Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Barclay | Agnes Barclay | 1817 | 5 | 1822 | id: 11549 | 138624 | 293 | 1 | 6th June 1822 |
| S Robert Barclay | 1822 | 2 | 1824 | 13th August 1824 | ||||||
| Robert Herriott Barclay | 1785 | 52 | 1837 | 8th May 1837 | ||||||
| Elizabeth Martin | 1823 | 70 | 1893 | 4th November 1893 | ||||||
| Mary Anne Frances Martin | 1833 | 51 | 1884 | 12th March 1884 | ||||||
| Thomas Martin | ||||||||||
| 27 | Barclay | David Barclay | 60 | id: 11658 (4 images) | 138680 | 403 | 1 | |||
| John Campbell Mellis Campbell | 1845 | 42 | 1887 | 4th November 1887 | ||||||
| Mary Campbell | 1806 | 92 | 1898 | 27th November 1898 | ||||||
| 28 | Barclay | Margaret Barclay | id: 1090491 (2 images) | 138501 | 430 | 1 | ||||
| Isabella Simpson | ||||||||||
| Margaret Simpson | 1839 | 18th May 1839 | ||||||||
| John Simpson | 1781 | 83 | 1864 | 10th February 1864 | ||||||
| Barclay Simpson | ||||||||||
| Nevile Red Simpson | ||||||||||
| Robert Simpson | ||||||||||
| 29 | Barclay | William Barclay | id: 1090111 (3 images) | 138348 | 352 | 1 | ||||
| Robina Turnbull | 1842 | 24th September 1842 | ||||||||
| Walter Turnbull | ||||||||||
| Anna Rose | ||||||||||
| 30 | Barker | William Fairclough Barker | id: 1090373 | 138458 | 305 | 1 | ||||
| 31 | Barron | John Barron | 1873 | id: 11408 | 138561 | 271 | 1 | 1st November 1873 | ||
| James Barron | 1840 | 3rd September 1840 | ||||||||
| Margaret Barron | 1896 | 26th December 1896 | ||||||||
| Margaret Barron | 1841 | 22nd December 1841 | ||||||||
| Christian Barron | 1873 | 1st May 1873 | ||||||||
| 32 | Bartleman | John Bartleman | 1771 | 56 | 1827 | id: 11631 (2 images) | 138665 | 224 | 1 | 2nd January 1827 |
| 33 | Baxter | Charles Baxter | id: 1090280 (2 images) | 138413 | 217 | 1 | ||||
| Margaret Barnes | 1784 | 68 | 1852 | 6th June 1852 | ||||||
| 34 | Bethune | Alexander Bethune | 1672 | no image | no image | 179 | A lawyer whose monument was built in 1675 and attributed to Robert Milne There is a later memorial to Doctor Spens incorporated in the stonework | |||
| 35 | Bethune | Margaret Bethune | 1822 | id: 11339 (3 images) | 138534 | 228 | 1 | 7th January 1822 | ||
| Jane L Bethune | 1860 | June 1860 | ||||||||
| Henry Bethune | ||||||||||
| 36 | Beuco | John Beuco | 1759 | 82 | 1841 | id: 11348 | 138537 | 264 | 1 | 13th December 1841 |
| Agnes Beuco | 1810 | 64 | 1874 | 29th August 1874 | ||||||
| John Scott | 1803 | 60 | 1863 | 15th February 1863 | ||||||
| Elizabeth McDowall | 1764 | 85 | 1849 | 16th June 1849 | ||||||
| 37 | Binning | David Monro Binning | 1776 | 67 | 1843 | id: 11550 | 138625 | 165 | 1 | 24th January 1843 |
| Isabella Cornelia Monro Binning | 1815 | 29 | 1844 | 8th January 1844 | ||||||
| Robert Blair Monro Binning | 1891 | 11th September 1891 | ||||||||
| Isabella Blair | 1790 | 89 | 1879 | 22nd May 1879 | ||||||
| 38 | Blair | Francis Blair | 1792 | 40 | 1832 | id: 11639 | 138669 | 207 | 1 | 21st May 1832 |
| Janet Baillie | 1756 | 76 | 1832 | 31st December 1832 | ||||||
| 39 | Blair | Francis Blair | 1792 | 40 | 1832 | id: 1090278 | 138412 | 266 | 1 | 21st May 1832 |
| Janet Baillie | 1756 | 76 | 1832 | 31st December 1832 | ||||||
| 40 | Blair | Hugh Blair | 1718 | 82 | 1800 | id: 1090305 | 138423 | 298 | 1 | First professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at Edinburgh University Well known for his defence of the genuineness of the poems attributed by James MacPherson to Ossian |
| 41 | Blair | Malcolm Blair | id: 1090341 | 138438 | 1105 | 1 | ||||
| Donald Campbell | ||||||||||
| William Denoon | ||||||||||
| Alexander R Gordon | ||||||||||
| Murdoch MacDonald | ||||||||||
| Archibald MacGillivray | ||||||||||
| Donald J MacIver | ||||||||||
| Charles A MacKay | ||||||||||
| Donald MacKay | ||||||||||
| Eric MacKay | ||||||||||
| John MacKay | ||||||||||
| John MacKay | ||||||||||
| John D MacKay | ||||||||||
| John B MacKenzie | ||||||||||
| Neil MacKenzie | ||||||||||
| Roderick MacKenzie | ||||||||||
| Reginald H MacLaggan | ||||||||||
| John F MacLaren | ||||||||||
| Neil MacLaren | ||||||||||
| Neil MacLean | ||||||||||
| Donald J MacLennan | ||||||||||
| Duncan MacLennan | ||||||||||
| Alexander Manson | ||||||||||
| John M Mathieson | ||||||||||
| John K Munro | ||||||||||
| Hugh R Murray | ||||||||||
| Alexander H M Peebles | ||||||||||
| Irwin Pryde | ||||||||||
| Thomas Rose | ||||||||||
| John C Sinclair | ||||||||||
| David Smith | ||||||||||
| Alexander Sutherland | ||||||||||
| George M Watson | ||||||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Blair | Thomas Hunter Blair | 1782 | 67 | 1849 | id: 1080992 (4 images) | 138310 | 264 | 1 | 31st August 1849 |
| William Mure | ||||||||||
| James Hunter Blair | 1741 | 46 | 1787 | July 1787 | ||||||
| Anne Hunter Blair | 1771 | 83 | 1854 | |||||||
| Jemima Hunter Blair | 1787 | 77 | 1864 | |||||||
| 43 | Bobby | Greyfriars Bobby | 1856 | 16 | 1872 | id: 11292 | 138516 | 155 | 1 | Died at the age of 16 in 1872 The stone was dedicated to the faithful Skye terrier in 1981 by the Dog Aid Society In 1867 Bobby legally regarded as a stray was saved from being put down by the Lord Provost William Chambers who paid for his licence and bought him a collar and a bowl Baroness BurdettCoutts was so impressed by Bobbys story that she ordered a bronze statue of Bobby to be incorporated in a drinking fountain and to be placed on the corner of the street just opposite the church gates |
| 44 | Bonar | Andrew Bonar | 1825 | id: 11621 (3 images) | 138661 | 414 | 1 | 5th August 1825 | ||
| Anne Christian Bonar | 1864 | 8th November 1864 | ||||||||
| John Bonar | 1834 | 11th July 1834 | ||||||||
| William Bonar | ||||||||||
| Lillieas Cuninghame | 1865 | 10th February 1865 | ||||||||
| Anne Caw | 1765 | 79 | 1844 | 7th January 1844 | ||||||
| 45 | Borrowman | Philip Grierson Borrowman | 1854 | 59 | 1913 | id: 11789 | 138731 | 269 | 1 | 16th December 1913 |
| Elizabeth Gordon Mackintosh | 1853 | 78 | 1931 | October 1931 | ||||||
| 46 | Borrowman | Robert Borrowman | 1784 | 53 | 1837 | id: 11791 | 138732 | 337 | 1 | 8th December 1837 |
| Jane Borrowman | 1827 | 68 | 1895 | 22nd October 1895 | ||||||
| Jessie Borrowman | 1817 | 26 | 1843 | 13th March 1843 | ||||||
| Alexander Borrowman | 1790 | 64 | 1854 | 17th December 1854 | ||||||
| James Borrowman | 1812 | 28 | 1840 | 17th May 1840 | ||||||
| John Borrowman | 76 | |||||||||
| Patrick Borrowman | 1888 | 22nd Novemebr 1888 | ||||||||
| Robert Borrowman | 1815 | 23 | 1838 | 8th June 1838 | ||||||
| Thomson Borrowman | 1824 | 52 | 1876 | 26th August 1876 | ||||||
| William Borrowman | 1819 | 14th March 1819 10 days | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Stevenson | 1789 | 52 | 1841 | 4th May 1841 | ||||||
| 47 | Borthwick | Archibald Borthwick | 1732 | 83 | 1815 | id: 1090216 (5 images) | 138394 | 570 | 1 | 13th July 1815 |
| Sarah Finlay | 1787 | 75 | 1862 | 19th April 1862 | ||||||
| Anne Borthwick | 1820 | 81 | 1901 | 10th March 1901 | ||||||
| Grace Laurie Borthwick | 1817 | 25 | 1842 | 10th July 1842 | ||||||
| Jane Laurie Borthwick | 1813 | 84 | 1897 | 7th September 1897 | ||||||
| Jemima Borthwick | 1830 | 24 | 1854 | 10th January 1854 | ||||||
| Margaret Borthwick | 1822 | 81 | 1903 | 10th August 1903 | ||||||
| Margaret Borthwick | 1814 | 5 | 1819 | 28th September 1819 | ||||||
| Mary Laurie Borthwick | 1831 | 22 | 1853 | 8th April 1853 | ||||||
| Rachel Borthwick | 1826 | 26 | 1852 | 28th June 1852 | ||||||
| Rachel Borthwick | 1785 | 91 | 1876 | 28th December 1876 | ||||||
| Anne Clephane | 1782 | 79 | 1861 | 19th July 1861 | ||||||
| Archibald Borthwick | 1816 | 14 | 1830 | 16th August 1830 | ||||||
| Ariana Borthwick | 1812 | 23 | 1835 | 20th October 1835 | ||||||
| Marian Borthwick | 1805 | 20 | 1825 | 22nd December 1825 | ||||||
| Patrick Borthwick | 1780 | 60 | 1840 | 12th April 1840 | ||||||
| Thomas Scott Borthwick | 1818 | 21 | 1839 | 22nd April 1839 | ||||||
| Ariana Corbett | 1778 | 58 | 1836 | 30th December 1836 | ||||||
| James Borthwick | 1782 | 84 | 1866 | 9th October 1866 | ||||||
| Margaret Nicholson Scott | 1746 | 87 | 1833 | 8th December 1833 | ||||||
| 48 | Borthwick | James Borthwick | 1676 | no image | no image | 158 | Deacon of surgeons and teacher of anatomy The monument erected by his son shows a skeleton with a scythe performing a danse macabre while he tramples underfoot an imperial crown The festoons round the monument represent surgical instruments | |||
| 49 | Bothwell | Thomas Gordon Bothwell | 1798 | 46 | 1844 | id: 11859 | 138760 | 220 | 1 | 22nd February 1844 |
| George Bothwell | ||||||||||
| 50 | Bowes | Magdalene Bowes | 1759 | 44 | 1803 | id: 1090141 | 138365 | 297 | 1 | |
| Anne Bowes | 1794 | 91 | 1885 | 6th March 1885 | ||||||
| Frederick Bowes | 1746 | 90 | 1836 | January 1836 | ||||||
Monument list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery
page start names: .Abercromby. || .Barclay. || .Bradfute. || .Campbell. || .Cunynghame. || .Drummond. || .Forrester. || .Graeme. || .Hay. || .Hunter. || .Kerr. || .MacDonald. || .Manderston. || .Mitchell. || .Murray. || .Peter. || .Robertson. || .Scott. || .Spankie. || .Trotter. || .Wilson. ||A burial monument list gives all the names showed on each monument (show FAQ).
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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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The postcode for this private cemetery is EH12QQ - if you have a GPS this might be useful to locate this private cemetery!
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