeth (1798-1851), physician and author
- Moir, George (1800-1870), advocate and author
- Molleson, William (c 1732-1804) Comptroller of Army Accounts
- Monck, George (1608-1670) 1st Duke of Albemarle, General, Admiral
- Moncreiff, James (1811-1895) 1st Baron Moncreiff, Lord Justice Clerk
- Moncreiff, Sir James Wellwood (1776-1851) Knight, Lord Moncreiff, Scottish Judge
- Moncrieff, George (d 1830) General
- Monro, Alexander (1697-1767), physician
- Monro, Sir David (1813-1877) Knight Colonial Politician
- Monro, Sir Robert (d ? 1680) Knight General
- Monson, William John (1829-1898) 1st Viscount Oxenbridge
- Montagu, Elizabeth (1720-1800), author
- Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762), poet and letter writer
- Montagu, Samuel (1832-1911) 1st Baron Swaythling, banker
- Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Walter Francis (1806-1884) 5th Duke of Buccleuch
- Montagu-Scott, Charles William Henry (1772-1819) 4th Duke of Buccleuch
- Montagu-Scott, Henry James (1776-1845) 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
- Montgomerie, Alexander (1723-1769) 10th Earl of Eglinton
- Montgomerie, Archibald William (1812-1861) 13th Earl of Eglinton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Montgomerie, Hugh (1739-1819) 12th Earl of Eglinton
- Montgomerie, William (b 1904) Author
- Montgomery, Sir James William (1721-1803) 1st Baronet Lord Advocate of Scotland
- Montgomery, Robert (1807-1855) Poet and Satirist
- Moor, Allen Page (1823-1904) Anglican Clergyman Librarian of Truro Cathedral
- Moor, James (1712-1779), classical scholar
- Moorcroft, William (1765-1825) Veterinary Surgeon Traveller
- Moore, John (1729-1802), physician and writer
- Moore, Sir John (1761-1809) Knight, Lieutenant General
- Moore, Thomas (1779-1852), poet
- Moray, Sir Robert (1608-1673) Knight Natural Philosopher
- Morgan, Augustus de (1806-1871), mathematician
- Morgan, Edwin George (1920-2010), writer and poet
- Morgan, John (1886-1957) Archbishop of Wales
- Morgan, John Hartman (1876-1955), lawyer
- Morgan, Sir Thomas (d ? 1679), Knight and Major General
- Morier, David Richard (1784-1877), diplomat
- Morley, Arnold (1849-1916), politician
- Morley, John (1838-1923) Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman
- Morrell, Lady Ottoline Violet Anne (1873-1938), hostess and literary patron
- Morris, Sir Lewis (1833-1907) Knight, Welsh poet and educationist
- Morris, Roger (1695-1749), architect
- Morris, William O'Connor (1824-1904) Irish Jurist and Historian
- Morrison, David Ralston (1941-2012), poet, painter, editor and librarian
- Morrison, Ewan (b 1967), writer
- Morrison, Hubert Peter (fl 1913-1971) Publisher and Scholar
- Morrison, Margaret Mackie (d 1973) Author called March Cost
- Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey (c 1772-1843), MP, traveller and classical scholar
- Morton, James (1783-1865), Prebendary of Lincoln and antiquary
- Morton, Samuel Goerge (1799-1851), physician and naturalist
- Mossman, Robert Cockburn (1870-1940), meteorologist
- Motherwell, William (1797-1835), poet
- Mott, Lucretia (1793-1880), reformer
- Moubray, John (d 1732) of Cockairnie
- Moult, Thomas (1893-1974) Poet Novelist and Critic
- Mountain, Armine Simcoe Henry (1797-1854) Adjutant General
- Mowat, Farley (b 1921) Canadian Author and Ecologist
- Mowatt, Sir Francis (1837-1919) Knight Civil Servant
- Moysie, David (1537-1630) Secretary to James VI and I Historian
- Mozley, Anne (1809-1891) Author
- Mudford, William (1782-1848) Author and Journalist
- Mudie, Charles Edward (1818-1890) Founder of Mudie's Lending Library London
- Muir, Charles Augustus Carlow (1892-1989) Author and Journalist
- Muir, Edwin (1887-1959), poet and author
- Muir, Sir Thomas (1844-1934) Knight Mathematician and Educational Administrator
- Muir, Willa (1890-1970), author and translator
- Muirhead, James Patrick (1813-1898), biographer of James Watt
- Muirhead, Roland Eugene (1868-1964) Scottish Nationalist
- Muller, Friedrich Max (1823-1900) German orientalist and philologist
- Mumford, Lewis (1895-1989) American Sociologist
- Mundella, Anthony John (1825-1897), statesman
- Mundy, Sir George Rodney (1805-1884) Knight Admiral of the Fleet
- Munro, Sir Alexander (fl 1770-1807), Knight, Consul General in Madrid
- Munro, Neil (1864-1930), author and journalist
- Munro, Sir Robert (1684-1746) 6th Baronet MP
- Munthe, Martin Axel Frederik (1857-1949) Swedish physician and writer
- Murch, Sir Jerom (1807-1895) Knight, Unitarian minister and historian
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
- Murdoch, Joseph Simpson (1919-2000), golf historian and bibliographer
- Murdoch, Patrick (d 1774) Author
- Mure, David (1810-1891) Lord Mure Scottish Judge and Politician
- Mure, William (1718-1776) MP Baron of the Scottish Exchequer
- Mure, William (1799-1860), classical scholar, antiquary, MP
- Murray, Alexander (1736-1795), Lord Henderland, Scottish Judge
- Murray, Alexander (1775-1813), linguist
- Murray, Alexander William Charles Oliphant (1870-1920) Baron Murray of Elibank, politician
- Murray, Sir Archibald (d 1700) 3rd Baronet of Blackbarony
- Murray, Arthur Cecil (1879-1962) 3rd Viscount Elibank
- Murray, Charles (1864-1941) Director of Works South Africa
- Murray, Lady Charlotte (1754-1808) Botanist
- Murray, David (d 1668) 4th Viscount Stormont
- Murray, David (1727-1796) 2nd Earl of Mansfield, statesman
- Murray, David (fl 1934-1972), journalist writer and broadcaster
- Murray, Lord George (1694-1760) Jacobite General
- Murray, George (1762-1836) 5th Earl of Dunmore
- Murray, Sir George (1772-1846) Knight, General, statesman
- Murray, George Gilbert Aime (1866-1957), classicist and internationalist
- Murray, Sir George Herbert (1849-1936), Knight, civil servant
- Murray, George Robert Milne (1858-1911) Botanist
- Murray, Sir Henry (1784-1860) Knight General
- Murray, James (1690-1764) 2nd Duke of Atholl
- Murray, James (? 1719-1795) General Colonial Governor
- Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837-1915) Knight, lexicographer
- Murray, James Robert Erskine- (1868-1927), physicist
- Murray, John (1660-1724) 1st Duke of Atholl
- Murray, John (d 1775) Diplomat
- Murray, Lord John (d 1787) Colonel, son of 1st Duke of Atholl
- Murray, Sir John (1718-1777) Knight Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- Murray, John (1729-1774) 3rd Duke of Atholl
- Murray, John (1755-1830) 4th Duke of Atholl
- Murray, Sir John (1768-1827) 8th Baronet General
- Murray, John (1778-1843), publisher
- Murray, John (1808-1892), publisher
- Murray, Sir John (1851-1928) Knight, publisher and editor
- Murray, Sir John (1884-1967) Knight Publisher
- Murray, John Archibald (1779-1859) Lord Murray Scottish Judge
- Murray, John Fisher (1811-1865) Poet and Humorist
- Murray, John George (1871-1942) 8th Duke of Atholl
- Murray, John George Stewart- (d 1942) 8th Duke of Atholl
- Murray, John Ivor (1824-1903), army surgeon
- Murray, Katharine Marjory Stewart- (1874-1960) Duchess of Atholl, Conservative MP
- Murray, Keith William (1860-1922) Herald
- Murray, Sir Patrick (fl 1649-1722) Knight, financier
- Murray, Sir Patrick (1771-1837) 6th Baronet
- Murray, Thomas (1792-1872), printer and author
- Murray, Thomas (1900-1983), Communist activist
- Murray, William (d 1746) Marquess of Tullibardine
- Murray, William Henry (1790-1852) Actor
- Murray, William Hutchison (1913-1996), mountaineer, author and environmental campaigner
- Murray-Pulteney, Sir James (1751-1811), 7th Baronet MP General
- Mylne, Robert (? 1643-1747), satirist and antiquary
- Nairne, Carolina (1766-1845) Baroness Nairne, Scottish ballad writer
- Nairne, Sir David (fl 1655-1720), Knight Recorder of the Order of St Andrew
- Nairne, Sir William (c 1731-1811) Knight Lord Dunsinane Judge
- Napier, Sir Charles James (1782-1853) Knight, General, colonial governor
- Napier, Francis (1819-1898) 10th Baron Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick
- Napier, Macvey (1776-1847), editor of Edinburgh Review
- Napier, Mark (1798-1879), biographer
- Napier, Sir Thomas Erskine (1790-1863) Knight General
- Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1785-1860) Knight, General and historian
- Napier, William John (1786-1834) 9th Baron Napier
- Nasmyth, Alexander (1758-1840), portrait painter
- Nasmyth, Sir James (d 1720) 1st Baronet Lawyer
- Nasmyth, James (1808-1890) Engineer
- Nattes, John Claude (? 1765-1822), topographical draughtsman
- Neale, Erskine (1804-1883) Clergyman and Author
- Neaves, Charles (1800-1876), Lord Neaves, judge and humorist
- Neill, James George Smith (1810-1857) Brigadier General
- Neill, Patrick (1776-1851), naturalist
- Neill, William Wilson (b 1922) Poet
- Neilson, George (1858-1923), historian and antiquary
- Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805) Viscount Nelson, Vice Admiral
- Nelson, William (1816-1887), publisher
- Nepean, Sir Evan (1751-1822) 1st Baronet Statesman Governor of Bombay
- Neuberg, Joseph (1806-1867) Writer
- Nevill, Lady Dorothy Fanny (1826-1913), hostess, horticulturist and memoir writer
- Nevill, William (fl 1846-1870) Admiral
- Newbigin, Marion Isabel (1869-1934) Biologist and Geographer
- Newbolt, Sir Henry John (1862-1938) Knight, poet and author
- Newman, Ernest (1868-1959) Musical Critic
- Newport, Francis (1620-1708) 1st Earl of Bradford
- Newport, Sir Simon John (1756-1843) 1st Baronet MP
- Nichol, John (1833-1894) Professor of English
- Nichol, John Pringle (1804-1859), astronomer
- Nicholas, Sir Edward (1593-1669) Knight, Secretary of State
- Nichols, John (1745-1826), printer, author and antiquary
- Nichols, John Gough (1806-1873), printer and antiquary
- Nichol-Smith, David (1875-1962), literary scholar
- Nicholson, Gertrude Susan (d 1920) Lady Nicholson
- Nicholson, Henry Alleyne (1844-1899) Biologist
- Nicholson, Joseph Shield (1850-1927), economist
- Nicholson, Sir William Newzam Prior (1872-1949) Knight Painter and Wood Engraver
- Nicoll, Francis (1770-1835) Principal of St Andrews University
- Nicoll, John (fl 1590-1667) Writer to the Signet
- Nicoll, William Douglas (1922-2015), pathologist
- Nicoll, Sir William Robertson (1851-1923) Knight, journalist
- Nicolson, William (1655-1727), Bishop of Derry, antiquary
- Nicolson, Sir William (d 1766) 2nd Baronet of Glenbervie
- Nimmo, Alexander (1783-1832), civil engineer
- Nisbet, Alexander (1657-1725), antiquary and genealogist
- Nisbet-Hamilton, Lady Mary Christopher (1802-1883), daughter of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
- Noble, Daniel (1810-1885) Surgeon
- Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley (1834-1894) Poet
- Normand, Alexander Robert (1880-1958), chemist
- North, Frederick (1766-1827) 5th Earl of Guilford
- Northcote, Henry Stafford (1846-1911) 1st Baron Northcote, Governor General of Australia
- Northcote, James (1746-1831), painter and author
- Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (1808-1877), poet and campaigner for women's rights
- Noyes, Alfred (1880-1958) Poet
- Nugent, Sir George (1757-1849) 1st Baronet Field Marshal
- Nye, Robert (1939-2016), poet and novelist
- Oakes, Sir Hildebrand (1754-1822) 1st Baronet Lieutenant General
- O'Connor, Sir William Frederick Travers (1870-1943) Knight Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Administrator
- O'Conor, Sir Nicholas Roderick (1843-1908) Knight Diplomat
- Ogilvie, James (? 1775-1851) Deputy Commissary General
- Ogilvie, William Henry (1869-1963), author and journalist
- Ogilvy, Henrietta Blanche (1830-1921), wife of 5th Earl of Airlie
- Ogilvy, James (1664-1730) 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield
- Ogilvy, William Baird (b 1894), Major, Royal Artillery
- O'Hara, Charles (? 1740-1802) General
- Oliphant, Cyril Francis (1856-1890), biographer and critic
- Oliphant, Francis Romano (1859-1894), writer
- Oliphant, Francis Wilson (1818-1859), painter and designer of stained glass
- Oliphant, Laurence (1691-1767) Jacobite
- Oliphant, Laurence (d 1792) Jacobite
- Oliphant, Laurence (1829-1888), diplomatist, traveller and mystic
- Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828-1897), novelist and biographer
- Oliver, Frederick Scott (1864-1934), businessman and publicist
- Oliver, Peter Roderick (1907-1945), Lieutenant-Colonel, mountaineer
- Oliver, Samuel Pasfield (1838-1907), geographer and antiquary
- Ollier, Charles (1788-1859), publisher
- O'Meara, Kathleen (1839-1888) Biographer and Novelist
- Onions, Charles Talbot (1873-1965), lexicographer and philologist
- Onslow, William Hillier (1853-1911) 4th Earl of Onslow
- Ord, Robert (d 1788) Chief Baron of the Scottish Exchequer
- Orde, Sir John (1751-1824) Knight, Admiral, Governor of Dominica
- Orde, Sir Simon Arthur Campbell- (1907-1969) 5th Baronet Major
- Orem, William (fl 1702) Topographer
- Ormsby, John (1829-1895) Travel and Miscellaneous Writer
- Orsmby, Sir Thomas (1797-1833) 3rd Baronet Major
- Osborn, Sherard (1822-1875) Rear Admiral and Author
- Osborne, Francis Godolphin (1751-1799) 5th Duke of Leeds, statesman
- Osbourne, Lloyd (1868-1947), author
- O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar (1844-1881), poet and herpetologist
- O'Sullivan, Mortimer (? 1791-1859) Irish Protestant Minister
- O'Sullivan, Samuel (1790-1851) Chaplain to Royal Hiberbian Military School, Author
- Oswald, Henry Robert (1790-1862), surgeon and physician
- Oswald, Henry Robert (1827-1892) Surgeon General of India
- Oswell, William Cotton (1818-1893) African Explorer
- Ouseley, Sir William Gore (1797-1866) Knight Diplomat
- Outram, George (1805-1856), journalist
- Owen, Sir Edward Campbell Rich (1771-1849) Knight Admiral
- Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892) Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
- Page, David (1814-1879) Geologist
- Paget, Sir Arthur (1771-1840) Knight Diplomat
- Paget, Sir Charles (1778-1839) Knight Vice Admiral
- Paget, John (1808-1892), agriculturist and writer on Hungary
- Paget, John (1811-1898) police magistrate and author
- Paget, Violet (1856-1935), author
- Paisley, Janet (b 1948), writer
- Pakington, John Somerset (1799-1880) 1st Baron Hampton, politician
- Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897), poet and critic
- Palmer, Roundell (1812-1895) 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor
- Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879) Knight Principal Librarian of the British Museum
- Paoli, Pasquale Di (1725-1807) Corsican Patriot
- Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005), Knight, artist
- Pares, Richard (1902-1958), historian
- Park, Mungo (1771-1806), African explorer
- Park, Patric (1811-1855) Sculptor
- Parker, Agnes Miller (1895-1980), wood engraver and book illustrator
- Parker, Douglas Charles (fl 1902-1970), music critic
- Parker, Edward Harper (1849-1926), sinologist and historian
- Parker, Sir Hyde (1739-1807) Knight, Admiral
- Parker, Thomas Jeffery (1850-1897) Biologist and Zoologist
- Parker, Sir William (1743-1802) Baronet, Vice Admiral
- Parker, Sir William (1781-1866), 1st Baronet, Admiral of the Fleet
- Parker, William (fl 1811-1812) Resident at Bencoolen
- Parkes, Sir Henry (1815-1896) Knight Australian Statesman
- Parkes, Joseph (1796-1865), election agent and reformer
- Parry, Charles Henry (1779-1860) Physician
- Parry, Edward (fl 1779-1813) Chairman of East India Co
- Parry, Richard (fl 1808-1811) Resident at Bencoolen
- Pasley, Charles (1824-1890) Major General Royal Engineers
- Pasley, Sir Charles William (1780-1861) Knight, General and military engineer
- Paterson, Alexander (d 1940), medical missionary
- Paterson, Don (b 1963), poet, writer and musician
- Paterson, John (d 1832), architect
- Paterson, William (1658-1719) Founder of the Bank of England
- Paterson, William (fl 1749-1762) Surveyor General of Barbados
- Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton (1823-1896), poet
- Patmore, Peter George (1786-1855) Author and Editor
- Paton, Allan Park (d 1905), librarian of Greenock Library
- Paton, Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel (1861-1914) Director General of Commercial Intelligence India
- Paton, George (1721-1807), biographer and antiquary
- Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (1821-1901) Knight, painter
- Patterson, John Brown (1804-1835), Church of Scotland minister of Falkirk
- Patterson, Robert Hogarth (1821-1886) Journalist and Writer
- Pattison, Andrew Seth Pringle- (1856-1931), philosopher
- Paul, Hamilton (1773-1854), poet
- Paul, Herbert Woodfield (1853-1935), politician, biographer and historian
- Paul, Robert (1788-1866) Banker
- Paulin, Sir David (1847-1930) Knight, businessman
- Payn, James (1830-1898), novelist
- Peach, Charles William (1800-1886), geologist
- Peake, Arthur Samuel (1865-1929), biblical scholar
- Pearson, Richard Lyons Otway (1831-1890) Lieutenant Colonel and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Pease, Sir Alfred (1857-1939) 2nd Baronet
- Peel, Sir Charles Lennox (1823-1899), Knight, Clerk of the Council
- Peel, Sir Robert (1788-1850), 2nd Baronet, statesman
- Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes (1811-1864) 5th Duke of Newcastle, statesman
- Pelham-Holles, Thomas (1693-1768) 1st Duke of Newcastle, statesman
- Pellew, Edward (1757-1833) 1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral
- Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798), naturalist, traveller and topographer
- Pennecuik, Alexander (d 1730), poet
- Pennington, Sir John (? 1568-1646) Knight, Admiral
- Pennington, John (1737-1813) 1st Baron Muncaster, politician
- Pennington, Lowther (1745-1818) 2nd Baron Muncaster, General
- Penrose, Thomas (1769-1851) Diplomat and Churchman
- Percy, Algernon (1792-1865) 4th Duke of Northumberland, Admiral
- Percy, Thomas (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, antiquary
- Perks, Sir Robert William (1849-1934) Knight MP for Louth
- Perris, George Herbert (1866-1920), writer and speaker on international affairs
- Perry, John George (1802-1870) Surgeon
- Peterson, Sir William (1856-1921) Knight, classical scholar and educationist
- Petrie, William (d 1816) Governor of Prince of Wales Island
- Petrie, William Oliver (1913-1998), medical missionary in Nyasaland
- Pettie, John (1839-1893), artist
- Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry (1780-1863) 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, statesman
- Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith (1845-1927) 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, statesman
- Pfeiffer, Emily Jane (1827-1890), poet
- Philip, Hermann (d 1882) missionary to the Jews
- Philip, Sir James Randall (1900-1957) Knight, barrister and public servant
- Phillimore, John George (1808-1865) Jurist Historian
- Phillips, Samuel (1814-1854) Journalist
- Phillips, William (1775-1828) Mineralogist and Geologist
- Phillips, William Edward (fl 1810-1826) Governor of Penang
- Phillpotts, Eden (1862-1960), writer
- Phipps, Constantine Henry (1797-1863) 1st Marquess of Normanby, statesman and author
- Phipps, Henry (1755-1831) 1st Earl of Mulgrave, statesman
- Picken, Andrew (1788-1833) Scottish Author
- Pigot, Sir Henry (1750-1840) Knight General
- Pigot, Sir Hugh (1775-1857) Knight Admiral
- Pinkerton, John (1758-1826), historian and antiquary
- Pitcairn, Robert (1793-1855), antiquary
- Pitcairne, Archibald (1652-1713), physician and poet
- Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-1897), Knight, phonographist
- Pitman, James Campbell (1864-1941) Lord Pitman Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland
- Planta, Joseph (1787-1847), diplomat
- Playfair, James (1755-1794), architect
- Playfair, John (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist
- Playfair, Lyon (1818-1898) 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews, chemist
- Playfair, William Henry (1789-1857), architect
- Plumb, Isabella (1861-1944), Church of Scotland missionary to Poona and Sialkot
- Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon (1854-1932) Knight, Irish statesman
- Pollard, Alfred William (1859-1944), librarian, bibliographer and English scholar
- Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838) Anglican Clergyman Topographer Theologian
- Ponsonby, Frederick Edward Grey (1867-1935) 1st Baron Sysonby
- Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825-1895) Knight, General, private secretary to Queen Victoria
- Pope, Alexander (d 1782), Church of Scotland minister, antiquary
- Popham, Sir Home Riggs (1762-1820) Knight, Rear Admiral
- Porteous, James Archibald Asbury (fl 1941-1973) Economist and Scottish Nationalist
- Porteous, Norman Walker (b 1898) Professor of Hebrew Edinburgh University
- Porter, Jane (1776-1850), novelist
- Porter, Sir Robert Ker (1777-1842) Knight, painter and traveller
- Porteus, Beilby (1731-1809), Bishop of London York, Yorkshire;London;Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Potter, Helen Beatrix (1866-1943), author and illustrator
- Pottinger, Sir Henry (1789-1856) 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Diplomat and Colonial Governor
- Pow, Tom (b 1950), author and poet
- Power, Sir Manley (1773-1826) Knight Lieutenant General
- Power, William (1873-1951) Author and Journalist
- Powlett, Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina (1819-1901), historian, genealogist and wife of 4th Duke of Cleveland
- Powlett, Harry George (1803-1891) formerly Vane, 4th Duke of Cleveland
- Preston, Sir Robert (1740-1834) 6th Baronet
- Preston, William (1753-1807) Poet and Dramatist
- Pretyman, Sir George Tindal (1845-1917) Knight Major General
- Prevost, Sir George (1767-1816) 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Price, Bartholomew (1818-1898) Master of Pembroke College Oxford, mathematician
- Price, Bonamy (1807-1888), economist
- Price, Richard (1723-1791), dissenting minister, philosopher and actuary
- Price, Richard (b 1966), literary editor and poet
- Prideaux, William Francis (1840-1914) Colonel Archaeologist Bibliographer
- Primrose, Sir Archibald (1616-1679) Knight, judge
- Primrose, Archibald John (1783-1868) 4th Earl of Rosebery
- Primrose, Archibald Philip (1847-1929) 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman
- Primrose, Sir Henry William (1846-1923) Knight, civil servant
- Primrose, James (d 1641) Clerk to the Privy Council of Scotland
- Pringle, Alexander (1791-1857), MP, Clerk of the Sessions
- Pringle, Francis (fl 1699-1746), philosopher
- Pringle, Sir John (1707-1782) Baronet, physician
- Pringle, John Quinton (1864-1926), painter
- Pringle, Robert (d 1736) politician
- Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834), poet, secretary to the Anti Slavery Society
- Pringle, Walter (1625-1667) Covenanter
- Proby, John Joshua (1751-1828) 1st Earl of Carysfort
- Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874), poet
- Prothero, Sir George Walter (1848-1922) Knight, historian
- Prowett, Charles Gipps (1818-1874) Barrister and Journalist
- Pughe, John (1815-1874) Physician and Litterateur
- Pulteney, Sir William (1729-1805) 5th Baronet MP
- Purves, John (1877-1961) Reader in Italian Edinburgh University
- Purves, Sir William (d 1685) 1st Baronet Solicitor General of Scotland
- Pusey, Edward Bouverie (1800-1882) Canon of Christ Church Oxford
- Quayle, Eric (1921-2001), book collector
- Quilter, Harry (1851-1907) Art Critic
- Quincey, Thomas de (1785-1859), author
- Rae, John (1813-1893), Arctic explorer
- Rae, Thomas Ian (1926-1989), archivist and historian
- Rae, Sir William (1769-1842) Knight Lord Advocate
- Raeburn, Sir Henry (1756-1823) Knight, portrait painter
- Raffalovich, Marc Andre (1864-1934), religious writer
- Rafferty, Sean (1909-1993), poet
- Raffles, Thomas (1788-1863), Independent Minister, antiquary
- Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (1781-1826) Knight, colonial governor
- Raine, Kathleen Jessie (1908-2003), poet
- Rainy, Robert (1826-1906) Free Church Minister, Author
- Rait, Sir Robert Sangster (1874-1936) Knight Historian and Principal of Glasgow University
- Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander (1861-1922) Knight, critic and essayist
- Ramee, Marie Louise de la (1839-1908), novelist
- Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758), poet
- Ramsay, Allan (1713-1784), painter
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew (c 1620-1688) 1st Baronet Lord Abbotshall
- Ramsay, Andrew Michael (1686-1743) Writer
- Ramsay, Edward Bannerman (1793-1872) Dean of Edinburgh
- Ramsay, James (? 1624-1696) Bishop of Ross
- Ramsay, James Andrew Broun (1812-1860) 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, statesman
- Ramsay, John (1736-1814), author
- Ramsay, John (d 1845) General
- Randolph, Thomas (1523-1590) Diplomat
- Rankin, Iain (b 1960), novelist
- Rankine, Sir John (1846-1922) Knight, professor of Scots Law
- Ransford, Tessa (1938-2015), poet
- Ransley, Trevor John (b1923), civil engineer St Andrews, Fife
- Ratcliffe, Samuel Kerkham (1868-1958), journalist and lecturer
- Rawlins, Francis Ian Gregory (1895-1969) scientist
- Rawnsley, Hardwicke Drummond (1851-1920), Canon of Carlisle Cathedral, poet, antiquary, co-founder of the National Trust
- Reclus, Elisee (1830-1905) Geographer
- Reddie, James (1773-1852) Legal Writer
- Redlich, Edwin Basil (1878-1960), theologian
- Rees, Morgan Goronwy (1909-1979), writer and university principal
- Reeve, Henry (1813-1895), journalist and writer
- Reid, Alastair (b 1926), poet
- Reid, Alexander (1914-1982), author and playwright
- Reid, Forrest (1875-1947), novelist and critic
- Reid, Sir George (1841-1913) Knight, artist and President of Royal Scottish Academy
- Reid, Harry Seymour (d 1943) Bishop of Edinburgh
- Reid, Sir James (1849-1923) 1st Baronet Royal Physician
- Reid, Sir James John (1805-1876) Knight, judge of Ionian Islands
- Reid, James Macarthur (b 1900), author and journalist
- Reid, John (1809-1849) Professor of Anatomy
- Reid, John James (1844-1889), Scottish lawyer and antiquary
- Reid, Robert (1773-1865), businessman and antiquary
- Reid, Sir Thomas Wemyss (1842-1905) Knight, biographer and editor of the Speaker
- Reith, George Murray (1863-1948), Church of Scotland minister and author
- Reith, John Charles Walsham (1889-1971) 1st Baron Reith
- Rendall, Robert (1898-1967), poet
- Rennie, George (1749-1828) Agriculturist
- Rennie, George (1791-1866), civil engineer
- Rennie, James (1787-1867) Zoologist
- Rennie, John (1761-1821), civil engineer
- Rennie, Sir John (1794-1874), Knight civil engineer
- Repington, Charles A'Court (1858-1925) Lieutenant Colonel Author and Journalist
- Repton, John Adey (1775-1860) Architect and Antiquary
- Reynolds, Frederic Mansel (d 1850) Author
- Riccoboni, Marie Jeanne (1714-1792), French actress and novelist
- Richards, Alfred Bate (1820-1876) Dramatist, Journalist and Colonel of Rifle Volunteers
- Richards, Frank Roydon (1899-1978) Rector of Glasgow Academy
- Richardson, John (1780-1864), solicitor
- Richardson, Sir Ralph David (1902-1983) Knight, actor
- Richardson, William (1743-1814), Professor of Humanity, Glasgow University and author
- Richmond, Sir John Ritchie (1869-1963) Knight, industrialist and patron of the arts
- Richmond, Richard (d 1780) Bishop of Sodor and Man
- Rickman, John (1771-1840) Statistician
- Riddell, Alan (1927-1977), poet
- Riddell, George (d 1942) Collector of Folk Songs
- Riddell, Henry Scott (1798-1870), poet
- Riddell, John (1785-1862), peerage lawyer genealogist
- Riddell, Robert (d 1794) Antiquary and Composer
- Ridgeway, Sir Joseph West (1844-1930), Knight, Colonel, diplomat and colonial governor
- Ritchie, Duncan Leitch (1800-1865), novelist and journalist
- Ritchie, John Peacock (fl 1923-1974), ornithologist
- Ritchie, William (1781-1831), journalist
- Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803) Literary Critic
- Roberts, David (1796-1864), painter
- Roberts, Frederick Sleigh (1832-1914) 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Field Marshal
- Roberts, Michael (1902-1948), author and critic Bournemouth, Hampshire
- Roberts, Robert Davies (1851-1911) Educational Administrator
- Robertson, Alexander (d 1749) Jacobite
- Robertson, Charles Moncrieff (d 1927) Gaelic Scholar
- Robertson, David (fl 1809) later Robertson-Macdonald, Lt-Colonel
- Robertson, Edith Anne (1883-1973), poet
- Robertson, Ian Macbeth (b 1918) Civil Servant
- Robertson, James (d 1845) Lieutenant General
- Robertson, James (b 1958), writer
- Robertson, James Logie (1846-1922), author as Hugh Haliburton
- Robertson, Joseph (1810-1866), historian
- Robertson, Sir Lewis (1922-2008) Knight, administrator and industrialist
- Robertson, William (1721-1793), historian
- Robertson, William (1740-1803), antiquary
- Robertson, William (1754-1835) Lord Robertson Scottish Judge
- Robertson, Sir William (1856-1923) Knight Linen Manufacturer
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel (1827-1909) 1st Marquess of Ripon, statesman
- Robinson, Henry Wheeler (1872-1945), theologian
- Robinson, Theodore Henry (1881-1964), Professor of Semitic Languages
- Robinson, Thomas (1738-1786) 2nd Baron Grantham, statesman
- Robison, John (1739-1805), scientist
- Robison, Sir John (1778-1843), Knight inventor
- Rodd, James Rennell (1858-1941) 1st Baron Rennell, diplomat
- Rogers, Charles (1825-1890), author and antiquary
- Rogers, Frederic (1811-1889) 1st Baron Blachford
- Rogers, James Guinness (1822-1911) Congregational Minister at Clapham, author
- Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855), poet
- Rogers, William (1819-1896), clergyman and educational reformer
- Rogerson, John (fl 1823) Court Physician and Privy Counsellor in Russia
- Roget, Peter Mark (1779-1869), physician and philologist
- Romer, John Lambertus (1680-1754) Engineer
- Romilly, Frederick (1810-1887), MP, Lieutenant Colonel
- Ronaldson, Francis (d 1818), surveyor of the General Post Office
- Roscoe, William (1753-1831), banker, botanist, historian and politician
- Rose, George (1744-1818), politician and publicist
- Rose, Sir George Henry (1771-1855) Knight, diplomat
- Rose, Henry John (1800-1873), theologian
- Rose, Hugh Henry (1801-1885) 1st Baron Strathnairn, Field Marshal
- Rose, Sir John (1820-1888) Knight Canadian Statesman
- Rose, Sir William (1808-1885) Knight Clerk of the Parliaments
- Rose, William Stewart (1775-1843) Poet
- Ross, Alexander (1591-1654), Royal Chaplain and author
- Ross, Alexander (1699-1784), fur trader and author
- Ross, Charles (1729-1797) MP General
- Ross, Sir Charles Lockhart (1763-1814) 7th Baronet Lieutenant General MP
- Ross, George Robert Thomson (1874-1959), philosopher
- Ross, Horatio (1801-1886), MP, sportsman
- Ross, John Wilson (1818-1887) Author
- Ross, Neil (1871-1943), Church of Scotland minister and gaelic scholar
- Ross, Raymond J (fl 1979-2000), editor of Cencrastus
- Ross, Thomas (1839-1930), antiquary
- Ross, William (1878-1966), Pipe Major and bagpipe teacher
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894), poet
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882), painter and poet
- Rothenstein, Sir William (1872-1945) Knight, painter
- Rothschild, Alfred Charles de (1842-1918), banker
- Rouat, William (fl 1741-1773) Ecclesiastical Historian
- Rowe, Richard (1828-1879) Author
- Rowley, Sir Charles (1770-1845) 1st Baronet Admiral
- Rowley, Harold Henry (1890-1969) Professor of Hebrew Manchester University
- Ruddiman, Thomas (1674-1757), printer, classical scholar and librarian
- Ruffini, Giovanni Domenico (1807-1881) Italian Revolutionary and Man of Letters
- Rumbold, Sir George Berriman (1764-1807) 2nd Baronet Diplomat
- Runciman, Sir James Cochran Stevenson (1903-2000) Knight, historian
- Rush, Christopher (b 1944), author
- Ruskin, John (1819-1900), author, artist and social reformer
- Russel, Alexander (1814-1876), editor of the Scotsman
- Russel, James (1858-1939) Soldier
- Russell, Arthur Walker (1873-1967), solicitor and mountaineer
- Russell, Charles (1832-1900) 1st Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice
- Russell, Edward Richard (1834-1920) 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool, politician
- Russell, Frances Anna Maria (1815-1898), 2nd wife of Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
- Russell, Francis (1788-1861) 7th Duke of Bedford
- Russell, Lord George William (1790-1846) Major General
- Russell, George William Erskine (1853-1919) Civil Servant and Writer
- Russell, Sir James (1781-1859) Knight, General
- Russell, John (1766-1839) 6th Duke of Bedford
- Russell, Lord John (1792-1878) 1st Earl Russell, statesman
- Russell, John (1842-1876) Viscount Amberley
- Russell, Katharine Louisa (1842-1874) Viscountess Amberley, wife of John Russell, Viscount Amberley
- Russell, Michael (1781-1848) Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
- Russell, Peter (1921-2003), poet, translator
- Russell, Sir William Howard (1820-1907) Knight War Correspondent
- Russell, William James (1830-1909), chemist and educationist
- Rutherford, Andrew (d 1664) Earl of Teviot
- Rutherfurd, Andrew (1791-1854), Lord Rutherfurd Scottish judge
- Ryder, Richard (1766-1832) Statesman
- Sadler, Sir Michael Ernest (1861-1943) Knight Educational Pioneer and Art Patron
- Sadler, Michael Thomas (1780-1835), social reformer and MP
- Sadler, Sir Ralph (1507-1587) Knight Diplomat
- Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman (1845-1933), literary critic and historian
- Sala, George Augustus Henry (1828-1896) Journalist
- Salisbury, Sir Edward James (1886-1978), Knight botanist
- Salt, Henry (1780-1827) Traveller Consul General at Cairo
- Salvesen, Edward Theodore (1857-1942), Lord Salvesen, lawyer, politician and judge
- Sampson, Marmaduke Blake (d 1876) Chairman of the Tontine Association
- Sanderson, Jane Charlotte Burdon- (1835-1889), traveller
- Sanderson, Thomas Henry (1841-1923) 1st Baron Sanderson, civil servant
- Sandford, Sir Daniel Keyte (1798-1838) Knight, classical scholar, MP
- Sandford, Elizabeth (1902-1990), traveller
- Sang, Edward (1805-1890), mathematician
- Sankey, John (1866-1948) Viscount Sankey, Lord Chancellor
- Sarolea, Charles Louis-Camille (1870-1953), political writer and French scholar
- Satow, Sir Ernest Mason (1843-1929) Knight, diplomat and historian
- Saunders, Robert Crombie (1914-1991), Poet and Editor
- Saunders-Dundas, Robert (1771-1851) 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman
- Savill, Sir Eric Humphrey (1895-1980) Knight Estate Administrator and Plantsman
- Sayce, Archibald Henry (1845-1933), orientalist, comparative philologist and Egyptologist
- Schliemann, Heinrich (1822-1890), German archaeologist
- Schmitz, Leonhard (1807-1890) German scholar and Royal tutor
- Scott, Alexander (1813-1843) Raeburn, Dumfriesshire
- Scott, Alexander (1920-1989), poet and academic
- Scott, Alicia Anne (d 1900), composer and collector of songs
- Scott, Anne (1651-1732) 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of 3rd Baron Cornwallis
- Scott, Charles (1805-1841), diplomat
- Scott, Charlotte Mary (c1781-1826), wife of Sir Walter Scott
- Scott, David (1746-1805) Chairman of East India Co
- Scott, David (1806-1849), painter
- Scott, Ernest Findlay (1868-1954), theologian
- Scott, Francis George (1880-1958), composer
- Scott, Henry (1746-1812) 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry
- Scott, James (fl 1774-1788), Scottish clergyman and antiquary
- Scott, Sir John (1585-1670), Knight, Lord Scotstarvet, Scottish lawyer
- Scott, John (1751-1838) 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor
- Scott, John (1783-1821), journalist
- Scott, Margaret Mackenzie (d 1975), journalist and author
- Scott, Michael (1789-1835), novelist
- Scott, Paul Henderson (b 1920) author and diplomat
- Scott, Sir Richard William (1825-1913), Knight, Canadian statesman
- Scott, Robert (1811-1887), Master of Balliol College and Dean of Rochester
- Scott, Sir Robert Heatlie (1905-1982), Knight diplomat and civil servant
- Scott, Thomas Ross (fl 1915-1951), playwright
- Scott, Tom (1918-1995), poet
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) 1st Baronet, poet and novelist
- Scott, Sir Walter (1801-1847) 2nd Baronet, Lieutenant-Colonel
- Scott, Walter (1806-1876) General
- Scott, William (1745-1836) Baron Stowell, judge
- Scott, William (1773-1855) 6th of Raeburn
- Scott, William Bell (1811-1890), poet and painter
- Scott-Douglas, Sir George Henry (1825-1885) 4th Baronet, MP for Roxburghshire
- Scott-Douglas, Sir John James (1792-1836) 3rd Baronet
- Scott-Moncrieff, Charles Kenneth Michael (1889-1930), translator
- Scott-Moncrieff, George Irving (1910-1974), author
- Scott-Waring, John (1747-1819), Major and MP
- Scougal, Henry (1650-1678) Professor of Divinity King's College Aberdeen
- Scrope, John (? 1662-1752) Judge
- Seaman, Sir Owen (1861-1936) Baronet Editor
- Segar, Sir William (d 1633) Knight Herald
- Selbie, John Alexander (1856-1931), Scottish minister and author
- Sellar, Robert James Batchen (b 1893), playwright and author
- Sellar, William Young (1825-1890), classical scholar
- Semple, James George (1759-1815), adventurer
- Senior, Nassau William (1790-1864), economist
- Seth, James (1860-1924), philosopher
- Seton, Alexander (? 1621-1691) 1st Viscount Kingston
- Seton, Archibald (fl 1782-1818) Resident at Delhi
- Seton, Charles (d 1673) 2nd Earl of Dunfermline
- Seward, Anna (1747-1809), author
- Seward, Thomas (1708-1790) Prebendary of Lichfield and Salisbury Poet
- Seymour, Edward Adolphus (1804-1885) 12th Duke of Somerset, statesman
- Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (1840-1929) Knight Admiral of the Fleet
- Seymour, Sir George Francis (1787-1870) Knight, Admiral of the Fleet
- Seymour, Horace Alfred Damer (1843-1902) Secretary to WE Gladstone Deputy Master of Royal Mint
- Seymour, Lord Webb John (1777-1819) scientist, brother of 11th Duke of Somerset
- Shairp, John Campbell (1819-1885), literary scholar
- Shand, Alexander Burns- (1828-1904) Baron Shand, judge
- Shand, Alexander Innes (1832-1907), journalist and critic
- Sharp, James (1613-1679) Archbishop of St Andrews
- Sharp, William (1855-1905), author and poet
- Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick (1781-1851), antiquary and artist
- Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), author and playwright
- Shaw, John Mackintosh (1879-1972), theologian
- Shaw, Lachlan (1692-1777) Minister of Elgin Historian
- Shaw-Lefevre, Charles (1794-1888) Viscount Eversley, Speaker of the House of Commons
- Shaw-Lefevre, George John (1831-1928) Baron Eversley, statesman
- Shedden, Sir Lewis (1870-1941), Knight civil servant politician
- Shee, Sir Martin Archer (1769-1850) Knight, portrait painter
- Shepherd, Nan (1893-1981), author
- Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape (1764-1830) Knight General Colonial Governor
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816), dramatist and politician Dublin, County Dublin
- Sherriff, George (1898-1967) Explorer and Plant Collector
- Shipley, Sir Charles (1755-1815) Knight General
- Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926), journalist and critic
- Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722) Knight, natural scientist and antiquary
- Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942), painter
- Siddons, Harriet (1783-1844), actress
- Siddons, Henry (1774-1815) Actor
- Sim, Alastair (1900-1976), actor
- Sime, James (1843-1895) Author and Journalist
- Simmons, Bartholomew (1804-1850), Irish poet
- Simon, Edith (1917-2003), artist, novelist and historian
- Simpson, James (1781-1853), educationalist and author
- Simpson, Sir James (1792-1868), Knight and General
- Simpson, James Gilliland (1751-1851), merchant
- Simpson, Sir James Young (1811-1870) 1st Baronet, physician
- Simpson, John Palgrave (1807-1887), dramatist and novelist
- Simpson, Percy (1865-1962), Shakespearean scholar
- Simpson, Thomas Blantyre (1892-1954), Sheriff of Perth and Angus
- Simpson, William (1823-1899), artist and war correspondent
- Sims, Richard (1816-1898) Archivist
- Simson, Andrew (1638-1712), author and printer
- Simson, Archibald (? 1564-1628), Church of Scotland minister, author and poet
- Simson, James (fl 1876) Commissioner at Allahabad
- Sinclair, Catherine (1800-1864), novelist
- Sinclair, Sir George (1790-1868) 2nd Baronet Politician and Author
- Sinclair, James (1688-1762) General Diplomat MP
- Sinclair, Sir John (1754-1835) 1st Baronet, politician and agriculturist
- Sinclair, John (1860-1925) 1st Baron Pentland, MP
- Singer, James Burns (1928-1964) Author and Poet
- Sinton, James (fl 1900-1923), antiquary
- Sisson, Charles Jasper (1885-1966), Shakespearean scholar
- Skelton, Henry Aylmer (1884-1959) Bishop of Lincoln
- Skelton, Sir John (1831-1897) Knight Author
- Skene, Felicia Mary Frances (1821-1899) Novelist
- Skene, James (1775-1864), artist and antiquary
- Skene, James Henry (1812-1886), consular official
- Skene, Sir John (? 1543-1617) Knight Lord Curriehill Lord Clerk Register
- Skene, William Forbes (1809-1892), author and historian
- Skinner, William (1700-1780) Chief Engineer of Great Britain
- Sladen, Arthur French (1866-1944) Private Secretary to Governor General of Canada
- Slaney, George Wilson (1884-1978) Novelist as George Woden
- Slater, Gilbert (1864-1938), author and lecturer
- Small, Alexander Cunningham Douglas (1909-1935), schoolmaster and climber
- Small, William (d 1903) Lanarkshire Miners Leader
- Smalley, George Washburn (1833-1916), American correspondent of the Times
- Smallpeice, Sir Basil (1906-1992) Knight Businessman
- Smart, Iain Hugh Murray (fl 1942-1992), mountaineer
- Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904), biographer and didact
- Smirke, Sir Edward (1795-1875) Knight Lawyer and Antiquary
- Smith, Albert Richard (1816-1860), author and lecturer
- Smith, Annie Burnett- (1859-1943), writer
- Smith, Charles Ryder (1873-1956), Professor in Theology, London University
- Smith, Chilton Lind Addison- (1875-1955), Lieutenant-Colonel and lawyer
- Smith, Culling Charles (c 1775-1853) Commissioner of Customs
- Smith, George (1824-1901), publisher
- Smith, Sir George Adam (1856-1942) Knight, Old Testament scholar
- Smith, Goldwin (1823-1910), journalist and historian
- Smith, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871-1937), Knight, anatomist and anthropologist
- Smith, Sir Harry George Wakelyn (1787-1860) 1st Baronet of Aliwal, Lieutenant General, colonial governor
- Smith, Horatio Horace (1779-1849), poet and brother of James Smith
- Smith, Iain Crichton (1928-1998), poet
- Smith, James Robert Dunlop (1858-1921) Lieutenant Colonel
- Smith, Janet Buchanan Adam (1905-1999), author and journalist
- Smith, John Spencer (c 1770-1845), MP and diplomat
- Smith, Joseph (d 1813), diplomat
- Smith, Joshua Toulmin (1816-1869), publicist and lawyer
- Smith, Richard Baird (1818-1861) Colonel Engineer and Master of Mint at Calcutta
- Smith, Sir Robert Murdoch (1835-1900), Knight, Major General, archaeologist and diplomat
- Smith, Robert Murray (1831-1921) Agent General for Victoria
- Smith, Sydney (1771-1845), Canon of St Paul's, wit
- Smith, Sydney Goodsir (1915-1975), poet and playwright
- Smith, Sir Thomas (1513-1577), Knight, Secretary of State
- Smith, Thomas (1817-1906), missionary and mathematician
- Smith, Thomas Southwood (1788-1861), sanitary reformer
- Smith, W. Gordon (1928-1996), playwright Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Smith, Walter Chalmers (1824-1908), poet and preacher
- Smith, William (? 1550-1618), herald
- Smith, William Henry (1808-1872), philosopher and poet
- Smith, Sir William Sidney (1764-1840) Knight, Admiral
- Smollett, Tobias George (1721-1771) Author
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900), astronomer
- Smyth, Sir James Carmichael (1779-1838) 1st Baronet Major General and Colonial Governor
- Smyth, Sir Warington Wilkinson (1817-1890) Knight Mineralogist
- Smyth, William (1765-1849), historian and poet
- Smythe, David (1746-1806), Lord Methven Scottish judge
- Smythe, James Moore (1702-1734), dramatist
- Snadden, James (1854-1934), Presbyterian minister and antiquary
- Snadden, Sir William Mcnair (1896-1959) 1st Baronet MP
- Somerset, Lord Fitzroy James Henry (1788-1855) 1st Baron Raglan, Field Marshal
- Somerville, Alexander George (b 1917), missionary in Calabar
- Somerville, John Southey (1765-1819) 14th Lord Somerville
- Somerville, Sir Robert (1906-1992) Knight Historian
- Somerville, Thomas (1741-1830), historian
- Sorley, William Ritchie (1855-1935) Philosopher
- Sotheby, Sir Edward Southwell (1813-1902), Knight, Admiral
- Sotheby, Herbert George (1871-1954) Lieutenant Colonel
- Soutar, William (1898-1943), poet
- Southey, Caroline Anne (1786-1854), poet
- Southey, Robert (1774-1843), poet, journalist and biographer
- Sowerby, James (1757-1822), naturalist
- Spalding, William (1809-1859), author
- Spark, Dame Muriel Sarah (1918-2006), author
- Spark, Samuel Robin (b 1938), artist
- Speke, John Hanning (1827-1864), explorer in Africa
- Spence, Alan (b 1947) author and poet
- Spence, James Lewis Thomas Chalmers (1874-1955), Scottish Nationalist and journalist
- Spencer, Charles Robert (1857-1922) 6th Earl Spencer
- Spencer, George John (1758-1834) 2nd Earl Spencer, statesman
- Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), philosopher
- Spencer, John Poyntz (1835-1910) 5th Earl Spencer, statesman
- Spender, John Alfred (1862-1942), journalist and author
- Spender, Sir Stephen Harold (1909-1995) Knight, poet
- Spiller, Gustave (fl 1910) Organiser of International Congresses
- Spottiswood, John (1565-1639) Archbishop of St Andrews
- Spottiswood, John (1666-1728) Professor of Law at Edinburgh and Legal Author
- Spottiswood, Sir Robert (1596-1646) Knight Lord Newabbey Scottish Judge
- Spottiswoode, John (1565-1639) Archbishop of St Andrews Historian
- Spottiswoode, John (1666-1728) Keeper of the Advocates Library
- Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur (1858-1918), Knight, diplomat
- Spring-Rice, Thomas (1790-1866) 1st Baron Monteagle, statesman
- Spurzheim, Johann Kaspar (1776-1832), phrenologist
- Stanfield, Sir James (d 1679) Knight
- Stanford, Derek (1918-2008), author
- Stanhope, Philip Henry (1805-1875) 5th Earl Stanhope, historian
- Stanhope, William (? 1683-1756) 1st Earl of Harrington, statesman
- Stanley, Sir Edmond (1760-1843), Knight, Chief Justice in Madras
- Stanley, Edward (1798-1878) Rear Admiral
- Stanley, Edward George Villiers (1865-1948) 17th Earl of Derby, statesman
- Stanley, Edward Henry (1826-1893) 15th Earl of Derby, statesman
- Stanley, Henrietta Maria (1807-1895), wife of 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
- Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) Knight, explorer and journalist
- Stanley, Mary Catherine (1824-1900) Countess of Derby, political hostess and wife of 15th Earl of Derby
- Stansfield, Sir James (d 1687) Knight Soldier and Merchant
- Stead, William Thomas (1849-1912), journalist and author
- Steel, David Martin Scott (b 1938) Baron Steel of Aikwood, politician
- Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729) Knight MP Author
- Steele, Sir Thomas Montague (1820-1890) Knight General
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962), explorer and ethnologist
- Stephens, Henry (1795-1874) Agriculturist
- Stepney, Sir John (1743-1811) 7th Baronet MP Diplomat
- Sterling, John (1806-1844) Author
- Steuart, Charles (d 1798) Cashier and Paymaster American Board of Customs
- Steuart, Sir Henry Seton (1759-1836) 1st Baronet Agriculturist
- Steuart, Sir James (1635-1715) Knight Lord Advocate
- Stevenson, Alan (1807-1865), civil engineer
- Stevenson, Anne (b 1933), poet
- Stevenson, Sir Daniel Macaulay (1851-1944) Baronet, businessman and public servant
- Stevenson, David (1815-1886), civil engineer
- Stevenson, Robert (1772-1850), civil engineer
- Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894), author and traveller
- Stevenson, Robert Macaulay (1860-1952), painter
- Stevenson, Ronald (b 1928), composer
- Stevenson, Thomas (1818-1887), civil engineer
- Stevenson, William (1839-1916), Free Church of Scotland missionary
- Stevenson, William Barron (1869-1954), Professor of Hebrew, Glasgow University
- Stewart, Alexander (1493-1513) Archbishop of St Andrews
- Stewart, Alexander (c 1694-1773) 6th Earl of Galloway
- Stewart, Alison (b 1902), author
- Stewart, Donald James (1920-1992), Scottish Nationalist MP
- Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), philosopher
- Stewart, Helen D'Arcy (1765-1838), song writer
- Stewart, Hope James (d 1881) Painter
- Stewart, James (1831-1905), missionary and college principal in Africa
- Stewart, John (d 1659) 1st Earl of Traquair
- Stewart, John (1736-1806) 7th Earl of Galloway
- Stewart, Sir Lewis (fl 1600) Knight of Kirkhill Advocate and Antiquary
- Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor (1916-2014), author Durham, Durham;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Stewart, Lady Mary Florence Elinor (1916-2014), author
- Stewart, Randolph (1800-1873) 9th Earl of Galloway
- Stewart, Robert (1769-1822) 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, statesman
- Stewart, Robert Hathorn (d 1818), landowner and soldier Physgill, Wigtownshire
- Stewart, Sir Robert King (1854-1930) Knight Colonel County Convener of Lanark
- Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger (1837-1900) Knight, physician
- Stewart, Sir William (1774-1827) Knight, Lieutenant General
- Stewart, William Burton (1872-1936), Lieutenant-Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Stillman, William James (1828-1901) Artist and Journalist
- Stirling, James Hutchison (1820-1909), philosopher
- Stirling, John (d 1727) Principal of Glasgow University
- Stirling, Sir Thomas (1733-1808) 1st Baronet General
- Stirling, Thomas Graham (d 1836)
- Stirling, William (1851-1932), physiologist
- Stirton, John (1871-1944) Royal Chaplain and Librarian Antiquary
- Stoddart, Sir John (1773-1856) Knight, journalist and judge in Malta
- Stoddart, Thomas Tod (1810-1880) Angler and Poet
- Stone, Reynolds (1909-1979) Designer and Engraver
- Stopford, Sir Robert (1768-1847) Knight Admiral
- Story, Robert (1795-1860), Northumbrian poet
- Strachan, Michael Francis (b 1919), historian and businessman
- Strachan, Robert Harvey (1873-1958), theologian
- Strange, Sir Robert (1721-1792) Knight Engraver
- Strange, Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden (1756-1841) Knight, Indian jurist
- Straton, James (d 1856) Prenologist
- Street, George Slythe (1867-1936) Author
- Strickland, Agnes (1796-1874), historian
- Struther, Jan (1901-1953), poet, essayist and hymn writer
- Struthers, Sir John (1823-1899) Knight, anatomist
- Strutt, Joseph (1749-1802) Author Antiquary Engraver
- Struve, Gustav von (1805-1870), publicist and political agitator
- Stuart, Andrew (d 1801), lawyer, politician and genealogist
- Stuart, Sir Charles (1753-1801) Knight, Lieutenant General
- Stuart, Charles (fl 1761-1793) Member of Supreme Council of Bengal
- Stuart, Charles (1779-1845) Baron Stuart De Rothesay, diplomat
- Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir (1720-1788) the Young Pretender
- Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement (1725-1807) Cardinal Duke of York
- Stuart, James (d 1793) Major General
- Stuart, James (1741-1815) General
- Stuart, James (1775-1849) Writer to the Signet
- Stuart, John (1713-1792) 3rd Earl of Bute, statesman
- Stuart, John (1744-1814) 1st Marquess of Bute
- Stuart, Sir John (1759-1815) Knight Lieutenant General
- Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg (? 1795-1872) Jacobite
- Stuart, Lady Louisa (1757-1851) daughter of 3rd Earl of Bute
- Stuart, Ludovick (1574-1624) 2nd Duke of Lennox
- Stuart, Robert (1744-1820) Lieutenant General
- Stukeley, William (1687-1765) Anglican Clergyman Physician Antiquary and Archaeologist
- Sturgis, Julian Russell (1848-1904) Novelist
- Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw (1791-1875) 1st Baron St Leonards, Lord Chancellor
- Summerers, Francis (fl 1801-1807), consul at Bucharest
- Surtees, Robert (1779-1834), antiquary and topographer
- Sutherland, David Macbeth (1883-1973), artist
- Sutherland, James (fl 1880-1885), missionary in Nyasaland
- Sutherland, John (1661-1733) 16th Earl of Sutherland
- Sutherland, Robert Garioch (1909-1981), poet and translator
- Sutherland, William (1708-1751) 17th Earl of Sutherland
- Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (1806-1868), wife of 2nd Duke of Sutherland
- Suttie, Sir George Grant- (1797-1878) 5th Baronet
- Swayne, George Carless (1818-1892) Author
- Swift, Theophilus (1746-1815), writer
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909), poet
- Swinton, George Sitwell Campbell (1859-1937) Captain Colonial Administrator
- Swinton, James Rannie (1816-1888), portrait painter
- Sydenham, Thomas (1780-1816) Diplomat and Indian Administrator
- Sykes, Christopher (1831-1898) of Brantingham Thorpe
- Symon, Mary (fl 1919-1936), poet
- Tagore, Sir Rabindranath (1861-1941) Knight Hindu Poet
- Tait, Archibald Campbell (1811-1882) Archbishop of Canterbury
- Tait, Frederick Guthrie (1870-1900), golfer
- Tait, Peter Guthrie (1831-1901), mathematician and physicist
- Tait, William (1793-1864), publisher
- Talbot, Charles (1660-1718) Duke of Shrewsbury, statesman
- Talbot, Sir Reginald Arthur James (1849-1921) Knight MP Major General Governor of Victoria
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Knight, judge, MP, dramatist and poet
- Tannahill, Andrew (1900-1986), playwright, poet and translator
- Tatton, Margaret E (fl 1926-1941) Director of Le Play Society
- Taylor, Sir George (1904-1993) Knight, botanist
- Taylor, Sir Henry (1800-1886) Knight Author
- Taylor, Sir Herbert (1775-1839) Knight, Lieutenant General
- Taylor, Isaac (1787-1865), artist author and inventor
- Taylor, Isaac (1829-1901), archaeologist and philologist
- Taylor, Philip Meadows (1808-1876), Indian officer and novelist
- Taylor, Rachel Annand (1876-1960), author and journalist
- Taylor, Sir Thomas William (1782-1854) Major General
- Taylor, Tom (1817-1880) Dramatist and Editor of Punch
- Taylor, Vincent (1887-1968) Principal of Wesley College Headingley
- Taylor, Wilfred (d 1987), journalist
- Teissier du Cros, Janet (1905-1990), writer Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Telford, Thomas (1757-1834), civil engineer
- Temple, Henry (1739-1802) 2nd Viscount Palmerston
- Temple, Henry John (1784-1865) 3rd Viscount Palmerston, statesman
- Temple, William Francis Cowper- (1811-1888) Baron Mount Temple, politician
- Tennant, Sir Charles (1823-1906) 1st Baronet MP
- Tennant, Emma Christina (b 1937), author and editor
- Tennant, William (1784-1848), linguist and poet
- Terry, Daniel (? 1780-1829) Actor and Playwright
- Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863), novelist
- Theed, William (1804-1891), sculptor
- Thelwall, John (1764-1834) Reformer and Elocution Teacher
- Thiers, Louis Adolphe (1797-1877) French Statesman and Historian
- Thomas, Freeman Freeman- (1866-1941) 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Viceroy of India
- Thomas, Robert (fl 1794-1805), minister of Abdie
- Thomas, Ruth (b 1967), author
- Thompson, Alice (b 1961), author
- Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth (1860-1948) Knight, zoologist and classical scholar
- Thompson, Edward (? 1738-1786) Commodore RN Author
- Thompson, Sir Edward Maunde (1840-1929) Knight Palaeographer and Museum Director
- Thompson, John Mclean (1887-1977), botanist
- Thompson, Sylvia (b 1934), friend of William Sydney Graham
- Thomson, Allen (1809-1884), biologist
- Thomson, Andrew Mitchell (1779-1831), Church of Scotland minister, author
- Thomson, David (1914-1988), author. researcher and BBC radio producer
- Thomson, Donald (1907-1980), Gaelic educationalist
- Thomson, George (1757-1851), collector of Scottish music
- Thomson, George Malcolm (1899-1996), journalist historian and biographer
- Thomson, Sir George Paget (1892-1975) knight, physicist
- Thomson, James (1700-1748), poet
- Thomson, James Alexander Kerr (1879-1959), classical and literary scholar
- Thomson, John (1765-1846), physician and surgeon
- Thomson, John (1778-1840), landscape painter
- Thomson, Sir John Adam (1927-2018), knight, diplomat
- Thomson, Sir John Arthur (1861-1933) Knight, zoologist
- Thomson, Joseph (1858-1894), African explorer
- Thomson, Thomas (1768-1852), record scholar and advocate
- Thomson, William (1746-1817), writer
- Thomson, William (fl1785), anatomist
- Thomson, William (1802-1852), physician
- Thomson, William (1824-1907) Baron Kelvin, physicist
- Thomson, William Aird (1773-1863), Minister of Free Church, Perth
- Thornbury, George Walter (1828-1876), historian, journalist, poet and traveller
- Thornton, Sir Edward (1766-1852) Knight Diplomat
- Thornton, Richard (1838-1863) Geologist
- Thornton, Sir William (1779-1840), Knight, Lieutenant General Jersey
- Thornycroft, Sir William Hamo (1850-1925), Knight, sculptor
- Thorpe, Thomas (1791-1851) Bookseller
- Thursfield, Sir James Richard (1840-1923) Knight, naval historian and journalist
- Thurston, Katherine Cecil (1875-1911), novelist
- Thynne, Thomas (1734-1796) 1st Marquess of Bath
- Todd, Ruthven Campbell (1914-1978), writer and poet
- Torrens, Sir Henry (1779-1828) Knight Major General
- Townshend, Chauncey Hare (1798-1868), poet
- Townshend, Horatio (1750-1837) Irish Writer
- Trail, James (1750-1808) MP Under Secretary for Ireland
- Trail, William (1640-1714), Presbyterian minister
- Traill, Thomas Stewart (1781-1862), physician and specialist in medical jurisprudence
- Train, Joseph (1779-1852) Scottish Antiquary
- Tranter, Nigel Godwin (1909-2000), novelist
- Traquair, Harry Moss (1875-1954), ophthalmic surgeon
- Traquair, Phoebe Anna Ramsey (1852-1936), artist
- Traquair, Ramsay (1874-1952), architect
- Trefusis, Charles Rodolph (1791-1866) 19th Baron Clinton
- Trefusis, John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes- (1863-1957) 21st Baron Clinton
- Tremayne, Sydney Durward (1912-1986), poet
- Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838-1928) 2nd Baronet Statesman and Historian
- Trevelyan, Hilda (1877-1959), actress
- Trevelyan, Sir Walter Calverley (1797-1879) 6th Baronet, naturalist
- Trevor, Henry Otway (1777-1853) 21st Baron Dacre, General
- Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882), novelist
- Trollope, Thomas Adolphus (1810-1892) Author
- Trotter, Sir Coutts (d 1837) 1st Baronet
- Trotter, Sir Philip Durham (1844-1918) Knight, Colonel
- Trotter, William (1772-1833) Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Troubridge, Sir Edward Thomas (d 1852) Knight Rear Admiral
- Troubridge, Sir Thomas (? 1758-1807) 1st Baronet Rear Admiral
- Trower, Walter John (1804-1877) Bishop of Gibraltar
- Tschiffely, Aime Felix (1895-1954), author and traveller
- Tucker, Henry St George (1771-1851), Indian financier
- Tufnell, Henry (1805-1854) MP for Devonport
- Tulloch, John (1823-1886), Principal of St Andrews University
- Tupper, Martin Farquhar (1810-1889), author, poet and inventor
- Turnbull, Gael Lundin (1928-2004), poet and doctor
- Turnbull, William Barclay David Donald (1811-1863), architect and antiquary
- Turner, Robert Lister (1875-1949) Missionary
- Turner, William (1792-1867), diplomat and author
- Turner, William Price (1927-1988), poet, editor, critic
- Tuttiett, Lawrence (1825-1897) Hymn Writer
- Tweedie, William (1836-1914) Major General
- Tweedie, William King (1803-1863), Free Church of Scotland minister
- Tyrrell, William George (1866-1947) 1st Baron Tyrrell, diplomat
- Tytler, Alexander Fraser (1747-1813), Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer
- Udney, John (d 1803) Vice Consul at Leghorn
- Unwin, Sir Raymond (1863-1940) Knight, architect and town planner
- Ure, David (d 1798) Geologist and Antiquary
- Urquhart, Frederick Burrows (1912-1995), writer
- Urquhart, William Spence (1877-1964), Principal of Scottish Church College, Calcutta
- Valentine, George Donald (1877-1946), Scottish judge
- Vaughan, Charles John (1816-1897) Dean of Llandaff
- Veitch, John (1829-1894), poet biographer philosopher
- Veley, Margaret (1843-1887) Novelist and Poet
- Verney, Frederick William (1846-1913) Anglican Clergyman Diplomat MP
- Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Victoria, Adelaide Mary Louise (1840-1901) Princess Royal of Great Britain German Empress
- Villettes, William Anne (1754-1808) Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Villiers, Sir Frances Hyde (1852-1925) Knight, diplomat
- Villiers, George (1592-1628) 1st Duke of Buckingham
- Villiers, George William Frederick (1800-1870) 4th Earl of Clarendon, statesman
- Villiers, Thomas (1753-1824) 2nd Earl of Clarendon
- Vines, Alice Gilmore (1923-2009), historian
- Waddell, Hope Masterton (1804-1895), missionary
- Wade, George (1673-1748) Field Marshal
- Wale, Sir Charles (1763-1845) Knight General Governor of Martinique
- Walford, Edward (1823-1897) Genealogist and Topographer
- Walker, Alexander (1764-1831), Brigadier and General Governor of St Helena St Helena
- Walker, Archibald Stodart (1869-1934), physician and author
- Walker, Sir Baldwin Wake (1802-1876) Knight Admiral Surveyor of the Navy
- Walker, Sir William Stuart (1813-1896) Knight Lawyer
- Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie (1841-1919) Knight, journalist
- Wallace, James (d 1688) Clergyman, Writer On Orkney
- Wallace, Robert (1773-1855), MP, postal reformer
- Wallace, Robert (1831-1899) Devine and MP
- Wallace, Sir Thomas (fl 1680) Knight 1st Lord of Session