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Heriot Row, the Glossary

Heriot Row is a highly prestigious street in central Edinburgh, virtually unchanged since its original construction in 1802.^[1]

73 relations: Alexander Asher, Alexander Irving, Lord Newton, Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Andrew Douglas Maclagan, Andrew Wilson (artist), Archibald Alison (author), Baron Kinross, Blue plaque, British Gas, Byrom Bramwell, Campbell Riddell, Cecil Aylmer Cameron, Chloroform, Christopher Johnston, Lord Sands, Claud Muirhead, David Bryce, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Grant (diarist), Fiberglass, Finlay Dun, George Ballingall, George Deas, Lord Deas, George Heriot's School, George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, Henry Mackenzie, James Balfour Paul, James Ballantyne, James Clerk Maxwell, James Duncan (surgeon), James Frederick Ferrier, James Gulliver, James Muirhead (scholar), James Ormiston Affleck, James Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, Jemima Blackburn, John Fraser (physician), John Kippen Watson, John Lessels, John Phin, John Poulson, John Wilson (Scottish writer), Lionel Daiches, Midlothian, Moray Estate, New Town Gardens, Patrick Newbigging, Patrick Shaw (legal writer), Peter Spalding, Princes Street, Robert Hodshon Cay, ... Expand index (23 more) »
Streets in Edinburgh

Alexander Asher

Alexander Asher (27 January 1834 – 5 August 1905) was a Scottish politician and lawyer, who was elected as Member of Parliament for the Elgin Burghs constituency from 1881 until his death in 1905.

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Alexander Irving, Lord Newton

Alexander Irving, Lord Newton FRSE (1766–1832) was a Scottish judge who served as professor of civil law at Edinburgh University from 1800 to 1826.

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Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde

Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician, judge, and georgist land value tax activist.

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Andrew Douglas Maclagan

Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan PRSE FRCPE FRCSE FCS FRSSA (17 April 1812, in Ayr – 5 April 1900, in Edinburgh) was a Scottish surgeon, toxicologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence.

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Andrew Wilson (artist)

Andrew Wilson (1780–1848) was a Scottish landscape-painter.

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Archibald Alison (13 November 175717 May 1839) was a Scottish Anglican priest and essayist.

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Baron Kinross

Baron Kinross, of Glasclune in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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British Gas

British Gas (trading as Scottish Gas in Scotland) is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom.

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Byrom Bramwell

Sir Byrom Bramwell FRSE FRCPE (18 December 1847 – 27 April 1931) was a British physician and medical author.

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Campbell Riddell

Campbell Drummond Riddell (9 January 1796 – 1858) was an Australian colonial public servant who served as the first Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales.

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Cecil Aylmer Cameron

Major Cecil Aylmer Cameron (17 September 1883 – 19 August 1924) was a British Army officer and spymaster and also a central figure of a notable fraud trial of 1911.

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Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent.

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Christopher Johnston, Lord Sands

Christopher Nicholson Johnston, Lord Sands FRSE (18 October 1857 – 26 February 1934) was a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland and Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constutuency between two by-elections in 1916 and 1917.

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Claud Muirhead

Claud Muirhead (1782–1872) was an 18th-century Scottish printer and publisher and editor of the Edinburgh Advertiser.

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David Bryce

David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA (3 April 1803 – 7 May 1876) was a Scottish architect.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Elizabeth Grant (diarist)

Elizabeth Smith (née Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus; 7 May 1797 – 16 November 1885) was a Scottish diarist and lady of the manor of Baltyboys House.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Finlay Dun

Finlay Dun (24 February 1795 – 28 November 1853) was a Scottish art teacher, singer and musician.

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George Ballingall

Sir George Ballingall (2 May 1780 – 4 December 1855) was a Scottish physician and surgeon.

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George Deas, Lord Deas

Sir George Deas, Lord Deas (1804–1887) was a 19th century Scottish judge.

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George Heriot's School

George Heriot's School is a private primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Lauriston area of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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George Patton, Lord Glenalmond

George Patton, Lord Glenalmond, (1803 – 20 September 1869) was a Scottish politician and judge.

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Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie FRSE (August 1745 – 14 January 1831, born and died in Edinburgh) was a Scottish lawyer, novelist and writer sometimes seen as the Addison of the North.

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James Balfour Paul

Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.

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James Ballantyne

James Ballantyne (15 January 1772 – 26 January 1833) was a Scottish solicitor, editor and publisher who worked for his friend Sir Walter Scott.

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James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist with broad interests who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.

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James Duncan (surgeon)

James Duncan FRSE FRCS FRCSE (2 November 1810 – 16 August 1866) was a Scottish surgeon and manufacturing chemist responsible for much of the British supply of chloroform in the mid-19th century.

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James Frederick Ferrier

James Frederick Ferrier (16 June 1808 – 11 June 1864) was a Scottish metaphysical writer and philosopher.

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James Gulliver

James Gerald Gulliver CVO FRSE FRSA FICE (17 August 1930 – 12 September 1996) was the founder of Argyll Foods, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail businesses.

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James Muirhead (scholar)

James Muirhead (13 November 1830 – 8 November 1889) was a 19th-century Scottish scholar and Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh University.

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James Ormiston Affleck

Sir James Ormiston Affleck FRSE (19 July 1840 – 24 September 1922) was a Scottish physician and medical author.

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James Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon

Charles James Dalrymple Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, PC (15 August 1906 – 10 September 1989) was a Scottish judge and law lord.

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Jemima Blackburn

Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1 May 1823 – 9 August 1909) was a Scottish painter whose work illustrated rural life in 19th-century Scotland.

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John Fraser (physician)

Dr John Fraser FRSE FRCPE (1844–1925) was a Scottish physician.

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John Kippen Watson

John Kippen Watson FRSE (1818-1891) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman.

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John Lessels

John Lessels (9 January 1809 – 12 November 1883) was a Scottish architect and artist, active in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders (particularly in the former county of Berwickshire).

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John Phin

John Phin (September 9, 1832 – December 29, 1913) was a prolific author and publisher, a teacher of applied science and a Shakespeare scholar.

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John Poulson

John Garlick Llewellyn Poulson (14 April 1910 – 31 January 1993) was a British architectural designer and businessman who caused a major political scandal when his use of bribery was disclosed in 1972.

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John Wilson (Scottish writer)

John Wilson FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

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Lionel Daiches

Lionel Henry Daiches (8 March 1911 – 11 November 1999), was a Scottish QC and Liberal Party politician.

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Midlothian

Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government.

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Moray Estate

The Moray Estate in Edinburgh was an exclusive early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of Edinburgh's New Town.

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New Town Gardens

The New Town Gardens are a collection of around 30 mostly private gardens and parks within the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Area spread across the New Town and the West End, listed as a heritage designation since March 2001.

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Patrick Newbigging

Patrick Small Keir Newbigging FRSE FRSSA FRCSE (1813–1864) was a Scottish surgeon and general practitioner.

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Patrick Shaw (legal writer)

Patrick Shaw (18 June 1796Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 – 12 February 1872) was a Scottish lawyer and legal writer.

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Peter Spalding

Peter Spalding (1758–1826) was a Scottish colonial trader and philanthropist.

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Princes Street

Princes Street (Sràid nam Prionnsan) is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. Heriot Row and Princes Street are streets in Edinburgh.

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Robert Hodshon Cay

Robert Hodshon Cay FSSA LLD (7 July 1758 – 31 March 1810) was Judge Admiral of Scotland overseeing naval trials.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

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Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness

Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness, (28 May 1868 – 6 October 1955), was a Scottish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.

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Robert Reid (architect)

Robert Reid (8 November 1774 – 20 March 1856) was the King's architect and surveyor for Scotland from 1827 to 1839.

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Seaforth Highlanders

The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland.

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Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet

Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, (29 December 179223 May 1867) was a Scottish advocate (attorney) and historian.

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Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet

Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet (2 March 1812 – 17 December 1889) was a Scottish Liberal Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.

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St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh.

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St Giles' Cathedral

St Giles' Cathedral (Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh.

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Stockbridge, Edinburgh

Stockbridge is a district of Edinburgh, located north of the city centre, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank.

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Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (7 September 1782 – 5 November 1854) was a Scottish novelist.

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Thomas Bonnar

Thomas Bonnar (d. 1847) was a Scottish interior designer and architect of note, working in the Edinburgh area.

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Thomas Clouston

Sir Thomas Smith Clouston (22 April 1840 – 19 April 1915) was a Scottish psychiatrist.

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Thomas Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie

The Hon Thomas Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (1807-1889) was a Scottish judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.

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Thomas Randall Davidson

Thomas Randall Davidson (1747–1827) was a Church of Scotland minister and landowner.

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Thomas Stevenson

Thomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot (22 July 1818 – 8 May 1887) was a pioneering Scottish civil engineer, lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology.

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for BoysHammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion, Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan..) is both an 1883 adventure novel and a historical novel set in the 1700s by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, telling a story of "buccaneers and buried gold".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heriot_Row

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Streets in Edinburgh

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