Monument list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery

Greyfriars Private Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Monument list

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276MacDonaldJohn MacDonald1772781850id: 109012613835615914th April 1850

277MacDuffAlexander MacDuff1762441806id: 1080982
(2 images)
138306229418th May 1806
Mary Brown1924411965 4th September 1965
Alexander MacDuff1817491866 21st March 1866
Francis MacDuff185631859 25th March 1859
Jane Helen MacDuff1826121838 2nd October 1838
Margaret Stuart1838 2nd October 1838
Alexander MacDuff1793491842 5th February 1842
Margaret Catharine Ross1795781873 29th October 1873

278MacFarlanJanet MacFarlan1821id: 10903091384262752nd December 1821
William MacFarlan
Margaret Elizabeth MacFarlan1767791846 12th May 1846

279MacFarlaneDuncan MacFarlane1746281774id: 1090518
(2 images)
1385092282Treasurer and Dean of Guild to the City of Edinburgh: later used for the family of Duncan Macfarlane an Edinburgh merchant
Mary Anne MacFarlane
George Galloway

280MacGregorJ Campbell MacGregorid: 109033913843612006
John M Bain
William K Bain
Dugald Cameron
David Campbell
Alexander Clement
D MacCulloch
L Iain MacCulloch
C MacFarlane
D MacKinnon
Eoin MacKinnon
Neil S MacKinnon
S MacPherson
Alexander Ross
Alexander Shaw
Dugald Shaw
G S Taylor
William Watson

281MacGregorJohn MacGregor1763841847id: 1090286
(4 images)
138416691818th August 1847
Félicité Leslie MacGregor1794841878 25th November 1878
Mary MacGregor1790891879 20th May 1879
Elizabeth Dick McCandlish1885 25th March 1885
Félicité McCandlish1885 15th October 1885
Annie Burn Murdoch1835901925 13th March 1925
Angus Gregorson
Jane Dickie McCandlish1827821909 10th March 1909
John MacGregor McCandlish1821801901 10th November 1901
Richard Dickie McCandlish1833761909 26th March 1909
William McCandlish1824731897 31st January 1897
Margaret Arkley McCandlish/Allardice/Pym1830731903 28th September 1903
Mary MacGregor McCandlish/Rishton1822831905 21st March 1905
Alexander MacGregor1791801871 21st December 1871
Duncan MacGregor1786951881 8th June 1881
James Murray MacGregor1797491846 28th April 1846
John A Paul MacGregor1781881869 5th March 1869
Peter MacGregor1789261815 24th March 1815
Robert MacGregor179741801
William McCandlish1788841872 20th March 1872
Mary MacGregor1846 12th July 1846
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282MacGregorJoseph Robertson MacGregor1801id: 1185813875929912th January 1801
A R A MacGregor
MacGregor

283MacIntyreDuncan Ban MacIntyre1724881812id: 11765
(3 images)
1387223185The Celtic Bard who fought against the Jacobites in 1745 never learned to read and had to sell illicit whisky in the Lawnmarket to make a living but he is recognised as one of the most important Gaelic poets of his time The elegy is from his Poems in Gaelic

284MacKayJames Robert MacKay1831791910id: 10903461384413151

285MacKayPeter MacKay1787731860id: 1141613856627344th July 1860
Isabella MacKay1831191850 8th November 1850
Jane Chalmers MacKay1841231864 7th April 1864
Jane Chalmers1774691843 6th August 1843 Mother in-law of Peter MacKay
Alexander Dallas1777791856 Father in-law of Peter MacKay
Alexander Dallas MacKay1836201856 18th April 1856
Donald MacKay183711838 21st April 1838 12 months
John Smith MacKay186011861 29th January 1861 22 months
James Saidler

286MacKenzieAlexander MacKenzie1735701805id: 1080988
(5 images)
13830933754th September 1805
Annabella MacKenzie1774231797 6th December 1797
Catherine MacKenzie1786191805 14th March 1805
Elizabeth Forbes1781711852 24th April 1852
Alexander MacKenzie180411805 28th January 1805
Alexander MacKenzie
Alice MacKenzie1778781856 28th January 1856
James Mansfield MacKenzie1813 14th February
William MacKenzie1780761856 28th April 1856
James Mansfield
Mary Mansfield1788301818 12th July 1818
Alexander MacKenzie1768281796 30th July 1796
Colin MacKenzie1770601830 16th September 1830
Helen Anne MacKenzie1763391802 15th January 1802

287MacKenzieCharles MacKenzie177081778id: 11383
(3 images)
1385531743rd March 1778
Alexander MacKenzie

288MacKenzieGeddes Margaret MacKenzie1816701886id: 11390138555172425th January 1886
James Douie

289MacKenzieGeorge MacKenzie1691no imageno image 90A distinguished lawyer founder of the Advocates library As Kings Advocate he vigorously prosecuted the Covenanters and became known as Bluidy MacKenzie This handsome mausoleum is one of the finest in the kirkyard It is said that boys from Heriots Hospital used to as a dare shout through the door: Bluidy MacKenzie come oot if ye daur Life the sneck and draw the bar! This mausaleum is of considerable architectural importance the mason and designer being James Smith Inside set in the floor is a grating which gives access to a crypt where the family coffins were placed

290MacKenzieHenry MacKenzie1831no imageno image 89Chief Surgeon to the King and to the King of Frances Scots Bodyguard

291MacKenzieHolt MacKenzie1787891876id: 11813
(8 images)
138743313131st March 1876
Hugh MacKenzie1783311814 27th August 1814
James MacKenzie1780901870 7th February 1870
John MacKenzie179261798 7th December 1798
Lewis MacKenzie1779211800 1800
William Gordon MacKenzie1785571842 29th July 1842
Henry MacKenzie
Penuel Grant1780461826 12th December 1826
Marion Hope1786671853 29th December 1853
Helen Elizabteh MacKenzie1797 30th May
Hannah MacKenzie
Hannah MacKenzie1826 December 1826
Henrietta Caroline MacKenzie179511796 20th February 1796
Jane MacKenzie1781191800 29th March 1800
Margaret MacKenzie1776591835 24th February 1835
Penuel Mary MacKenzie1780551835 7th November 1835
Sarah Van Schoor
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292MacKenzieJoshua Henry MacKenzie1777741851id: 11809
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138742159117th November 1851
Frances Mary MacKenzie1821881909 28th December 1909
Penuel Augusta MacKenzie1824531877 29th October 1877
Henry MacKenzie
Francis Lewis MacKenzie1834211855 15th March 1855
Henry MacKenzie1828251853 October 1853
Helen Anne MacKenzie1799671866 27th May 1866

293MackieAlbert David Mackie1904811985id: 11591138645251
Isabella Kerray1904921996

294MacKintoshCharles MacKintosh1741711812id: 1090133138360179November 1812

295MacLaurinColin MacLaurin1746id: 10903101384273591Eminent mathematician who was elected to a post at the University of Edinburgh on the recommendation of Isaac Newton whose theories he expounded in Scotland before they were current in England. His epitaph translates: I shall not wholly die; my spirit mounting aloft shall smile at the empty honours of verses and tomb.

296MacLeanDonald MacLean1770831853id: 11470
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138583549516th March 1853
Anne MacLean1800811881 12th May 1881
Jane MacLean1808141822 16th August 1822
Lillias MacLean1799771876 21st January 1876
Margaret MacLean1806651871 18th June 1871
Mary MacLean1799541853 6th August 1853
Alan MacLean
Lachlan MacLaine
Mary MacLaine1739821821 17th November 1821
Alexander MacLean180941813 2nd August 1813
Allan MacLean1794241818 25th June 1818
Andrew MacLean1812961908 10th June 1908
Archibald MacLean1810341844 24th September 1844
Colquhoun MacLean1795271822 19th April 1822
Fitzroy J G MacLean1813451858 20th March 1858
Hector MacLean1802111813 29th July 1813
John MacLean1805861891 10th December 1891
Caroline MacLean1777631840 4th October 1840
Jane MacLean1848 1st March 1848
Margaret MacLean1767651832 6th January 1832
Sibella MacLean1766801846 25th December 1846
Lillias Grant1773601833 Her father was Colquhoun Grant

297MacLeanWilliam MacLean1769591828id: 118021387371524th October 1828
Catherine MacLean1808 11 months
Alexander MacLean1771631834 5th October 1834
Alexander MacLean181381821
Jane McNish1775571832 4th January 1832

298MacNabMargaret MacNabid: 10901251383551793According to Burke's, she was the daughter of McNab of Inchewan, married John Fletcher of Dunans in 1802 and died 1832. According to Margaret Mason's 'The Fletchers of Glenorchy' Margaret was born 1778, the daughter of Alexander McNab of Inishewan.
John Fletcher of Dunans in Argyll.

299MacredieP B Mure Macredieid: 1090514138508222
Thomas Mure1806 26th June 1806

300MaidmentRichard Granstoun Maidment1793id: 1090158138372148122nd April 1793 - 2 months
James Maidment1764401804 1st June 1804
Richard Woolley1740701810 6th March 1810

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