Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 | Peter | John Peter | 1826 | id: 1090326 | 138432 | 211 | 1 | 19th June 1826 | ||
| 377 | Petrie | Margaret Petrie | 1781 | 38 | 1819 | id: 1090306 | 138424 | 292 | 1 | 19th April 1819 |
| John H Fergusson | ||||||||||
| 378 | Pitcairn | Archibald Pitcairn | 1652 | 61 | 1713 | id: 11841 (5 images) | 138753 | 846 | 1 | Probably the most famous celebrated physician of his time one of the three first professors of medicine in the Touis College later the University of Edinburgh (One of the other two Robert Sibbald though not buried here is commemorated by a plaque on the south wall) A supporter of Jacobite cause he lived life to the full and was impatient with the puritanical ways of the Presbyterian Scots He ordered a quantity of wine to be buried in his grave to be consumed only when the Stuart dynasty was restored His tomb was renovated in 1800 (and the wine apparently drunk) and again by the Royal College of Physicians of Scotland in 1952 |
| Elizabeth Pitcairn | 1718 | 8th March 1718 | ||||||||
| Janet Pitcairn | 1776 | 7th June 1776 | ||||||||
| Margaret Pitcairn | 1777 | August 1777 | ||||||||
| Ann Erskine | 1803 | 8th March 1803 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Stevenson | 1734 | October 1734 | ||||||||
| 379 | Plenderleath | Robert Plenderleath | 1759 | 78 | 1837 | id: 11347 | 138536 | 268 | 1 | 24th November 1837 |
| David Plenderleath | 1779 | |||||||||
| James Grant | ||||||||||
| Catherine Peddie | 1807 | 36 | 1843 | 21st June 1843 | ||||||
| Alice Plenderleath | 1819 | December 1819 | ||||||||
| Helen Wilson | 1790 | 83 | 1873 | 8th April 1873 | ||||||
| Isabella Patriciai Wilson | 1847 | 3 | 1850 | 13th May 1850 | ||||||
| Jessie Patricia Wilson | 1843 | 29th September 1843 11 months | ||||||||
| Patrick Wilson | 1798 | 73 | 1871 | 6th February 1871 | ||||||
| Robert Wilson | 1753 | 75 | 1828 | 17th July 1828 | ||||||
| Robert Wilson | 1793 | 73 | 1866 | 18th March 1866 | ||||||
| Janet Plenderleath | 1756 | 74 | 1830 | 18th February 1830 | ||||||
| 380 | Porteous | John Porteous | 1736 | id: 1090173 | 138377 | 241 | 1 | Porteous was Captain of the Town Guard who ordered his troops to fire on a rioting mob after a public execution He was tried and condemned to death but later reprieved The people of Edinburgh were enraged and he was seized from the Tolbooth and taken to the Grassmarket where he was hanged on a dyers pole The scene was described by Sir Walter Scott in Heart of Midlothian The memorial stone was placed in the Kirkyard in 1973 | ||
| 381 | Potts | Thomas Potts | 1800 | id: 1090111 (3 images) | 138347 | 364 | 1 | 24th November 1800 | ||
| Isabella Potts | Wife of Thomas Potts died 17 January 1826, maiden name Atkinson. | |||||||||
| 382 | Pringle | Isabella Pringle | 1786 | 19 | 1805 | id: 1090136 | 138363 | 313 | 1 | October 1805 |
| Michael Anderson | ||||||||||
| Andrew Pringle | ||||||||||
| Mary Pringle | 1780 | 25 | 1805 | 27th November 1805 | ||||||
| 383 | Purves | Magdaline Purves | 1787 | 79 | 1866 | id: 1090528 (2 images) | 138511 | 126 | 1 | 7th March 1866 |
| 384 | Ramsay | Allan Ramsay | 1686 | 72 | 1758 | id: 1090308 | 138425 | 525 | 1 | Poet author editor and bookseller He did much to revive interest in the older Scottish poets Best known for his Scottish pastoral play The Gentle Shepherd (1725) His eldest son of the same name (1784) become portrait painter to George III |
| 385 | Ramsay | William Ramsay | 1809 | id: 11652 | 138676 | 272 | 1 | |||
| 386 | Ray | Adam Ray | 1616 | id: 1090505 (2 images) | 138505 | 792 | 1 | |||
| Isabella Cant | 1792 | |||||||||
| John Carstairs | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Fleming | 1881 | |||||||||
| Ann Fraser | 1819 | |||||||||
| Jane Rae Gibson | 1838 | |||||||||
| James Gray | ||||||||||
| David Orme Keir | 1810 | |||||||||
| Mary Keir | 1796 | |||||||||
| William Keir | ||||||||||
| Christian Rae | 1671 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Rae | 1687 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Rae | 1834 | |||||||||
| George Rae | ||||||||||
| Isabel Rae | 1687 | |||||||||
| Isabella Rae | 1859 | |||||||||
| James Rae | 1687 | |||||||||
| James Rae | 1702 | |||||||||
| James Rae | 1791 | |||||||||
| James Rae | 1713 | |||||||||
| Jane Rae | 1659 | |||||||||
| John Rae | 1808 | |||||||||
| John Rae | 1687 | |||||||||
| John Rae | 1754 | |||||||||
| Richard Rae | 1722 | |||||||||
| Robert Rae | ||||||||||
| Robert Rae | 1671 | |||||||||
| William Rae | 1662 | |||||||||
| Ann Ray | 1632 | |||||||||
| Hector Ray | 1618 | |||||||||
| John Ray | 1632 | |||||||||
| George Rutherford | ||||||||||
| John Scott | ||||||||||
| Robert Thomson | ||||||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | Reid | Alexander Reid | 1808 | 28 | 1836 | id: 11453 | 138576 | 241 | 1 | |
| Barbara Henderson | 1773 | 72 | 1845 | |||||||
| Alexander Reid | 1779 | 67 | 1846 | |||||||
| James Reid | 1814 | 65 | 1879 | |||||||
| John Reid | 1806 | 35 | 1841 | |||||||
| John Reid | 1842 | |||||||||
| John Reid | 1744 | 83 | 1827 | |||||||
| Marion Reid | 1804 | 46 | 1850 | |||||||
| William Reid | 1842 | |||||||||
| 388 | Reid | Anne Reid | 30 | id: 1090416 (3 images) | 138475 | 231 | 1 | 23rd November | ||
| Annie Reid | ||||||||||
| 389 | Reid | James Reid | 1811 | id: 11689 | 138692 | 449 | 1 | March 1811 | ||
| Ann Reid | 1799 | 65 | 1864 | February 1864 | ||||||
| Francis Reid | ||||||||||
| James Reid | 1796 | 71 | 1867 | 30th January 1867 | ||||||
| John Reid | 23 | |||||||||
| Oswald Reid | 5 | |||||||||
| Euphemia Reid | ||||||||||
| Ann Baird | 1762 | 45 | 1807 | August 1807 | ||||||
| 390 | Reid | James John Reid | 1805 | 71 | 1876 | id: 11586 | 138642 | 310 | 1 | 19th April 1876 |
| Helen Cuninghame Corsane Reid | 1855 | 23 | 1878 | 21st April 1878 | ||||||
| James Cuninghame Corsane Reid | 1881 | 19 | 1900 | 13th December 1900 | ||||||
| John Arthur Borron Reid | 1887 | 0 | 1887 | 16th November 1887 | ||||||
| Helen Reid | 1811 | 73 | 1884 | 16th October 1884 | ||||||
| William Weir | ||||||||||
| John James Reid | 1844 | 45 | 1889 | 10th November 1889 | ||||||
| Mary Threshie | 1813 | 76 | 1889 | 2nd December 1889 | ||||||
| 391 | Reid | John Reid | 1775 | 36 | 1811 | id: 11584 (2 images) | 138640 | 244 | 1 | June 1811 |
| James Reid | 1731 | 80 | 1811 | 10th November 1811 | ||||||
| James John Reid | 1851 | 14 | 1865 | 8th April 1865 | ||||||
| George Reid | ||||||||||
| John Reid | ||||||||||
| Helen Cuninghame | 1781 | 70 | 1851 | |||||||
| 392 | Reid | William Reid | id: 1090415 | 138474 | 372 | 1 | ||||
| Margaret Reid | 4 months | |||||||||
| Margaret Dunnet | 1704 | 62 | 1766 | 4th February 1766 | ||||||
| David Reid | 1842 | 16th November 1842 | ||||||||
| Margaret Farmer | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Russel | 1742 | 21 | 1763 | 29th April 1763 | ||||||
| 393 | Renwick | James Renwick | id: 1090476 (4 images) | 138497 | 570 | 1 | ||||
| 394 | Richardson | John Richardson | 1725 | 47 | 1772 | id: 1090529 | 138512 | 116 | 1 | 19th January 1772 |
| William Richardson | ||||||||||
| 395 | Riddell | Robert Riddell | 1840 | 51 | 1891 | id: 1090536 (3 images) | 138514 | 207 | 1 | 16th May 1891 |
| William Law Riddell | 1843 | 68 | 1911 | 12th November 1911 | ||||||
| Robert Riddell | ||||||||||
| Susan Law | ||||||||||
| Susan Mary Riddell | 1841 | 70 | 1911 | 24th July 1911 | ||||||
| 396 | Riddell | Thomas Riddell | 1734 | 72 | 1806 | id: 11649 | 138675 | 1145 | 1 | 24th November 1806 |
| Christian Riddell | 1777 | 31 | 1808 | 29th October 1808 | ||||||
| Maria Jane Riddell | 1772 | 47 | 1819 | 5th September 1819 | ||||||
| Elizabeth Riddell | 79 | 15th April | ||||||||
| Henry James Riddell | 8th March | |||||||||
| Katherine Riddell | 1773 | 76 | 1849 | 27th May 1849 | ||||||
| Olive Riddell | 75 | 22nd March | ||||||||
| Thomas Riddell | 1776 | 26 | 1802 | 16th September 1802 | ||||||
| Elizabeth Riddell | 1744 | 87 | 1831 | 16th September 1831 | ||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | Ritchie | Charles Ritchie | 1758 | 60 | 1818 | id: 11516 (3 images) | 138607 | 389 | 1 | 23rd August 1818 |
| Jane Ritchie | 1876 | 9th November 1876 | ||||||||
| Mary Ritchie | 1894 | |||||||||
| Charles Ritchie | 1798 | 14 | 1812 | 20th July 1812 | ||||||
| Henry Cockburn | ||||||||||
| Mary Mitchell | 1775 | 34 | 1809 | 19th January 1809 | ||||||
| Margaret Bryce | 1763 | 52 | 1815 | 24th August 1815 | ||||||
| 398 | Ritchie | John Ritchie | 1754 | 51 | 1805 | id: 1090468 | 138492 | 467 | 1 | November 1805 |
| Elizabeth Clark | 1834 | 15th March 1834 | ||||||||
| Charlotte Gilmore | 1877 | 28th October 1877 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Ritchie | 1865 | 14th December 1865 | ||||||||
| Helen Ritchie | 1831 | 19th July 1831 | ||||||||
| Jane Ritchie | 1st December | |||||||||
| John Ritchie | 14th January | |||||||||
| Peter Ritchie | 1832 | 19th February 1832 | ||||||||
| Robert Ritchie | 1834 | 25th November 1834 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Sibbald | 1853 | 11th November 1853 | ||||||||
| Patrick Sibbald | ||||||||||
| Janet Sibbald | 1760 | 64 | 1824 | September 1824 | ||||||
| 399 | Robertson | Gulielmi Robertson | 1721 | 72 | 1793 | id: 1090057 (2 images) | 138326 | 158 | 1 | |
| 400 | Robertson | James Robertson | 1841 | id: 1090067 | 138330 | 182 | 1 | |||
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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Monument list for Greyfriars Private Cemetery
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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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