Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abercromby | Alexander Abercromby | 1758 | 46 | 1804 | id: 1090162 | 138373 | 362 | 1 | 3rd March 1804 |
| Alexander Abercromby | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Cuningham | 1813 | 19th June 1813 | ||||||||
| 2 | Adam | Adam | 1788 | id: 1090168 (6 images) | 138376 | 581 | 1 | 11th June 1788 | ||
| Helen Ellis | ||||||||||
| Emilia Hepburn | 1836 | 3rd March 1836 | ||||||||
| Emily Gib Ellis | 1835 | 9 | 1844 | 30th October 1844 | ||||||
| Helen Ellis | 1836 | 72 | 1908 | 24th November 1908 | ||||||
| Margaret Ellis | 1840 | 83 | 1923 | 7th February 1923 | ||||||
| Ann Gillespie | 1849 | 17th May 1849 | ||||||||
| Adam Gib Ellis | 1843 | 51 | 1894 | 16th August 1894 | ||||||
| John Mitchell Ellis | ||||||||||
| Robert Ellis | 1846 | 78 | 1924 | 6th March 1924 | ||||||
| William Ellis | 1830 | 63 | 1893 | 8th September 1893 | ||||||
| Robert Ellis | 1798 | 70 | 1868 | 16th July 1868 | ||||||
| Adam Gib Ellis | 1804 | May 1804 | ||||||||
| Adam Gib Blakiston Ellis | 1895 | 64 | 1959 | 18th November 1959 | ||||||
| Emilia MacGeorge | 1817 | October 1817 | ||||||||
| Margaret Mitchell | 1851 | 11th January 1851 | ||||||||
| Mary Louisa Nicholson | 1851 | 67 | 1918 | 2nd December 1918 | ||||||
| Catherine Robertson | ||||||||||
| William Ellis | 28th October | |||||||||
| 3 | Adam | Robert Adam | 1728 | 64 | 1792 | id: 1090347 | 138442 | 274 | 1 | 3rd March 1792 |
| 4 | Adam | William Adam | 1689 | 59 | 1748 | id: 1090053 (4 images) | 138325 | 577 | 1 | There is a portrait of William Adam in this monument which was designed by his son John in 1753 Robert regarded as the most outstanding exponent of Classical architecture in Britain is buried in Westminster Abbey. On the bicentenary of his death in 1992 a memorial tablet based on one of his own designs was placed in Greyfriars Kirk by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. |
| Jean Ramsay | 1721 | 74 | 1795 | |||||||
| Francis Adam | 1791 | 29 | 1820 | 8th June 1820 | ||||||
| John Adam | 1779 | 46 | 1825 | 4th June 1825 | ||||||
| William George Adam | 1781 | Died:16th May 1839 aged 58 Born: 6 Dec 1781 | ||||||||
| John Adam | 1753 | 16 | 1769 | |||||||
| William Adam | 1751 | 88 | 1839 | 17th February 1839 | ||||||
| Charles Elphinstone | 10th Lord Elphinstone Born 6 Aug 1711 Died 2 Apr 1781 | |||||||||
| Eleanora Elphinstone | 1747 | 53 | 1800 | Died:4th February 1800 Born: 13 May 1747 Married: 4 May 1777 Title: Honourable Mother: Lady Clementina Fleming | ||||||
| John Ramsay | ||||||||||
| John Adam | 1721 | 71 | 1792 | |||||||
| Mary Robertson | 1699 | 62 | 1761 | |||||||
| 5 | Adie | Alexander James Adie | 1774 | 84 | 1858 | id: 11439 | 138571 | 570 | 1 | 4th December 1858 |
| Elizabeth Adie Barron | 1812 | 81 | 1893 | March 1893 | ||||||
| Alexander Adie Barron | 1840 | 41 | 1881 | 3rd April 1881 | ||||||
| Marion Adie | 1885 | |||||||||
| 6 | Adie | Campbell Adie | 1762 | 45 | 1807 | id: 1090422 (2 images) | 138476 | 318 | 1 | 29th January 1807 |
| 7 | Aikenhead | David Aikenhead | 1637 | no image | no image | 429 | The memorial stones built into the north wall of the church at the east end are some of those removed from inside Old Greyfriars after the fire of 1845 They commemorate 17th century worthies Sir John Skene 1633 President of the College of Justice Lord Provost David Aikenhead 1637 and others | |||
| 8 | Aitchison | John Aitchison | 1845 | id: 11342 (2 images) | 138535 | 634 | 1 | 3rd July 1845 | ||
| Catherine Bruce Aitchison | 1843 | 1st March 1843 | ||||||||
| Isabella Sim Aitchison | 1889 | 10th November 1889 | ||||||||
| Edward Robertson Aitchison | 1890 | 23rd May 1890 | ||||||||
| Agnes Robertson | 1874 | 7th April 1874 | ||||||||
| 9 | Aitken | Samuel Aitken | 1847 | id: 11355 | 138540 | 325 | 1 | 4th October 1847 | ||
| 10 | Allan | John Allan | id: 11327 | 138529 | 344 | 1 | ||||
| Mary Thomson | ||||||||||
| 11 | Allan | Robert Allan | 1777 | 49 | 1826 | id: 11332 | 138532 | 202 | 1 | December 1826 |
| Mary Allan | 1810 | 71 | 1881 | 20th February 1881 | ||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Allen | Jane Allen | 1815 | id: 11643 | 138672 | 276 | 1 | 26th October 1815 | ||
| Crawford Allen | ||||||||||
| W A Purves | ||||||||||
| 13 | Anderson | Alexander Anderson | 1748 | 67 | 1815 | id: 11614 (2 images) | 138658 | 429 | 1 | 26th November 1815 |
| Patrick Lindsay | ||||||||||
| Janet Lindsay | December | |||||||||
| 14 | Anderson | Andrew Anderson | 1770 | 65 | 1835 | id: 11776 | 138727 | 302 | 1 | 11th August 1835 |
| Mary Anderson | 6 | |||||||||
| James Anderson | 80 | |||||||||
| Margaret Anderson | 1838 | 31 | 1869 | 8th August 1869 | ||||||
| Jean Forrest | 60 | |||||||||
| Mary Moir | 59 | |||||||||
| William Stephens | 95 | |||||||||
| Margaret Thomson | 1801 | 66 | 1867 | 31st May 1867 | ||||||
| James Anderson | 4 | |||||||||
| Mary Stephens | 1768 | 80 | 1848 | 21st February 1848 | ||||||
| 15 | Anderson | Mary Ann Anderson | 1783 | 74 | 1857 | id: 11325 | 138528 | 462 | 1 | January 1857 |
| Alexander Anderson | ||||||||||
| John Robert Anderson | ||||||||||
| Mary Anne Anderson | 1815 | 63 | 1878 | 29th November 1878 | ||||||
| 16 | Anderson | Robert Anderson | id: 11678 (4 images) | 138688 | 445 | 1 | ||||
| Georgina Helen Anderson | ||||||||||
| Robert Henry Anderson | ||||||||||
| Thomas Anderson | 1810 | 75 | 1885 | 1st May 1885 | ||||||
| Mary Anne Caird | ||||||||||
| 17 | Ashton | Mary Ann Ashton | 1821 | id: 11716 | 138703 | 246 | 1 | April | ||
| John S Cunningham | ||||||||||
| William Cunningham | 19th June | |||||||||
| 18 | Baillie | Isabella Baillie | 1844 | id: 1090192 (2 images) | 138383 | 286 | 1 | 28th November 1844 | ||
| William Baillie | ||||||||||
| 19 | Baine | George Baine | id: 1090089 (2 images) | 138339 | 306 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | Bainsford | William Bird Bainsford | 1792 | 18 | 1810 | id: 11883 | 138770 | 245 | 1 | October 1810 |
| William Hamilton Bird | 1754 | 51 | 1805 | December 1805 | ||||||
| 21 | Baird | James Baird | id: 11688 | 138691 | 722 | 1 | ||||
| Anne Baird | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Baird | ||||||||||
| Janet Baird | 1847 | 17th August 1847 | ||||||||
| Margaret Baird | ||||||||||
| Sophia Baird | 1841 | 6th June 1841 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Moodie | ||||||||||
| 22 | Bannatyn | Thomas Bannatyn | id: 1090446 (2 images) | 138486 | 235 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Bannatyne | Thomas Bannatyne | 1635 | no image | no image | 420 | The pediment of this ornate monument now fallen to the ground shows a cherub seated in front of some Edinburgh buildings | |||
| Janet McMath | ||||||||||
| 24 | Bannerman | Alexander Bannerman | 1769 | 71 | 1840 | id: 1090253 (7 images) | 138406 | 457 | 1 | 31st May 1840 |
| Margaret Chalmers | 1730 | 92 | 1822 | 17th March 1822 | ||||||
| Thomas Irving Chalmers | 1762 | 59 | 1821 | |||||||
| William Chalmers | ||||||||||
| Emily Maria Irvine | 1821 | 4th January | ||||||||
| John Irvine | 1809 | 11 | 1820 | 16th April 1820 | ||||||
| Margaret Irvine | 10th June | |||||||||
| Marjory Irvine | 1813 | 29 | 1842 | 17th February 1842 | ||||||
| Marjory Irvine | 1804 | 8 | 1812 | 16th April 1812 | ||||||
| Patrick Irvine | 1854 | 3rd February 1854 | ||||||||
| Rachel Irvine | ||||||||||
| John Irving | ||||||||||
| Anne Loch | 1810 | 20 | 1830 | 14th April 1830 | ||||||
| Patrick Orr | ||||||||||
| Rachel Irvine | 1770 | 77 | 1847 | 18th November 1847 | ||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Barclay | Agnes Barclay | 1846 | id: 11804 | 138739 | 282 | 1 | March 1846 | ||
| George Barclay | ||||||||||
Monument list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery
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Surname list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery
page start names: .Abercromby. || .Allan. || .Archer. || .Baird. || .Barron. || .Blair. || .Borrowman. || .Bothwell. || .Brown. || .Buchan. || .Burn. || .Campbell. || .Carson. || .Chalmers. || .Cook. || .Crockatt. || .Cuninghame. || .Daine. || .Davidson. || .Dewar. || .Douglas. || .Drummond. || .Dunlop. || .Ellis. || .Falconar. || .Fergusson. || .Fletcher. || .Forrester. || .Gardiner. || .Giles. || .Gordon. || .Graham. || .Gray. || .Grieve. || .Hamilton. || .Hay. || .Hepburn. || .Hogg. || .Hope. || .Hunter. || .Ironside. || .Jeffrey. || .Kemp. || .Kerr. || .Leith. || .Longmore. || .MacDonald. || .MacGregor. || .MacKay. || .MacKenzie. || .MacLaine. || .MacLean. || .Mansfield. || .Martin. || .McCulloch. || .McIntyre. || .Meikle. || .Moir. || .Moravia. || .Munro. || .Murray. || .Newbigging. || .Orme. || .Peter. || .Purves. || .Ramsay. || .Reid. || .Riddell. || .Robertson. || .Robertson. || .Romanes. || .Ross. || .Rutherford. || .Scott. || .Sibbald. || .Simpson. || .Smith. || .Spittal. || .Steuart. || .Stirling. || .Sym. || .Taylor. || .Thomson. || .Trotter. || .Veitch. || .Walker. || .Watt. || .Williamson. || .Wilson. || .Young. ||A surname list gives all the names for a particular surname and links to the private cemetery where it is listed (show FAQ).
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Above are the names that appear on the photographs or records held by the GPR for Greyfriars Private Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
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The postcode for this private cemetery is EH12QQ - if you have a GPS this might be useful to locate this private cemetery!
The view statistics shown above are from 8 Jan 2014 when collection of these statistics started.