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Businesses (43)
- Alexandra Whaling Co Lerwick, Shetland
- Rowand Anderson Partnership, architects Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Bank of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Belfast Glass Works Belfast, County Antrim
- Boulton, Watt & Co (afterwards James Watt & Co), engineers and ironfounders Smethwick, Staffordshire
- Robert Brown, notary public
- James Brunton, writer to the signet Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Cadell & Davies, publishers and booksellers London
- Campbell & Campbell, solicitors Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Dansk Hvalfangst Og Fiskeri A/S, whaling co
- William Deuchar, merchant
- John Doers, merchant Montrose, Angus
- Everyman, journal
- T & A Fairholme, bank Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Robert Geddes, merchant Culross, Fife
- Glenbuck ironworks Glenbuck, Ayrshire
- Gordon Wright Publishing Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ian Robertson Grant, antiquarian bookseller Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Andrew and William Holden, farmers of Lawhead and Traprain farms East Lothian;Lothian
- Holtzapffel & Co, mechanical engineers, lathe and tool makers London
- George Kilpatrick, physician and ships surgeon
- William Laing, bookseller Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Lanark Twist Co, cotton manufacturers New Lanark, Lanarkshire
- Benjamin Murdoch MC, solicitor and notary Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, publishers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- New Whaling Co
- Olna Whaling Co Lerwick, Shetland
- Paraffin Oil Co
- Polar Whaling Co Leith, Midlothian
- Christian Salvesen Ltd, transport and logistics company Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
- Scotch Mines Co, lead mine proprietors London
- Laurence Scott, merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scottish Students' Song Book Committee Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Sevilla Whaling Co Leith, Midlothian
- South Georgia Co Ltd, whalers Leith, Midlothian
- Edward Taylor, architect Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Turnbull Salvesen & Co, shipowners Leith, Midlothian
- James Waddel, farmer Crofthead, West Lothian
- William Wardrop, apothecary Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Robert Watson, writer to the signet
- Weekly Magazine
- York Buildings Co Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Merchant Edinburgh, Midlothian
Organisations (123)
- Adelpho-Theological Society
- Ailsa, whaler
- Albuera, whaler
- Anatomical Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Apollo, whaler
- Balgonie and Markinch Baronies Balgonie, Fife
- Berwickshire: sheriff Berwickshire;Borders
- Botanical Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Brandon, whaler
- British Federation of University Women: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Carson and Pillans Class Club, Edinburgh High school Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Chirurgo-Physical Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Church of Scotland General Assembly Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Commissioners for public accounts
- Coronda, whaler
- Crail constabulary taxes Crail, Fife
- Davidson Clinic, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Easy Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Amateur Orchestral Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Anti-Apartheid Group Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Campaign
- Edinburgh Geological Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh German Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Hellenic Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh International Club Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Philomathetic Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Plinian Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Royal Choral Union Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh Spanish Evangelisation Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Celtic Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Classical Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Darwinian Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Diagnostic Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Dialectic Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Dumfriesshire Students Debating Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Hunterian Medical Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Indian Association Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Philosophical Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Scots Law Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Symposium Club Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University UFO Research Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University Womens Debating Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edinburgh University, General Council Edinburgh, Midlothian
- English Association: Scottish branch
- Fintra, whaler
- Folda, whaler
- George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Giralda, whaler
- Glen Derry, whaler
- Glen Farg, whaler
- Glen Gairn, whaler
- Glen Tanar, whaler
- Glen Tilt, whaler
- Glitra, whaler
- Historical Association of Scotland
- Holy Trinity parish, Bosbury Bosbury, Herefordshire
- Lanark Smith Trades Lanark, Lanarkshire
- William Lowndes, secretary to the Treasury
- Marna, whaler
- Medical Society of Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Minerva
- Mousewald Parish Church Mousewald, Dumfriesshire
- National Whaling Board
- New Lanark Institution for the Formation of Character New Lanark, Lanarkshire
- New Sevilla, whaler
- Orkla, whaler
- Overdale, whaler
- Paisley Dispensary Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Phrenological Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Poker Club (to establish a Scottish militia) Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ramornie Golf Club, Musselburgh and St Andrews St Andrews, Fife
- Ravenstone, whaler
- Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Committee, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Round Table Club, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Anthropological Institute: Edinburgh and Lothians branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Household and Wardrobe
- Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Medical Society
- Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
- Royal Scottish Forestry Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Russell, whaler
- Saganaga, whaler
- Saima, whaler
- Salvestria, whaler
- Sampson, schooner
- Samson
- Sapphire Project (Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History) Dundee, Angus
- Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society
- Scottish Council for African Questions
- Scottish Ecclesiological Society Scotland;Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire;Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Scottish Gymnastics
- Scottish Marine Station Granton, Midlothian
- Scottish Microscopical Society
- Sea poor box (fishermen), St Andrews St Andrews, Fife
- Sedna, whaler
- Sellasia, whaler
- Seringa, whaler
- Sevilla, whaler
- Shekatika, whaler
- Sirikishna, whaler
- Society for the Reformation of Manners in Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Society of Writers to Her Majestys Signet Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Sourabaya, whaler
- Southern Harvester, whaler
- Southern Venturer, whaler
- Soutra, whaler
- Standing Committee on Anthropological Teaching in Scotland
- Streatham (4), east indiaman
- Symra, whaler
- Tana, whaler
- Tanworth parish Tanworth, Warwickshire
- Theolectic Society, Edinburgh University Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Tolsta, whaler
- Tron Church, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- United Kikuyu Language Committee
- Valund, whaler
- Wernerian Natural History Society Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Whalers Consultative Committee
Persons (945)
- Abercrombie, David (1909-1992), phonetician
- Abercromby, John (1841-1924) 5th Baron Abercromby
- Abernethy, John (1764-1831), surgeon
- Adam, Robert Archibald (fl 1865-1871), travelist diarist Canada;Scotland
- Addison, Sir Joseph (1879-1953) Knight, diplomat
- Affleck, James Ormiston (1840-1922) Knight, physician
- Agassiz, Alexander (1835-1910), zoologist
- Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873), naturalist
- Ainslie, George Robert (1776-1839), Lt- General, colonial governor
- Ainslie, Sir Whitelaw (1767-1837), surgeon
- Ainsworth, William Francis (1807-1896), geographer and geologist
- Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer and mathematician
- Aitken, Alexander Craig (1895-1967), mathematician
- Aitken, John (1793-1833), editor of Constable's Miscellany
- Akerman, John Yonge (1806-1873), numismatist and antiquary
- Albers, Johann Abraham (1772-1821), German physician
- Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich (1886-1957), writer
- Alexander, Sir James Edward (1803-1885) Knight, General
- Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867), 1st Baronet, historian
- Allan, Sir William (1782-1850) Knight, painter
- Alston, Charles (1683-1760), physician and botanist
- Alston, Edward Richard (1845-1881), zoologist
- Ambler, Richard Penry (1933-2013), professor of molecular biology
- Anderson, Alexander (1845-1909), poet
- Anderson, James (1662-1728), lawyer, genealogist and antiquary
- Anderson, Robert (1750-1830), physician and editor
- Angell, Sir Ralph Norman (1874-1967) Knight, peace campaigner and author
- Annandale, Thomas (1838-1907) Professor of Clinical Surgery Edinburgh University
- Appleton, Sir Edward Victor (1892-1965) Knight, physicist
- Arber, Edward (1836-1912), literary scholar
- Archer, Sir Simon (1581-1662) Knight, antiquary and MP
- Archer, William (1856-1924), dramatist and drama critic
- Arthur, James (fl 1850) Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals
- Arthur, John William (1881-1952), medical missionary in Kenya
- Ashworth, James Hartley (1874-1936), zoologist
- Atkinson, Fenton Robinson (1784-1859), lawyer and bibliophile
- Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin- (1808-1884), geologist
- Bacon, Anthony (1558-1601), diplomat
- Bailey, Samuel (1791-1870), economist and philosopher
- Baillie, John (1886-1960), theologian
- Baillie, Robert (1599-1662), Presbyterian minister Principal of Glasgow University
- Bale, John (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, antiquary
- Balfour, Arthur James (1848-1930) 1st Earl of Balfour, statesman
- Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley (1853-1922) Knight, botanist
- Balfour, John Hutton (1808-1884), botanist
- Bandinel, Bulkeley (1781-1861) Bodley's Librarian
- Bantock, Sir Granville Ransome (1868-1946) Knight, composer
- Barkla, Charles Glover (1877-1944), physicist
- Barry, William (1849-1930), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- Bartholomew, John George (1860-1920), cartographer
- Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892), naturalist
- Bayne, Alexander (d 1737), Professor of Scots Law, Edinburgh University
- Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1823-1887), editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Beattie, James (1735-1803), poet
- Beddard, Frank Evers (1858-1926) zoologist
- Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maximilian (1872-1956) Knight, author and cartoonist
- Bell, Robert (1800-1867), journalist and writer
- Bell, Robert (1841-1917), geologist
- Bellenden, Sir Lewis (1553-1591) Knight, Lord Auchinol, Scottish Judge
- Bellew, John Chippendall Montesquieu (1823-1874), author and preacher
- Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (1870-1953), poet and author
- Benes, Edouard (1884-1948) Czechoslovak statesman
- Benjamin, Lewis S (1874-1932), writer as Lewis Melville
- Bennett, John Hughes (1812-1875), physician and physiologist
- Benson, Robert Hugh (1871-1914), Roman Catholic writer and apologist
- Berry, Richard James Arthur (1867-1962), anatomist
- Beynon, Sir William John Granville (1914-1996) Knight, physicist
- Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924), antiquary and editor
- Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley (1786-1855) Knight, composer
- Black, James Tait (1826-1911), publisher
- Black, Joseph (1728-1799), chemist
- Black, William (1841-1898), novelist
- Black, William Henry (1808-1872), antiquary
- Blackie, John Stuart (1809-1895), classical scholar and man of letters
- Blackie, WH (fl 1836-45) genealogist
- Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791), poet
- Blackwood, William (1776-1834), publisher
- Blades, William (1824-1890), printer, historian and bibliographer
- Blair, Hugh (1718-1800), Church of Scotland minister, Professor of Rhetoric
- Bloomfield, Barry Cambray (1931-2002), librarian and bibliographer
- Bogue, David (1750-1825), Congregational minister, historian and educationist
- Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884), translator and publisher
- Bolitho, William (1815-1895), tin smelter and banker
- Bolton, Frederic James (1908-1993), poet
- Bonar, Archibald (1753-1816), Free Church minister, author
- Bone, Henry (1755-1834), painter
- Bonney, Francis Augustus Burdett (1804-1877), surgeon and writer
- Bonney, John Augustus (d 1813), solicitor and author
- Borland, Catherine Robina (d 1946), cataloguer
- Borland, Francis (d 1722), minister of Glassford
- Born, Max (1882-1970), German-British physicist
- Boswell, Alexander (1707-1782) Lord Auchinleck, judge
- Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775-1822) 1st Baronet, poet and antiquary
- Boswell, Robert (1746-1804), psalmist
- Botfield, Beriah (1807-1863), bibliographer and antiquary, MP
- Bownes, Mary (b 1948), molecular and developmental biologist
- Bracebridge, Charles Holte (1799-1872), friend of Florence Nightingale
- Breese, Edward (1835-1881), solicitor and antiquary
- Brent, John (1808-1882) antiquary novelist
- Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868) Knight, natural philosopher
- Bright, James Franck (1832-1920) Master of University College, Oxford
- Bright, Richard (1789-1858), physician
- Britton, John (1771-1857), antiquary and topographer
- Bromhead, Sir Edward Ffrench (1789-1855) 2nd Baronet
- Brougham, Henry Peter (1778-1868) 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, Lord Chancellor
- Brown, George Mackay (1921-1996), author
- Brown, Gerald Baldwin (1849-1932), professor of Fine Art, art historian
- Brown, Irene Jessie (1919-2017), civil servant
- Brown, John (1778-1848), theologian
- Brown, John (1784-1858), minister of the United Presbyterian church and theologian
- Brown, John Alexander Harvie- (1844-1916), ornithologist
- Brown, Peter Hume (1849-1918), historian
- Browne, Isaac Hawkins (1745-1818), essayist and MP
- Brownlie, Thomas Archibald Campbell (1914-2010), civil engineer
- Bruce, Alexander Low (d 1893), son in law of David Livingstone
- Bruce, Charles Edward Rhodes (1902-1979), astronomer and physicist
- Bruce, John (1802-1869), antiquary
- Bruce, William Speirs (1867-1921), polar explorer and oceanographer
- Brunton, James (fl 1795-1810) Lieutenant Colonel
- Buchan, John (1875-1940) 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, novelist, historian, MP, governor-general of Canada
- Buchan, Peter (1790-1854), collector of Scottish ballads
- Buchanan, Francis Hamilton (1762-1829), surgeon and botanist
- Buchanan, George (1506-1582), historian and scholar
- Bullen, Arthur Henry (1857-1920), publisher and author
- Bullen, George (1816-1894), Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum
- Bullock, William (fl 1808-1827), antiquary and naturalist
- Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich (1870-1953), poet and novelist
- Burgess, Joseph Tom (1828-1886), antiquary
- Burgon, John William (1813-1888), Dean of Chichester, antiquary
- Burnet, Alexander (1614-1684), Archbishop of St Andrews
- Burns, Robert (1759-1796), poet
- Burns, Tom (1913-2001) sociologist
- Burns, William Chalmers (1815-1868), Presbyterian missionary in China
- Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850-1910), classical scholar educationist MP
- Butt, John Everett (1906-1965) Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh
- Cadell, Thomas (1773-1836), publisher
- Caine, Sir Thomas Henry Hall (1853-1931) Knight, novelist
- Calderwood, Henry (1830-1897), philosopher
- Callander, John (d 1789), lawyer and antiquary
- Campbell, Alexander (1764-1824), composer and writer
- Campbell, Colin (1644-1726), theologian
- Campbell, Frederick (1780-1866) General
- Campbell, George Douglas (1823-1900) 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman
- Campbell, John (1708-1775), historian and topical writer
- Carey, William (1761-1834), orientalist and missionary
- Carlyle, Alexander (1722-1805), Church of Scotland minister and memorialist
- Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh (1801-1866), poet and writer
- Carlyle, John Aitken (1801-1879), physician
- Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), historian, essayist and philosopher
- Carmichael, Alexander (1832-1912), civil servant and folklorist
- Carnall, Geoffrey D. (1927-2015), Reader in English Literature at Edinburgh University, peace activist
- Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885), naturalist
- Carruthers, Robert (1799-1878), writer and editor
- Carruthers, Samuel William (1866-1962), anaesthetist
- Carstares, William (1649-1715), statesman, minister of Greyfriars, Edinburgh
- Carswell, John Patrick (1918-1997), civil servant and historian
- Carswell, Sir Robert (1793-1857) Knight, physician and pathological anatomist
- Carter, Mark Raymond Bonham- (1922-1994) Baron Bonham Carter, politician
- Chalmers, Sir David Patrick (1835-1899) Knight, advocate and colonial magistrate
- Chalmers, George (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847), Church of Scotland minister and social reformer
- Chambers, Robert (1802-1871), publisher and author
- Chapman, Guy Patterson (1889-1972), historian
- Chappell, William (1809-1888), music publisher
- Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1821-1882), genealogist
- Chesterton, Cecil Edward (1879-1918), journalist
- Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936), poet, novelist and critic Kensington, Middlesex
- Cheyne, George (1671-1743), physician
- Chiene, John (1843-1923) Professor of Surgery
- Child, Francis James (1825-1896), philologist
- Christie, Alexander Turnbull (1801-1832), surgeon and scientist
- Christison, Alexander (1753-1820), Professor of Humanity, Edinburgh University
- Christison, Sir Robert (1797-1882) 1st Baronet, toxicologist
- Chrystal, George (1851-1911), mathematician
- Clark, Arthur Melville (1895-1990), Reader in English Literature
- Clarke, William Branwhite (1798-1878), geologist
- Clarke, William Eagle (1853-1938), ornithologist
- Clibborn, Stanley Booth- (1924-1996), Bishop of Manchester
- Cockburn, Alicia (? 1712-1793), author
- Cockburn, Henry (1779-1854), Lord Cockburn Scottish judge
- Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle (1867-1962) Knight, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, bibliographer
- Colden, Cadwallader (1688-1776), botanist and American loyalist
- Collier, John Payne (1789-1883), Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary and journalist
- Collis, John Day (1816-1879), vicar of Stratford upon Avon, classical scholar
- Colquhoun, Sir James (1804-1873), 4th Baronet
- Conder, Josiah (1789-1855), bookseller and author
- Conybeare, William Daniel (1787-1857), geologist
- Corner, George Richard (1801-1863), solicitor and antiquary
- Corney, Bolton (1784-1870), literary critic
- Corser, Thomas (1793-1876), bibliographer
- Cosens, Frederick William (1819-1889), wine merchant and art collector
- Coxe, Henry Octavius (1811-1881), librarian, palaeographer and antiquary
- Craig, Archibald Campbell (1888-1985), biblical scholar
- Craig, James Thomson Gibson (1799-1886), antiquary
- Craik, George Lillie (1798-1866), author
- Crawford, Louisa Matilda (c1791-1857), songwriter
- Crawfurd, George (d 1748), genealogist and historian
- Crockett, Samuel Rutherford (1860-1914), novelist
- Croker, Thomas Crofton (1798-1854), Irish antiquary
- Croll, James (1821-1890), physical geologist
- Cromek, Thomas Hartley (1809-1873), painter
- Cruickshank, Helen Burness (1886-1975), poet
- Cullen, William (1710-1790), physician
- Cummyng, James (fl 1760-1789), herald painter and antiquary
- Cunard, Nancy (1896-1965), poet, publisher and political activist
- Cunningham, Allan (1784-1842), poet and songwriter
- Cunningham, Daniel John (1850-1909), physician
- Cunningham, John (1880-1968), Colonel, physician
- Cunningham, Peter (1816-1869), author, critic, antiquary and editor
- Cunningham, Sir Thomas (fl 1640-1654) Knight, Scots Conservator in the Netherlands
- Curle, Richard Henry Parnell (1883-1968), traveller and author
- Cushny, Arthur Robertson (1866-1926), pharmacologist
- Dallas, Elmslie William (1809-1879), artist, teacher and photographer
- Dallas, Eneas Sweetland (1828-1879), journalist and author
- Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792) third baronet, Lord Hailes, judge and historian
- Dalrymple, James (1619-1695) 1st Viscount Stair, statesman
- Dalrymple, Sir John (1726-1810) 4th Baronet, judge and historian
- Dalyell, Sir John Graham (1775-1851) Knight, antiquary and naturalist
- Dalzel, Andrew (1742-1806), classical scholar, historian
- Dalzel, Archibald (fl 1762-1807), Governor at Cape Coast Castle, West Africa
- Daniel, George (1789-1864), miscellaneous writer and bibliophile
- Daniel, Peter (1924-2015), landscape architect
- Darling, Sir Frank Fraser (1903-1979) Knight, ecologist
- Darwin, Sir Francis (1848-1925) Knight, botanist
- Davidson, John (c1724-1797), lawyer and antiquary
- Davidson, Roger (b 1942), medical historian
- Davidson, Thomas (1817-1885), palaeontologist
- Davies, Alan (1931-2015), professor in applied linguistics
- Davies, Reginald (1887-1971), colonial administrator
- Davies, Thomas Stephens (1795-1851), mathematician and writer on science
- Dawson, Sir John William (1820-1899) Knight, geologist
- Dearmer, Percy (1867-1936), liturgiologist and hymnologist
- Dempster, George (1732-1818), MP, East India Co director, agriculturalist
- Denham, Lady Frances Steuart (1723-1789)
- Denham, Sir James Steuart- (1712-1780) 7th Baronet, economist
- Denham, Michael Aislabie (1801-1859), folklorist Piercebridge, Durham
- Denison, Albert (1805-1860) 1st Baron Londesborough, antiquary
- Dennistoun, James (1803-1855), antiquary
- Dent, Joseph Malaby (1849-1926), publisher
- Deuchar, Alexander (d 1844), antiquary
- Dibdin, Henry Edward (1813-1866), musician
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847), vicar of Exning, antiquary and bibliographer
- Dicey, Albert Venn (1835-1922), jurist
- Dick, Sir Alexander (1703-1785) 3rd Baronet, physician
- Dick, Robert (1811-1866), geologist and botanist
- Dickinson, William Croft (1897-1963), historian
- Dixon, William Hepworth (1821-1879), historian and traveller
- Dixon, William Macneile (1866-1946), author and English scholar
- Donaldson, Gordon (1913-1993), historian
- Donaldson, John (1789-1865), Professor of Music, Edinburgh Unviersity
- Dott, Norman Mcomish (1897-1973), neurologist
- Douce, Francis (1757-1834), antiquary
- Douglas, Dunbar James (1809-1885) 6th Earl of Selkirk
- Douglas, John (1721-1807) Bishop of Salisbury
- Douglas, Sir Robert (1694-1770), 6th Baronet, genealogist
- Douglas, Thomas (1771-1820) 5th Earl of Selkirk
- Douglas, William (1784-1821) of Almorness Kirkcudbright MP
- Douglas, Sir William Fettes (1822-1891) Knight, artist and connoisseur
- Dowden, Edward (1843-1913), Professor of English Literature and critic
- Drummond, George (1687-1766) Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- Drummond, James (1816-1877), painter
- Dryden, Sir Henry Edward Leigh (1818-1899) 7th Baronet, antiquary
- Duncan, Andrew (1744-1828), physician
- Duncan, Andrew (1773-1832), physician
- Duncan, Peter Martin (1821-1891), geologist
- Dundas, Henry (1742-1811) 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
- Dundas, Robert (1758-1819) Lord Arniston Scottish Judge
- Dunlop, William (? 1649-1700) Principal of the University of Glasgow
- Durham, Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood (1763-1845) Knight, Admiral
- Dyce, Alexander (1798-1869), scholar
- Eden, Morton Frederick (1752-1830) 1st Baron Henley, diplomat
- Edge, David Owen (1932-2003), physicist and science educator
- Elliot, Sir Gerald Henry (b 1923) Knight, chairman, Christian Salvesen plc
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert (1782-1859) 2nd Earl of Minto, statesman
- Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869) Knight, Principal Librarian of the British Museum and antiquary
- Elmsley, Peter (1773-1825), classical scholar
- Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859), Governor of Bombay, historian of India
- Erskine, David Steuart (1742-1829) 11th Earl of Buchan, author and antiquary
- Erskine, John (1721-1803), Church of Scotland minister and author
- Erskine, Thomas (1750-1823) 1st Baron Erskine, Lord Chancellor
- Evans, Sir John (1823-1908) Knight, archaeologist and numismatist
- Ewart, James Cossar (1851-1933), naturalist
- Faed, Thomas (1826-1900), painter
- Fairfax, Brian (1633-1711), politician
- Fairholt, Frederick William (1813-1866), antiquary
- Falconer, Hugh (1808-1865), botanist and palaeontologist
- Farvis, William Ewart John (1911-2005), professor of electrical engineering
- Ferguson, Adam (1723-1816), philosopher
- Ferguson, James (1710-1776), astronomer
- Ferrier, James Frederick (1808-1864), metaphysician
- Finlayson, James (1758-1808) Professor of Logic
- Flamsteed, John (1646-1719), astronomer
- Flint, Robert (1838-1910), philosopher and theologian
- Flower, Edward Fordham (1805-1883), author
- Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747) Lord President of the Court of Session
- Forbes, Edward (1815-1854), naturalist
- Forbes, James David (1809-1868), natural philosopher
- Forbes, Robert (1708-1775), Bishop of Ross and Caithness, Jacobite
- Foster, Sir Augustus John (1780-1848) 1st Baronet, diplomat
- Fothergill, John (1712-1780), physician
- Fraser, Alexander Campbell (1819-1914), Professor of Logic, Edinburgh University
- Fraser, Sir John (1885-1947) 1st Baronet, surgeon and Principal of Edinburgh University
- Fraser, Marjory Kennedy- (d 1930), singer
- Fraser, Simon (c 1667-1747) 12th Baron Lovat
- Fraser, Simon (1726-1782) Lieutenant General Master of Lovat
- Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard (1841-1920) Knight, pharmacologist
- Fraser, Sir William (1816-1898) Knight, genealogist and antiquary
- Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894), historian
- Fuller, Roy Broadbent (b 1912), poet and author
- Furness, Horace Howard (1833-1912), American Shakespearean scholar
- Furnivall, Frederick James (1825-1910), scholar, editor and oarsman
- Garden, Francis, (1721-1793), Lord Gardenstone, Scottish Judge
- Gardiner, Marguerite (1789-1849), author and hostess, wife of 1st Earl of Blessington
- Gardner, Michael Leopold George (1946-2013), biochemist and physiologist
- Geddes, Sir Patrick (1854-1932) Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner
- Geikie, Sir Archibald (1835-1924) Knight, geologist
- Geikie, James (1839-1915), geologist
- Gibbs, Henry Hucks (1819-1907) 1st Baron Aldenham, banker and scholar
- Gibson, Betty D (fl 1928-1960), missionary
- Gill, Charles Lovett (1880-1960), architect
- Gilmour, Sir John (d 1671) Knight, Scottish judge
- Goddard, Thomas (? 1740-1783), Brigadier General, East India Co army
- Godwin, George (1815-1888), architect
- Goodsir, John (1814-1867), anatomist
- Gordon, Sir Alexander (1650-1726) Knight, Covenanter
- Gordon, William (d 1724), minister of Barr
- Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888), zoologist
- Graham, George Farquhar (1789-1867), musician
- Graham, Thomas (1748-1843) Baron Lynedoch, General
- Grant, Anne (1755-1838), author
- Granville, George (1667-1735) Baron Lansdowne, poet and dramatist
- Gray, Sir Alexander George (1884-1968) Knight, banker
- Gray, James (1770-1830) poet
- Gray, John (1866-1934) Poet
- Green, Mary Anne Everett (1818-1895), historian
- Greene, Joseph (1712-1790) Anglican Clergyman Schoolmaster Antiquary
- Greenfield, William Smith (1846-1919), pathologist
- Greenwood, Alan William (1897-1981), zoologist and geneticist
- Gregory, David (1661-1708), astronomer
- Gregory, James (1638-1675) Mathematician
- Gregory, James (1753-1821), physician
- Gregory, John (1724-1773), physician and writer
- Greville, George Guy (1818-1893) 4th Earl of Warwick
- Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford (1866-1960) Knight, Professor of English Literature, Edinburgh University
- Grieve, Christopher Murray (1892-1978), poet
- Grieve, George A (b 1888), missionary and headmaster of the Alliance School, Kikuyu
- Grist, John Frank (b 1924) Broadcaster
- Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1827-1899), author and editor
- Gunn, John (1801-1890) Vicar of Barton Turf With Irstead Geologist
- Gutch, John Mathew (1776-1861), journalist
- Guthrie, Charles John (1849-1920), Lord Guthrie, Scottish lawyer and antiquary
- Guthrie, Douglas James (1885-1975), medical historian
- Hamilton, Alexander (1767-1852) 10th Duke of Hamilton
- Hamilton, Charles (1753-1828) 8th Earl of Haddington
- Hamilton, Iain (1920-1986), journalist, author and poet
- Hamilton, James (1767-1839), obstetrician
- Hamilton, William (1704-1754), poet
- Hamilton, William (1758-1807), anatomist
- Hamilton, Sir William (1788-1856) Baronet, philosopher
- Hannay, Robert Kerr (1867-1940), historian
- Hardie, William Ross (1862-1916), classical scholar
- Harkness, Robert (1816-1878), geologist
- Harris, Charles Amyand (1813-1874) Bishop of Gibraltar
- Harrison, Austin (1873-1928), author and editor
- Harrison, Frederic (1831-1923), author and positivist
- Harrison, William (1802-1884), antiquary
- Hart, James (1663-1729), minister of Greyfriars, Edinburgh
- Hartshorne, Charles Henry (1802-1865), antiquary
- Hassall, Joan (1906-1988), painter and wood engraver
- Hay, David Ramsay (1798-1866), decorative artist and author
- Hazlitt, William Carew (1834-1913), bibliographer and historian
- Heatley, David Playfair (1867-1944), historian
- Heddle, Mathew Forster (c 1827-1897), mineralogist
- Henderson, Ebenezer (1809-1879), mechanician and author
- Henderson, Hamish (1919-2002), poet, songwriter, soldier and intellectual
- Henderson, William (1810-1872), homeopathic physician
- Henderson-Begg, Rev William (1877-1934), rector of St. Paul and St. George and canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Heron, Robert (1764-1807), author
- Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) 1st Baronet, astronomer
- Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822) Knight, astronomer and musician
- Hetherington, Hector Alastair (1919-1999), journalist and editor
- Heywood, James (1810-1897), politician and scholar
- Hicks, Henry (1837-1899), surgeon and geologist
- Hildyard, James (1809-1887), classical and liturgical scholar
- Hill, David Octavius (1802-1870), painter and photographer
- Hill, George (1750-1819) Principal of St Mary's College St Andrews
- Hodge, John (b 1964), screenwriter and dramatist
- Hodgson, Sir Arthur (1818-1902) Knight, Mayor of Stratford On Avon
- Hog, Thomas (1628-1692), Church of Scotland minister
- Holl, Henry (1811-1884), actor and author
- Home, David Milne- (1804-1890), advocate and scientist
- Home, Sir Everard (1756-1832) 1st Baronet Surgeon
- Home, Francis (1719-1813), physician
- Home, Gordon Cochrane (1878-1969), author and artist
- Home, James (1760-1844) Professor of Materia Medica
- Home, John (1722-1808) Author
- Hone, Joseph Maunsell (1882-1959), writer
- Hood, Helen Patuffa (b 1889), harpist
- Hope, John (1725-1786), botanist and physician
- Hope, Sir Thomas (1573-1646), 1st Baronet Lord Advocate of Scotland
- Hope, Thomas Charles (1766-1844), chemist
- Hopkins, William (1793-1866), mathematician and geologist
- Hopper, Clarence (1817-1868), palaeographer and antiquary
- Horn, David Bayne (1901-1969), historian
- Horner, Leonard (1785-1864), geologist
- Horsley, John (1685-1732), archaeologist and Presbyterian minister
- Hotten, John Camden (1832-1873) Publisher
- Howell, Sir Thomas (1802-1883) Knight, businessman and author
- Hull, Edward (1829-1917), geologist
- Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von (1769-1859), naturalist and traveller
- Hume, Abraham (1814-1884), antiquary and social writer
- Hume, David (1711-1776), philosopher and historian
- Hume, David (1757-1838), jurist and judge
- Hunter, Andrew (1743-1809) Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University
- Hunter, John (d 1809) Physician
- Huth, Henry (1815-1878), banker and bibliophile
- Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895) Scientist
- Hyndman, Henry Mayers (1842-1921) Socialist Leader
- Ibbott, Ralph (b 1925), author
- Ingleby, Clement Mansfield (1823-1886), Shakespearean critic and author
- Innes, Cosmo (1798-1874), antiquary
- Innes, Thomas (1662-1744), Roman Catholic priest and historian
- Ireland, William Henry (1777-1835) Writer and Forger
- Irving, David (1778-1860), biographer
- Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw (1904-1986), writer Cheshire
- Jacks, Lawrence Pearsall (1860-1955) Principal of Manchester College
- Jackson, Sir John (1851-1919) Knight, civil engineer
- James, I (1566-1625) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Jameson, John Gordon (1878-1955), MP and author
- Jameson, Robert (1774-1854), mineralogist
- Jameson, William (fl 1689-1720), historian
- Jameson, William (1815-1882), botanist
- Jamieson, Robert (? 1780-1844), Scottish anthologist
- Jardine, John (1716-1766), minister of Liberton
- Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874) 7th Baronet Naturalist
- Jeaffreson, John Cordy (1831-1901), novelist, biographer and archivist
- Jefferson, Sir Geoffrey (1886-1961) Knight, neurosurgeon
- Jeffrey, Francis (1773-1850), Lord Jeffrey Scottish judge and critic
- Jeffreys, John Gwyn (1809-1885) Conchologist
- Jerdan, William (1782-1869), journalist
- Jervise, Andrew (1820-1878), painter and antiquary
- Jewitt, Llewellyn Frederick William (1816-1886), antiquary
- Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor (1812-1880), novelist
- Joachim, Joseph (1831-1907), violinist
- Johnston, Archibald (1610-1663), Lord Warriston,Scottish statesman
- Johnstone, James (d 1798), Scandinavian antiquary
- Jones, John Winter (1805-1881) Principal Librarian of the British Museum
- Jones, Thomas (1810-1875), Chetham librarian, antiquary
- Jones, Thomas Rupert (1819-1911), geologist
- Judd, John Wesley (1840-1916), geologist
- Jukes, Joseph Beete (1811-1869), geologist
- Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1879-1944), Sanskrit scholar, constitutional lawyer and historian
- Kelland, Philip (1808-1879), mathematician
- Kendall, Sheena Lillian Grant (1883-1974), composer
- Kennedy, Marjorie Jean Oswald (d 2002), wartime codebreaker and librarian
- Kenrick, Bruce Henderson (1920-2006), clergyman and founder of Shelter
- Ker, Walter (d 1833) Lieutenant General
- Kerr, Schomberg Henry (1833-1900) 9th Marquess of Lothian, statesman
- Kerr, William John (1737-1815) 5th Marquess of Lothian
- King, Kenneth (b 1940), Director of the Centre of African Studies
- King, Samuel William (1821-1868), entomologist and geologist
- Kinnear, Sir Norman Boyd (1882-1957) Knight, ornithologist
- Kinneir, Sir John Macdonald (1782-1830) Knight, traveller and diplomat
- Kirk, Robert (1644-1692), Gaelic scholar
- Kirkpatrick, John (1835-1926), legal historian
- Kirkwood, James Pugh (1807-1877), American civil engineer
- Knight, William Angus (1836-1916), author and philosopher
- Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983), author
- Koteliansky, Samuel Solomonovich (1880-1955), translator
- Laing, David (1793-1878), antiquary
- Laing, William (1764-1832), bookseller
- Lamb, Kenneth Henry Lowry (b 1923), broadcaster
- Lane, John (1854-1925), publisher
- Lang, Andrew (1844-1912), anthropologist, classicist and historian
- Lang, Andrew Monro (d 2000), architect
- Lang, William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945) Baron Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Larking, Lambert Blackwell (1797-1868), antiquary
- Latey, William (1885-1976), lawyer and legal writer
- Lauder, Sir John (1646-1722) Knight, Lord Fountainhall. Scottish judge, politician and diarist
- Laws, Robert (1851-1934), missionary
- Laycock, Sir Thomas (1812-1876) Knight, mental physiologist
- Leared, Arthur (1822-1879) Physician and Traveller
- Leatham, William Henry (1815-1889) MP Author
- Lee, John (1779-1859), Church of Scotland minister and university principal
- Lee, Sir Sidney (1859-1926) Knight, Shakespearean scholar and biographer
- Leechman, William (1706-1785) Principal of Glasgow University
- Leighton, Kenneth (1929-1988), composer
- Lemon, Robert (1779-1835), archivist
- Leslie, John (1527-1596) Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross
- Leslie, Sir John (d 1825) 4th Baronet
- Leslie, Sir John (1766-1832) Knight, mathematician and natural philosopher
- Levien, Edward (1819-1874), archivist and historian
- Levy, Sir Arthur (1855-1938) Knight, dealer in precious stones
- Lilly, Joseph (1804-1870), bookseller
- Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford (1812-1880) 25th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, John (d 1803) Surgeon Cryptogamist
- Lindsay, John Maurice (1918-1990), writer and broadcaster
- Lister, Joseph (1827-1912) Baron Lister, surgeon
- Little, Kenneth Lindsay (1908-1991) social anthropologist
- Littlejohn, Sir Henry Duncan (1828-1914) Knight, physician
- Littlejohn, Henry Harvey (1862-1927), forensic scientist
- Lizars, John (? 1787-1860), surgeon
- Lloyd, George Ambrose (1879-1941) 1st Baron Lloyd, politician and colonial administrator
- Lockhart, Sir George (1630-1689) Knight, Lord President of Court of Session
- Lodge, Sir Richard (1855-1936) Knight, historian
- Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817-1904), diplomat and colonial governor
- Logan, John (1748-1788), Church of Scotland minister, poet
- Lorimer, James (1818-1890) Professor of Law
- Lorimer, John Henry (1856-1936), painter
- Lorimer, Peter (1812-1879), Presbyterian minister and biographer
- Lorimer, Sir Robert Stodart (1864-1929) Knight, architect
- Low, George (1746-1795), naturalist
- Lowndes, William (1652-1724) Secretary to the Treasury
- Lubbock, John (1834-1913) 1st Baron Avebury, politician
- Lucas, Edward Verrall (1868-1938), author and publisher
- Lucey, Eric (d 2010), scientific film pioneer
- Lyell, Charles (1767-1849), botanist and student of Dante
- Lyell, Sir Charles (1797-1875), 1st Baronet, geologist
- Macalpine, Alexander Gillon (1869-1957), Malawi missionary Malawi
- Macbain, Alexander (1855-1907), Celtic scholar
- MacCaig, Norman Alexander (1910-1996), poet
- MacColl, Norman (1843-1904), Editor of the Athenaeum
- MacCormick, Donald Neil (1941-2009), Scottish Nationalist MEP
- Maccormick, Joseph (1733-1799) Principal of St Andrews University
- Macdonald, Alexander (c 1745-1796) 1st Baron Macdonald of Slate
- Macdonald, Sir George (1862-1940) Knight, numismatist, archaeologist and civil servant
- Macdonald, Harry Lindsay Somerled (1861-1936), cricketer
- Macdonald, William Donald (1827-1862), Lt-Colonel, 93rd Foot
- Mackay, George (1678-1748) 3rd Baron Reay
- Mackenzie, George (1630-1714) 1st Earl of Cromarty
- Mackenzie, Sir George (1636-1691) Knight, legal author
- Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831), novelist and miscellaneous writer
- Mackenzie, Sir James (1853-1925) Knight, physician
- Mackie, Charles (1688-1770), historian
- Mackinnon, Donald (1839-1914), Celtic scholar
- Mackintosh, James (1858-1944) Professor of Civil Law Edinburgh University
- Maclagan, Sir Douglas (1812-1900) Knight, Professor of Medicine Edinburgh University
- MacLaurin, Colin (1698-1746), mathematician
- Maclean, Norman (1869-1952), Church of Scotland minister, poet
- Macmillan, Alexander (1818-1896), publisher
- Macmurray, John (1891-1976), philosopher
- Macneill, Hector (1746-1818), poet
- Macphail, Earle Monteith (1861-1937), missionary and educationalist
- Macpherson, Hector (d 1924), author and journalist
- Macpherson, John (1745-1821), Baronet MP Governor General of Bengal
- Macray, William Dunn (1826-1916) Rector of Ducklington Antiquary Archivist
- MacWilliam, Iain Coutts (1926-2013), brewing scientist
- Madden, Sir Frederic (1801-1873) Knight, antiquary and palaeographer
- Madden, Frederic William (1839-1904), numismatist and librarian
- Maidment, James (1793-1879), antiquary
- Malcolm, Sir Ian Zachary (1868-1944) Knight, politician and diplomat
- Marcet, Alexander John Gaspard (1770-1822), physician
- Mare, Walter John de la (1873-1956), author and poet
- Marshall, Beatrice (fl 1880-1930), author
- Marshall, Percy Edwin Alan Johnson- (1915-1993), urban designer, regional planner and educator
- Martin, John (1791-1855), bibliographer, librarian and antiquary
- Martin, Dr Margaret Melville Rae (1941-2005), obstetrician and gynaecologist
- Martyn, Etherington (fl 1793-1801), antiquary
- Marwick, Sir James David (1826-1908) Knight, historian and legal writer
- Marwick, William Hutton (1863-1940), missionary
- Masaryk, Jan Garrigue (1886-1948) Czech politician
- Maseres, Francis (1731-1824), mathematician, historian and reformer
- Mason, Eudo Colecestra (1901-1969), German scholar
- Masson, David (1822-1907), biographer and editor
- Matthew, Sir Robert Hogg (1906-1975) Knight, architect
- Maurois, Andre (1885-1967) Author
- Maxwell, Sir William Stirling- (1818-1878), 9th Baronet MP, historian and art collector
- McCrie, Thomas (1772-1835), Scottish Seceder and church historian
- McCrie, Thomas (1797-1875), historian and theologian
- McCulloch, Robert (1740-1824), minister of Dairsie
- McGlew, Tom (d 2016), Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh
- McNair, Thomas Jaffrey (1927-1994), surgeon
- Melville, Robert (1723-1809), General and antiquary
- Menzies, Allan (1805-1856), professor of conveyancing
- Michel, Francisque (1809-1887), antiquary
- Middleton, Sir Thomas Hudson (1863-1943) Knight, agriculturalist
- Millar, John (1735-1801), jurist
- Miller, James (1791-1865), poet
- Miller, John Birmingham (1778-1855), lawyer
- Miller, Samuel Christie- (1810-1889), MP for Newcastle Under Lyme
- Mitchell, Alexander Ferrier (1822-1899), ecclesiastical historian
- Mitchell, James Leslie (1901-1935), novelist as Lewis Grassic Gibbon
- Mitchell, Keith (d 2012), head of English studies, University of Edinburgh
- Moir, David Macbeth (1798-1851), physician and author
- Moir, John William (d 1940), joint manager of the African Lakes Co, beekeeper
- Moncreiff, Sir Henry Wellwood (1750-1827) 8th Baronet Minister of St Cuthbert Edinburgh
- Moncreiffe, Sir Rupert Iain Kay (1919-1985) 11th Baronet, herald and genealogist
- Money, Sir Leo George Chiozza (1870-1944) Knight, politician, author and journalist
- Monro, Alexander (1697-1767), physician
- Monro, Alexander (1733-1817), anatomist
- Monro, Alexander (1773-1859), anatomist
- Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Walter Francis (1806-1884) 5th Duke of Buccleuch
- Moor, James (1712-1779), classical scholar
- More, Jacob (1740-1793), landscape painter
- Morgan, Arthur William Crawford (b 1931) Chief Executive Industrial Society
- Morgan, Augustus de (1806-1871), mathematician
- Morgan, Thomas (1819-1892), archaeologist
- Morrison, William Shepherd (1893-1961) 1st Viscount Dunrossil, speaker of the House of Commons and governor-general of Australia
- Mortimer, William Charles Chapman- (1907-1988), novelist
- Moseley, Sidney Alexander (1888-1961), author and journalist
- Motherwell, William (1797-1835), poet
- Mounsey, John Little (1852-1933), solicitor
- Muir, Edwin (1887-1959), poet and author
- Muir, Sir William (1819-1905) Knight, Indian administrator
- Muirhead, James Patrick (1813-1898), biographer of James Watt
- Muirhead, John Henry (1855-1940), philosopher
- Muirhead, Roland Eugene (1868-1964) Scottish Nationalist
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
- Mure, Sir William (1594-1657) Knight, poet
- Mure, William (1799-1860), classical scholar, antiquary, MP
- Murray, Alexander (d 1777) Jacobite
- Murray, Alexander (1811-1884), geologist
- Murray, David (d 1668) 4th Viscount Stormont
- Murray, David (1727-1796) 2nd Earl of Mansfield, statesman
- Murray, James (1690-1764) 2nd Duke of Atholl
- Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837-1915) Knight, lexicographer
- Murray, John (1660-1724) 1st Duke of Atholl
- Murray, Lord John (d 1787) Colonel, son of 1st Duke of Atholl
- Murray, John (c 1786-1851) Scientific Lecturer
- Murray, John (1808-1892), publisher
- Murray, Sir John (1841-1914) Knight, naturalist and oceanographer
- Murray, John Archibald (1779-1859) Lord Murray Scottish Judge
- Murray, Sir Kenneth (1930-2013), professor of molecular biology
- Murray, Noreen Elizabeth (1935-2011), professor of molecular genetics
- Murrie, Sir William Stuart (b 1903), civil servant
- Murry, John Middleton (1889-1957), writer and journal editor
- Mylne, Robert (? 1643-1747), satirist and antiquary
- Mylne, Robert William (1817-1890), architect, engineer and geologist
- Napier, Francis (1758-1823) 8th Baron Napier
- Napier, Macvey (1776-1847), editor of Edinburgh Review
- Napier, Mark (1798-1879), biographer
- Neaves, Charles (1800-1876), Lord Neaves, judge and humorist
- Neill, Patrick (1776-1851), naturalist
- New, Herbert (1821-1893), lawyer and antiquary
- Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher
- Nichols, John Gough (1806-1873), printer and antiquary
- Nicholson, Brinsley (1824-1892), scholar
- Nicholson, Frank Carr (d 1962), librarian of Edinburgh University
- Nicholson, Joseph Shield (1850-1927), economist
- Nicol, James (1810-1879), geologist
- Nicoll, Henry Maurice Dunlop (1884-1953), psychiatrist
- Nicoll, Sir William Robertson (1851-1923) Knight, journalist
- Nicolson, William (1655-1727), Bishop of Derry, antiquary
- Niecks, Frederick (1845-1924), musicologist
- Nisbet, Alexander (1657-1725), antiquary and genealogist
- Noake, John (1816-1894), antiquary
- Noel, Conrad Le Despenser Roden (1869-1942) Christian Socialist
- Novikoff, Olga Alekseevna (1848-1925), Russian journalist
- Nye, Robert (1939-2016), poet and novelist
- Ogilvie, Alan Grant (1887-1954), geographer
- Ogilvie, Sir Frederick Wolff (1893-1949) Kight, economist
- Ogilvie, John (1733-1813), Presbyterian minister and author
- Ogilvy, David (1725-1803) Lord Ogilvy Jacobite
- Ogilvy, James (1664-1730) 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield
- Ormerod, George (1785-1873), antiquary
- Orr, John (1885-1966) Professor of French
- Oswald, Alexander (1811-1868) MP
- Oswald, James (? 1777-1853), merchant and politician
- Oswald, Richard (1705-1784), merchant and politician
- Oswald, Richard Alexander (1771-1841), politician
- Outram, Sir Benjamin Fonseca (1774-1856) Knight, naval surgeon and entomologist
- Ouvry, Frederic (1814-1881), antiquary
- Park, John (1804-1865), Church of Scotland minister and composer
- Paton, George (1721-1807), biographer and antiquary
- Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (1821-1901) Knight, painter
- Pattison, Andrew Seth Pringle- (1856-1931), philosopher
- Peach, Charles William (1800-1886), geologist
- Pearson, Charles John (1843-1910) Lord Pearson Scottish Judge MP
- Pengelly, William (1812-1894), geologist
- Percy, Thomas (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, antiquary
- Perham, Dame Margery Freda (1895-1982), historian
- Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph (1791-1865), surgeon and antiquary
- Philippart, John (1784-1874), military writer
- Philips, James (fl 1943-1993), Senior Lecturer in Vet Microbiology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
- Phillimore, John Swinnerton (1873-1926), classical scholar and poet
- Phillipps, James Orchard Halliwell- (1820-1889), antiquary and literary scholar
- Phillipps, Sir Thomas (1792-1872) Baronet, antiquary, collector of MSS and books
- Phillips, John (1800-1874), geologist
- Pickford, John (1842-1892), Sanskrit scholar
- Pinker, James Brand (1863-1922), literary agent
- Pinkerton, John (1758-1826), historian and antiquary
- Pitcairn, Robert (1793-1855), antiquary
- Pitcairne, Archibald (1652-1713), physician and poet
- Planche, James Robinson (1796-1880), herald and dramatist
- Playfair, James (1738-1819) Principal of St Andrews University
- Playfair, John (1748-1819), mathematician and geologist
- Playfair, William Henry (1789-1857), architect
- Plowden, Lady Bridget Horatia (1910-2000), educationalist and civil servant
- Pollock, Sir David (1780-1847) Knight, judge
- Pollock, Martin Rivers (1914-1999), molecular biologist
- Pont, James (fl 1624) Scottish herald
- Potter, Jacobus Louw (1924-2015), physician and scientist
- Prestage, Edgar (1869-1951), Professor of Portuguese, historian
- Prestwich, Sir Joseph (1812-1896) Knight, geologist
- Primrose, Sir Archibald (1616-1679) Knight, judge
- Pringle, Sir John (1707-1782) Baronet, physician
- Prothero, Sir George Walter (1848-1922) Knight, historian
- Purves, Sir William (d 1685) 1st Baronet Solicitor General of Scotland
- Quillinan, Dorothy (1804-1847), author
- Rae, Oswald (1892-1967), magician
- Raine, James (1791-1858), antiquary and topographer
- Raine, Kathleen Jessie (1908-2003), poet
- Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758), poet
- Ramsay, Allan (1713-1784), painter
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew (c 1620-1688) 1st Baronet Lord Abbotshall
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie (1814-1891) Knight, geologist
- Rankine, Sir John (1846-1922) Knight, professor of Scots Law
- Ransford, Tessa (1938-2015), poet
- Raspe, Rudolph Erich (1737-1794) Mineralogist Author of 'munchausen'
- Ratcliffe, John Ashworth (1902-1987), physicist
- Reeves, William (1815-1892) Bishop of Connor and Dromore antiquary
- Reid, James Seaton (1798-1851), church historian
- Renard, Alphonse Francois (1842-1903), philologist and geologist
- Rendle, William (1811-1893), physician and antiquary
- Rennie, George (1791-1866), civil engineer
- Rennie, John (1761-1821), civil engineer
- Renwick, James (1662-1688) Scottish Covenanter
- Renwick, John Peter (b 1939), Professor of French, Edinburgh University
- Renwick, William Lindsay (1889-1970) Professor of English Literature
- Reynolds, Stephen (1881-1919), author
- Rhys, Ernest Percival (1859-1946), author and editor
- Richardson, James (d 1877) Egyptologist
- Richardson, Sir John (1787-1865) Knight, surgeon, Arctic explorer and naturalist
- Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761), novelist
- Riddell, John (1785-1862), peerage lawyer genealogist
- Ritchie, James (1882-1958), naturalist and archaeologist
- Roberts, Edward (1819-1875) Architect
- Robertson, Joseph (1810-1866), historian
- Robertson, William (1721-1793), historian
- Robison, John (1739-1805), scientist
- Rogers, Charles (1825-1890), author and antiquary
- Rose, John Holland (1855-1942), historian
- Ross, Sir James Stirling (1877-1961) Knight, civil servant
- Round, John Horace (1854-1928), historian
- Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm (1871-1954), sociologist and manufacturer
- Rowse, Eric Alan Ambrose (1896-1982), architectural educator
- Rushforth, Margaret Winifred (1885-1983), psychoanalyst
- Russell, John Scott (1808-1882), naval architect
- Russell, Lord William (1767-1840) Diplomat
- Rutherford, Daniel (1749-1819), physician and botanist
- Rutherford, John (1695-1779) Professor of Medicine Edinburgh University
- Rutherford, William (1839-1899), physiologist
- Sackville, Lady Margaret (1881-1963), author
- Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman (1845-1933), literary critic and historian
- Salter, John William (1820-1869), geologist
- Sang, Edward (1805-1890), mathematician
- Sarolea, Charles Louis-Camille (1870-1953), political writer and French scholar
- Sawyer, William Kingston (1828-1881), author
- Schafer, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey- (1850-1935) Knight, physiologist
- Scharf, Sir George (1820-1895) Knight, director of the National Portrait Gallery
- Schlapp, Otto (1859-1939) Professor of German, Edinburgh University
- Scholes, Percy Alfred (1877-1958), musicologist
- Scott, Hew (1791-1872), minister and historian
- Scott, Tom (1918-1995), poet
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) 1st Baronet, poet and novelist
- Selby, Walford Dakin (1845-1889), archivist
- Sellar, William Young (1825-1890), classical scholar
- Semeonoff, Boris (1910-1988), psychologist
- Seth, James (1860-1924), philosopher
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922) Knight, explorer
- Shairp, John Campbell (1819-1885), literary scholar
- Sharp, James (1613-1679) Archbishop of St Andrews
- Sharp, Lauriston William (1897-1959), librarian and archivist
- Sharp, Sir William (d 1706) Knight, Deputy Keeper of the Signet Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Sharp, William (1856-1919), entomologist
- Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick (1781-1851), antiquary and artist
- Sharpe, Joshua (fl 1750-1786), barrister
- Sharpey, William (1802-1880), physiologist
- Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), author and playwright
- Shepperson, George Albert (b 1922), historian
- Shoberl, Frederic (1775-1853), author
- Shoberl, William (d 1853), publisher
- Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722) Knight, natural scientist and antiquary
- Sieveking, Sir Edward Henry (1816-1904) Knight, physician
- Sime, James (1843-1895) Author and Journalist
- Simpson, Sir Alexander Russell (1835-1916) Knight, Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University
- Simpson, Sir James Young (1811-1870) 1st Baronet, physician
- Sims, George Frederick (1923-1999), antiquarian bookseller and writer
- Simson, Andrew (1638-1712), author and printer
- Simson, John (? 1668-1740), theologian
- Sinclair, Sir John (1754-1835) 1st Baronet, politician and agriculturist
- Sinclair, William Angus (1905-1954) Philosopher
- Singer, Samuel Weller (1783-1858), author
- Sisson, Charles Jasper (1885-1966), Shakespearean scholar
- Sissons, Brian (1926-2018), earth scientist
- Small, John (1828-1886), librarian, historian and literary scholar
- Smiles, Samuel (1812-1904), biographer and didact
- Smith, Benjamin Leigh (1828-1913), explorer
- Smith, Charles Roach (1807-1890), antiquary
- Smith, Sir George Adam (1856-1942) Knight, Old Testament scholar
- Smith, George Tulloch Bisset- (1863-1922), civil servant and writer
- Smith, James (1782-1867), merchant, geologist and scholar
- Smith, John (1747-1807), antiquary and Gaelic scholar
- Smith, John James (1807-1883), antiquary and clergyman
- Smith, John Russell (1810-1894), bookseller
- Smith, Norman Kemp (1872-1958), philosopher
- Smith, Sir Thomas Broun (1915-1988) Knight, lawyer
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi (1819-1900), astronomer
- Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865), Admiral, scientist and antiquary
- Sollas, William Johnson (1849-1936), geologist
- Sonnabend, Yolanda (b 1935), theatre designer and artist
- Sotheby, Samuel Leigh (1805-1861), auctioneer and antiquary
- Southey, Robert (1774-1843), poet, journalist and biographer
- Spelman, Henry (? 1564-1641), historian and antiquary
- Spencer, Harriet (1794-1867), mother of Herbert Spencer
- Spilsbury, William Holden (1803-1877), librarian and historian of Lincoln's Inn
- Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage (1811-1888), Vice Admiral, hydrographer and author
- Sprigge, Timothy Lauro Squire (1932-2007), philosopher
- St John, Henry Craven (1837-1909), Admiral
- Stanley, John Thomas (1766-1850) 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, MP, antiquary
- Stark, Dame Freya Madeline (1893-1993), author and traveller
- Staunton, Howard (1810-1874), chess player and Shakespearean scholar
- Staunton, John (1799-1888), antiquary
- Steven, William (1796-1857), historian and clergyman
- Stevens, Henry (1819-1886), book dealer
- Stevenson, Joseph (1806-1895), historian, archivist and Roman Catholic priest
- Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), philosopher
- Stewart, Sir Frederick Henry (1916-2001) Knight, geologist
- Stewart, Helen D'Arcy (1765-1838), song writer
- Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger (1837-1900) Knight, physician
- Stirling, Catherine Mary (1819-1879), collector
- Stirling, James Hutchison (1820-1909), philosopher
- Stokes, Henry Paine (1849-1931), antiquary
- Stone, Edward James (1831-1897), astronomer
- Strachey, John St Loe (1860-1927), editor and proprietor of the Spectator
- Strickland, Agnes (1796-1874), historian
- Strickland, Elizabeth (1794-1875), author
- Strong, Herbert A (d 1928), classical scholar
- Strong, Leonard Alfred George (1896-1958), writer
- Struthers, Sir John (1823-1899) Knight, anatomist
- Stuart, Andrew (d 1801), lawyer, politician and genealogist
- Stuart, Charles (1639-1672) 6th Duke of Lennox
- Stuart, Charles (1779-1845) Baron Stuart De Rothesay, diplomat
- Suess, Eduard (1831-1914), geologist
- Swann, Michael Meredith (1920-1990) Baron Swann, biologist
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909), poet
- Syme, James (1799-1870), surgeon
- Symonds, William Samuel (1818-1887), geologist and author
- Tait, Peter Guthrie (1831-1901), mathematician and physicist
- Taylor, Alexander Burt (1904-1972) Registrar General for Scotland
- Tennant, James (1852-1933), industrialist
- Tennant, William (1784-1848), linguist and poet
- Thomas, Gilbert Oliver (1891-1978), author and poet
- Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783-1869), General, Colonial Governor, politician, economist
- Thoms, William John (1803-1885), antiquary
- Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville (1830-1882) Knight, naturalist
- Thomson, George (1757-1851), collector of Scottish music
- Thomson, James (1700-1748), poet
- Thomson, Sir John Arthur (1861-1933) Knight, zoologist
- Thomson, Joseph (1858-1894), African explorer
- Thomson, Thomas (1768-1852), record scholar and advocate
- Thomson, Sir William (fl 1660) Knight, clerk to the Burgh of Edinburgh
- Thorkelin, Grimur Jonsson (1752-1829), Icelandic scholar
- Thorpe, Markham John (1817-1863), antiquary
- Timmins, Samuel (d 1903), antiquary
- Tite, Sir William (1798-1873) Knight, architect
- Tod, Richard (fl 1901-1917), children's book illustrator and author
- Todd, James Henthorn (1805-1869) Professor of Hebrew Trinity College Dublin
- Tomlins, Frederick Guest (1804-1867), journalist and publisher
- Tovey, Sir Donald Francis (1875-1940) Knight, musician
- Townshend, Thomas (fl 1794-1843), engineer
- Trethowan, Sir James Ian Raley (1922-1990), journalist
- Trevelyan, Sir Walter Calverley (1797-1879) 6th Baronet, naturalist
- Turnbull, William Barclay David Donald (1811-1863), architect and antiquary
- Turner, Arthur Logan (1865-1939), surgeon
- Turner, Dawson (1775-1858), banker, botanist, art collector and antiquary Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Turner, Sir William (1832-1916) Knight, anatomist
- Turner, William Price (1927-1988), poet, editor, critic
- Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana (1862-1940), author and journalist London
- Tytler, Alexander Fraser (1747-1813), Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer
- Tytler, Patrick Fraser (1791-1849), historian
- Upcott, William (1779-1845), antiquary and autograph collector
- Urquhart, Frederick Burrows (1912-1995), writer
- Utterson, Edward Vernon (1776-1856), literary antiquary
- Vincent, John Amyatt Chaundley (1826-1905), architect and genealogist
- Wain, John Barrington (1925-1994), novelist, poet, literary critic
- Walker, Sir Edward (1612-1677) Knight, Garter King of Arms
- Walker, John (1731-1803), naturalist
- Walker, Joseph Cooper (1761-1810), antiquary
- Wallace, Sir David (b 1945), professor of physics
- Wallace, George (d ? 1805) Scottish Advocate and Poet
- Wallace, Robert (1697-1771) Writer On Population
- Wallace, Robert (1853-1939), professor of agriculture and rural economy
- Wallace, William (1768-1843), mathematician
- Wallich, Nathaniel (1786-1854), botanist
- Walsh, Ewart Geoffrey (1922-2003), neurophysiologist
- Walsh, William Henry (1913-1986), professor of logic and metaphysics
- Wardlaw, Ralph (1779-1853), Scottish Congregational minister
- Ware, Samuel Hibbert- (1782-1848), antiquary and geologist
- Waring, Edward John (1819-1891), physician
- Warren, Frederick Edward (1842-1930), liturgical scholar and historian
- Warren, Reginald Augustus (1820-1911), landowner
- Warter, Ellen Caroline (1839-1929), granddaughter of Robert Southey
- Waterhouse, George Robert (1810-1888), naturalist
- Waterlow, Sir Sydney Philip (1878-1944) Knight, diplomat
- Watson, William John (1865-1948) Celtic scholar
- Watson, William Stewart (1800-1870), painter
- Watt, James (1736-1819), engineer Birmingham, Warwickshire;Greenock, Renfrewshire;Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Handsworth, Staffordshire
- Watts, Isaac (1674-1748), Independent minister and writer
- Waugh, Agnes (b 1914), student, Edinburgh University Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Way, Albert (1805-1874), antiquary
- Wedderburn, Sir Peter (1612-1679) Knight, Lord Gosford. Scottish Judge
- Wedgwood, Dame Cicely Veronica (1910-1997) historian
- Wedgwood, Josiah Clement (1872-1943) 1st Baron Wedgwood, politician
- Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946), novelist
- Wentworth, Sir John (1737-1820) 1st Baronet, colonial governor
- Wesley, Samuel Sebastian (1810-1876), organist and composer
- West, Dame Rebecca (1892-1983), critic and novelist
- Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1838-1917), historian and editor
- White, Robert (1802-1874), antiquary
- Whitehead, John Randolph (1924-1999), lawyer and writer Burma;Esher, Surrey
- Whitman, Sidney (d 1925), political writer
- Whyte, Sir Alexander Frederick (1883-1970) Knight, politician
- Whytt, Robert (1714-1766), physician and professor of medicine
- Wilde, John (c 1764-1840), professor of civil law at Edinburgh
- Wilkinson, John (1802-1894), bookseller
- Williamson, William Crawford (1816-1895), surgeon and botanist
- Wills, William Henry (1810-1880), journalist
- Wilson, Arnott (b 1954), archivist
- Wilson, Sir Daniel (1816-1892) Knight, archaeologist
- Wilson, George (1818-1859), chemist and religious writer
- Wilson, James (1795-1856), zoologist
- Wilson, John (1785-1854), author as Christopher North
- Wilson, John Dover (1881-1969), literary scholar and educationist
- Wilson, Patrick (1743-1811), astronomer
- Wishart, John (fl 1663-1680) Regent of Edinburgh University
- Wishart, William (fl 1690-1719) Principal of Edinburgh University
- Wodrow, Robert (1679-1734), ecclesiastical historian
- Wollaston, Thomas Vernon (1822-1878), entomologist and conchologist
- Wood, Arthur John (1821-1896), lawyer
- Wood, Searles Valentine (1798-1880), geologist
- Wood, Searles Valentine (1830-1894), geologist
- Woodward, Samuel Pickworth (1821-1865), naturalist
- Wordsworth, Dorothy (1771-1855), diarist and sister of William Wordsworth
- Wrangham, Francis (1769-1842), Archdeacon of the East Riding, classical scholar
- Wrey, Sir Bourchier (1759-1826) 7th Baronet
- Wright, Charles (fl 1835-1856), bookseller
- Wright, Cyril Ernest (1907-1980), palaeographer and bibliographer
- Wright, George Robert Nicol (? 1820-1900), archaeologist
- Wright, Hedley Duncan (1891-1942), bacteriologist
- Wright, Thomas (1809-1884), physician and geologist
- Wright, Thomas (1810-1877), antiquary
- Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), Shakespearean and biblical scholar
- Wyllie, John (1844-1916), professor of medicine at Edinburgh
- Yeowell, James (? 1803-1875), antiquary
Diaries (16)
- Anderson, Charles (fl 1792-1793), student
- Auld, John (fl 1831-1832), student
- Fraser, John (fl 1960) Spitsbergen
- Gauntlett, James L (fl 1871), diarist of Scotland Scotland
- Hutton, Elizabeth (fl 1891-1894) Afterwards Elizabeth Marwick, Missionary
- Kilpatrick, George (fl 1781-1782) Surgeon China;Scotland
- Malkiewicz, Andrew (fl 2013), lecturer in history
- Marshall, Helena (fl 1869-1874) Petersburg, Switzerland;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Mitchell, James (fl 1822-1823), naval surgeon of Australia Australia
- Moncrieff, John (fl 1724) Student, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Morrison, Frederick Thomas (fl 1882-1887) Engineer
- Robertson, Mr (fl 1773-1804) Sailor
- Scott, William (fl 1883-1886), medical missionary
- Scott, Margaret Campbell (fl 1927-1960), teacher
- Stewart, Henry Goodsir (fl 1885-1886), travel diarist of United States of America United States of America;Canada;Canaries
- Weeks, Donald (1921-2003), biographer
Families (23)
- Bellenden family, Barons Bellenden Broughton, Midlothian;Birsay, Orkney;Kerse, Stirlingshire;Linlithgow, West Lothian
- Callander family of Ardkinglass Ardkinglass, Argyllshire;Lochgoilhead, Argyllshire;Craigforth, Stirlingshire;Stirling, Stirlingshire
- Campbell family, baronets, of Barcaldine Barcaldine, Argyllshire
- Crawfurd family of Cartsburn Cartsburn, Renfrewshire
- Douglas-Hamilton, family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon Arbroath, Angus;Arran, Buteshire;Brodick, Buteshire;Stronach, Buteshire;Lennoxlove, East Lothian;North Uist, Inverness-shire;Avondale, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Dungavel, Lanarkshire;Hamilton, Lanarkshire;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Neilston, Renfrewshire;Polmont, Stirlingshire;Bo'ness, West Lothian;Kinneil, West Lothian;Weddicar, Cumberland;Ashton, Lancashire;Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire;Scotforth, Lancashire;Chelsea, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Bath, Somerset;Gerrard's Bromley, Staffordshire;Sandon, Staffordshire;Butley, Suffolk;Easton, Suffolk;Great Glemham, Suffolk;Holbrook, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Fonthill, Wiltshire;Milford, Wiltshire;Woodford, Wiltshire;Beckford, Worcestershire
- Hackett family of Crawley Grange Crawley Grange, Buckinghamshire;North Crawley, Buckinghamshire;Tilton, Leicestershire
- Hepburn family of Oldhamstocks Oldhamstocks, East Lothian
- Johnstone family, baronets, of Westerhall Westerhall, Dumfriesshire;Grenada
- Kerr, family, Marquesses of Lothian Mybster, Caithness-shire;Pitfirrane, Fife;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Glengonner, Lanarkshire;Easthouses, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Newbattle, Midlothian;Innerleithen, Peeblesshire;Ancrum, Roxburghshire;Crailing, Roxburghshire;Jedburgh, Roxburghshire;Monteviot, Roxburghshire;Oxnam, Roxburghshire;Melbourne, Derbyshire;Over Haddon, Derbyshire;Bere Ferrers, Devon;Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire;Lemsford, Hertfordshire;Hernhill, Kent;Castle Donington, Leicestershire;Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;Sysonby, Leicestershire;Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire;Gedney, Lincolnshire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Moulton, Lincolnshire;Whaplode, Lincolnshire;Wilsford, Lincolnshire;London;Cranford, Middlesex;Gunnersbury, Middlesex;Marble Hill, Middlesex;Stanwell, Middlesex;Twickenham, Middlesex;Aldborough, Norfolk;Blickling, Norfolk;Briningham, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Hunworth, Norfolk;Matlask, Norfolk;Saxthorpe, Norfolk;Stody, Norfolk;Wymondham, Norfolk;Duston, Northamptonshire;Beauvale, Nottinghamshire;Greasley, Nottinghamshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire;Hopton, Staffordshire;Ingestre, Staffordshire;Mendlesham, Suffolk;Marshgate House, Surrey;Bolsterstone, Yorkshire;Langsett, Yorkshire;Bellaghy, County Londonderry
- Miller family of Glenlee Glenlee, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Moncrieff, Scott- family of Fossoway Fossoway, Kinross-shire
- Murray family, baronets, of Stanhope Stanhope, Peeblesshire
- Murray, family, Earls of Mansfield Alloa, Clackmannanshire;Sauchie, Clackmannanshire;Schaw Park, Clackmannanshire;Cockpool, Dumfriesshire;Comlongon, Dumfriesshire;Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire;Balvaird, Fife;Kippo, Fife;Arngask, Perthshire;Logiealmond, Perthshire;Lynedoch, Perthshire;Scone, Perthshire;Anderton, Cheshire;Bradbourne, Derbyshire;Gosfield, Essex;Hampstead, Middlesex;Highgate, Middlesex;Kenwood, Middlesex;Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
- Murray, Stewart- family, Dukes of Atholl Balnaguard, Perthshire;Blairington, Perthshire;Blair Atholl, Perthshire;Dunkeld, Perthshire;Glencarse, Perthshire;Mukkersy, Perthshire;Strowan, Perthshire;Tullibardine, Perthshire;Banner Cross, Derbyshire;Westminster, Middlesex
- Ogilvie-Grant, family, Earls of Seafield Balquholly, Aberdeenshire;Craigston, Aberdeenshire;Cushnie, Aberdeenshire;Hatton, Aberdeenshire;Knockleith, Aberdeenshire;Banff, Banffshire;Boyne, Banffshire;Cullen, Banffshire;Deskford, Banffshire;Fordyce, Banffshire;Keith, Banffshire;Portsoy, Banffshire;Rathven, Banffshire;Abernethy, Inverness-shire;Cromdale, Inverness-shire;Duthil, Inverness-shire;Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire;Urquhart, Inverness-shire;Castle Grant, Moray;Dunphail, Moray;Elgin, Moray;Grantown, Moray;Moy, Moray;Mulben, Moray;Kilravock, Nairnshire;Mile End, Middlesex
- Ogilvy, family, Earls of Airlie Airlie, Angus;Auchterhouse, Angus;Clova, Angus;Cortachy, Angus;Glenisla, Angus;Glenprosen, Angus;Lintrathen, Angus;Bargany, Ayrshire;Banff, Banffshire;Ferry Pen, Jamaica;Alyth, Perthshire;Cluny, Perthshire;Keltie, Perthshire;Airth, Stirlingshire
- Oswald family of Cavens and Auchincruive Auchincruive, Ayrshire;Cavens, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Pitcairn family of Forfar Forfar, Angus
- Sempill family of Beltrees Beltrees, Renfrewshire
- Steuart family, baronets, of Coltness Coltness, Lanarkshire
- Stuart, family, Dukes of Lennox Tarbolton, Ayrshire;Balloch, Dunbartonshire;Inchmurrin, Dunbartonshire;St Andrews, Fife;Methven, Perthshire;Darnley, Renfrewshire;Inchinnan, Renfrewshire;Neilston, Renfrewshire;Dunipace, Stirlingshire;Boarstall, Buckinghamshire;Brill, Buckinghamshire;Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire;Cobham, Kent;Strood, Kent;Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire;Watton, Yorkshire;County Cavan;County Donegal;Aubigny, France
- Tollemache family, Earls of Dysart: Ham House estate Ham House, Surrey
- Don-Wauchope family, baronets, of Edmonstone and Newton Edmonstone, Midlothian
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (20)
- NRA 38155 Adelpho-Theological Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 24825 Sir Edward Victor Appleton, physicist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38154 John Baillie, theologian: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 13028 Joseph Black, professor of chemistry and medicine: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38158 David Bogue, Congregational minister and missionary educator: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 30496 Archibald Campbell Craig, biblical scholar: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19940 Daniel John Cunningham, professor of anatomy: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 19941 John Cunningham, specialist in tropical medicine: papers
- NRA 21374 Norman McOmish Dott, neurological surgeon: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43301 Edinburgh University Indian Association link to online catalogue
- NRA 25088 Edinburgh University Library: misc accessions
- NRA 9505 Edinburgh University Library: scientific MSS (Sir Archibald Geikie and Sir Charles Lyell papers)
- NRA 38159 Betty D Gibson, missionary: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 27817 Robert Murray McCheyne, minister and hymn writer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 10822 Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, printers and publishers, Edinburgh link to online catalogue
- NRA 27752 Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh link to online catalogue
- NRA 12608 Christian Salvesen & Co, shipowners, Leith link to online catalogue
- NRA 25680 Scottish Gymnastics link to online catalogue
- NRA 42535 Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, biologist: corresp and papers
- NRA 30966 Wood, Brown and Graham families of Edinburgh: business and family corresp and papers
Accessions
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