Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | Joseph Black | 1799 | id: P1090573 | 175546 | 12 | 1 | Holder of the Chairs of Chemistry at both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities - he is credited with the discovery of carbonic acid and of latent heat The head depicted on his tomb is not a likeness but represents his powerful mind | ||
| 2 | Blair | Robert Blair | 1811 | id: P1090551 | 175540 | 30 | 1 | June 1811 | ||
| Isabella Cornelia Blair | 1831 | 1 | 1832 | 9th September 1832 | ||||||
| Robert Blair | ||||||||||
| Jane Christian Nourse | ||||||||||
| Isabella Cornelia Halkett | 1843 | January 1843 | ||||||||
| 3 | Boniton | Hugo Cuning Boniton | 1710 | id: P1090592 | 175557 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Carnegy | Ann Carnegy | 1782 | 53 | 1835 | id: P1090580 (3 images) | 175550 | 38 | 1 | 14th October 1835 |
| Adam Gillies | 1766 | 76 | 1842 | 24th December 1842 | ||||||
| Thomas Carnegy | ||||||||||
| Helen Hay Carnegy | 1787 | 76 | 1863 | 27th November 1863 | ||||||
| Margaret Dempster Carnegy | 1780 | 84 | 1864 | Daughter of Thomas Carnegie and Mary Gardyne, sister of Anne Carnegie | ||||||
| James Carnegy Gardyne | 1785 | 79 | 1864 | 6th June 1864 | ||||||
| Malcolm Laing | b.1762 Orkney d.1818 Orkney Husband of Margaret Dempster Carnegie (m. 1805, Edinburgh) | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Carnegy | 1779 | 83 | 1862 | 18th June 1862 | ||||||
| 5 | Crichton | Alexander Crichton | 68 | id: P1090589 | 175554 | 38 | 1 | July | ||
| Barbara Boyes | 48 | |||||||||
| 6 | Crichton | Patrick Crichton | 1761 | 62 | 1823 | id: P1090588 | 175553 | 40 | 1 | 14th May 1823 |
| Jane Lambie | 1766 | 82 | 1848 | 4th March 1848 | ||||||
| Margaret Lambie | 1766 | 48 | 1814 | 11th December 1814 | ||||||
| 7 | Cuming | Leslie Cuming | 1863 | id: P1090554 | 175541 | 11 | 1 | 22nd February 1863 | ||
| 8 | Cunningham | Hugh Cunningham | 1705 | no image | no image | 32 | Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the time of Queen Annes accession to the throne It was he who suggested to Mary Erskine the idea of founding the Merchant Maiden Hospital First burial in the South Yard | |||
| 9 | Erskine | Mary Erskine | 1629 | 78 | 1707 | id: P1090602 | 175562 | 34 | 1 | Widow of a druggist who developed a banking business she left money in trust with the Merchant Company of Edinburgh to establish the Merchant Maiden Hospital The memorial was erected by members of the Former Pupils Guild of The Mary Erskine School for Girls died 2nd July 1707 |
| 10 | Ferguson | Adam Ferguson Ferguson | 1770 | 84 | 1854 | id: P1090572 | 175545 | 28 | 1 | December 1854 |
| Adam Ferguson | ||||||||||
| John Stewart | ||||||||||
| Margaret Stewart | 1770 | 87 | 1857 | 4th December 1857 | ||||||
| 11 | Graham | Henrietta Graham | 1792 | 26 | 1818 | id: P1090610 | 175564 | 30 | 1 | 12th December 1818 |
| William Graham | 1748 | 77 | 1825 | 11th July 1825 | ||||||
| Amelia Ann Sophia Graham | 1742 | 68 | 1810 | 3rd June 1810 | ||||||
| Margaret Graeme | 1748 | 62 | 1810 | 12th November 1810 | ||||||
| James Gillespie Graham | 1776 | 79 | 1855 | 21st March 1855 | ||||||
| Jane Amelia Graham | 1824 | 22 | 1846 | 3rd January 1846 | ||||||
| Margaret Ann Graham | 1786 | 40 | 1826 | 7th June 1826 | ||||||
| 12 | Graham | James Graham | 1763 | id: P1090608 | 175563 | 34 | 1 | 16th November 1763 | ||
| Bethia Graham | 1792 | 30th June 1792 | ||||||||
| Bethia Hepburn | 1807 | 18th June 1807 | ||||||||
| George Balfour | ||||||||||
| James Rickart Hepburn | ||||||||||
| David Hepburn | 1791 | 5th June 1791 | ||||||||
| Christian Balfour | 1736 | 16th April 1736 | ||||||||
| 13 | Grant | Patrick Grant | id: P1090584 | 175552 | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Barbara Grant | 1749 | 10 | 1759 | 1759 | ||||||
| Mary Grant | 1725 | |||||||||
| Robert Dickson | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Grant | ||||||||||
| Andrew Grant | ||||||||||
| David Grant | 1731 | 16 | 1747 | 1747 | ||||||
| Margaret Dickson | 1746 | 1746 | ||||||||
| 14 | Gray | William Gray | 1706 | 51 | 1757 | id: P1090624 | 175569 | 97 | 1 | 15th February 1757 |
| Ann Gray | 1733 | 92 | 1825 | 11th June 1825 | ||||||
| Elizabeth Gray | 1748 | 108 | 1856 | 2nd April 1856 | ||||||
| Grizzle Gray | 1734 | 87 | 1821 | 2nd January 1821 | ||||||
| Isobel Gray | 1745 | 85 | 1830 | 31st October 1830 | ||||||
| Jean Gray | 1752 | 77 | 1829 | 29th April 1829 | ||||||
| Susan Gray | 1755 | 86 | 1841 | 9th September 1841 | ||||||
| Anna Maria Gray | 1838 | 0 | 1838 | 26th August 1838 | ||||||
| Charles Gray | 1836 | 1 | 1837 | 6th June 1837 | ||||||
| William Gray Cuningham | 1800 | 86 | 1886 | 31st December 1886 | ||||||
| Alexander Cuningham | ||||||||||
| Charles Cuningham | ||||||||||
| John Gray | 1731 | 80 | 1811 | 14th February 1811 | ||||||
| Lambert | ||||||||||
| Jean Dickie | 1713 | 95 | 1808 | 8th June 1808 | ||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Guthrie | Eulhan Guthrie | 1831 | id: P1090633 | 175572 | 28 | 1 | 16th October 1831 | ||
| Anne Wright | 1781 | 38 | 1819 | 9th August 1819 | ||||||
| Elisabeth Wright | 1778 | 70 | 1848 | 28th September 1848 | ||||||
| Isabella Wright | 1770 | 100 | 1870 | 12th November 1870 | ||||||
| Charles Wright | ||||||||||
| John Steart | ||||||||||
| 16 | Guthrie | Harry Guthrie | id: P1090632 | 175571 | 42 | 1 | ||||
| Anna Guthrie | ||||||||||
| Alexander Guthrie | 11 | |||||||||
| William Guthrie | ||||||||||
| Rachel Guthrie | ||||||||||
| 17 | Halkerston | Alexander Halkerston | 1792 | 95 | 1887 | id: P1090634 | 175573 | 28 | 1 | 6th October 1887 |
| Archibald MacLucas | ||||||||||
| Janet Wilson | 1810 | 84 | 1894 | 24th October 1894 | ||||||
| Jane Wilson | 1808 | 85 | 1893 | 6th November 1893 | ||||||
| 18 | Hutton | James Hutton | 1726 | 71 | 1797 | id: P1090568 | 175544 | 99 | 1 | Doctor farmer chemist and acknowledged as the founder of modern geology He published his Theory of the Earth in 1785 |
| Agnes Balfour | 1779 | 76 | 1855 | 28th April 1855 | ||||||
| Agnes Balfour | 1814 | 16 | 1830 | 5th October 1830 | ||||||
| Andrew Balfour | 1781 | 82 | 1863 | 23rd January 1863 | ||||||
| Clarissa Balfour | ||||||||||
| George Balfour | ||||||||||
| John Balfour | ||||||||||
| Margaret Balfour | 1777 | 90 | 1867 | 14th October 1867 | ||||||
| Robert Balfour | ||||||||||
| Magdalene Goldie | 1784 | 65 | 1849 | 29th May 1849 | ||||||
| Marion Gray | 1752 | 82 | 1834 | 22nd January 1834 | ||||||
| Elizabeth Scotland | 1796 | 64 | 1860 | 8th October 1860 | ||||||
| 19 | Innes | George Innes | 1704 | id: P1090621 | 175568 | 80 | 1 | |||
| Jean Innes | 1748 | 91 | 1839 | 2nd December 1839 | ||||||
| Marion Innes | 1745 | |||||||||
| Allan Innes | 1746 | |||||||||
| David Innes | 1749 | |||||||||
| Gilbert Innes | 1751 | 81 | 1832 | February 1832 | ||||||
| Marion Lawder | 1712 | |||||||||
| 20 | Ker | William Ker | 1735 | 72 | 1807 | id: P1090612 | 175565 | 26 | 1 | 17th November 1807 |
| Alexander MacKay Morrieson | 1814 | 17th November 1814 | ||||||||
| David Morrieson | 1730 | 70 | 1800 | 11th December 1800 | ||||||
| Hugh Morrieson | 1859 | 27th May 1859 | ||||||||
| Robert Morrieson | 10th November | |||||||||
| Rachel Ann Weightman | 1756 | 64 | 1820 | 26th August 1820 | ||||||
| Robina Weightman | 1743 | 57 | 1800 | 22nd October 1800 | ||||||
| 21 | Lambie | Elizabeth Jane Lambie | 1822 | 63 | 1885 | id: P1090590 | 175555 | 37 | 1 | 4th February 1885 |
| William Lambie | ||||||||||
| Patrick Crichton | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth Dundas Crichton | ||||||||||
| 22 | Learmonth | John Learmonth | 1769 | 69 | 1838 | id: P1090544 | 175536 | 118 | 1 | 17th December 1838 |
| John Henry Learmonth | 1860 | 53 | 1913 | 1913 | ||||||
| Alexander Learmonth | 1809 | 58 | 1867 | 10th March 1867 | ||||||
| James Learmonth | 1829 | 1 | 1830 | March 1830 | ||||||
| John Learmonth | 1827 | 4 | 1831 | 9th May 1831 | ||||||
| Thomas Learmonth | 1831 | 2 | 1833 | April 1833 | ||||||
| Margaret Alexander Cleghorn | 1799 | 32 | 1831 | 10th November 1831 | ||||||
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | MacKenzie | Anne Grace MacKenzie | 1765 | 77 | 1842 | id: P1090582 | 175551 | 50 | 1 | 1st April 1842 Anne Grace MacKenzie was the daughter of Dr John MacKenzie and Ann MacPherson. Dr John was a Dalmore MacKenzie from Aberdeenshire. |
| John Douglass | ||||||||||
| John Duncan | ||||||||||
| Margaret MacKenzie | 1859 | 4th May 1859 | ||||||||
| Penuel MacKenzie | 1766 | 72 | 1838 | 16th December 1838 | ||||||
| 24 | Marjoribanks | Christian Marjoribanks | 1804 | 60 | 1864 | id: P1090598 | 175559 | 24 | 1 | 3rd June 1864 |
| Katharine Laurie Jane Scott-Moncrieff | 1844 | 8 | 1852 | 25th January 1852 | ||||||
| John Scott Scott-Moncrieff | 1811 | 78 | 1889 | 25th February 1889 | ||||||
| Isabella Robertson | 1832 | 72 | 1904 | 5th May 1904 | ||||||
| 25 | McLurg | James McLurg | 1629 | 88 | 1717 | id: P1090627 | 175570 | 36 | 1 | 6th October 1717 |
| Janet Hood | ||||||||||
| Anna McLurg | ||||||||||
| James Milne | ||||||||||
| James Milne | ||||||||||
Monument list for Greyfriars Convenanters Prison Private Cemetery
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