The 'Lords' Row', Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

The large and ornate monument to James Leishman, Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the

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, west of

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city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on its west by the

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. A 20th-century extension lies detached from the main cemetery to the north of Ravelston Terrace. The main cemetery is accessible through the main gate on its east side, through a "grace and favour" access door from the grounds of Dean Gallery and from Ravelston Terrace. The modern extension is only accessible at the junction of Dean Path and Queensferry Road.

The cemetery

Dean Cemetery, originally known as Edinburgh Western Cemetery, was laid out by

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(an Edinburgh architect who also laid out Warriston Cemetery) in 1846 and was a fashionable burial ground for mainly the middle and upper-classes. The many monuments bear witness to Scottish achievement in peace and war, at home and abroad and are a rich source of Edinburgh and Victorian history. As the cemetery plots were quickly bought up the cemetery was extended on its north side in 1871. A second set of entrance gates were built on Dean Path, matching the original entrance. Although this section was originally only accessed through this gate the extension was quickly linked to the original section by creating gaps in the mutual wall where no graves existed. The separated section north of Ravelston Terrace (previously Edgehill Nursery) was purchased in 1877 in anticipation of a sales rate matching that of the original cemetery, but this was not to be, and the area only began to be used in 1909 (excepting John Ritchie Findlay (1898) alone for a decade). This section is relatively plain and generally unremarkable, but does include a line of Scottish Law Lords against the north wall, perhaps trying to echo the "Lord's Row" against the west wall of the original cemetery. Whilst numerically greater in its number of lords it is far less eye-catching. The entire cemetery is privately owned by the Dean Cemetery Trust Limited, making it one of the few cemeteries still run as it was intended to be run. The resultant layout, with its mature designed landscape, can be seen as an excellent example of a cemetery actually being visible in the form it was conceived to be seen. The southern access from Belford Road is now blocked and the entrance road here is now grassed and used for the interment of ashes. The cemetery contains sculpture by

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Dean House

The cemetery stands on the site of Dean House (built 1614), part of Dean Estate which had been purchased in 1609 by Sir William Nisbet, who became in 1616 Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Nisbets of Dean held the office of Hereditary Poulterer to the King. The famous herald, Alexander Nisbet, of Nisbet House, near

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, is said to have written his ''Systems of Heraldry'' in Dean House. The estate house was demolished in 1845, and sculptured stones from it are incorporated into the south retaining wall supporting at the south side of the cemetery. This lower, hidden section also contains graves. John Swinton, Lord Swinton died in the house in 1799. Sir

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Notable interments

Bust of David Octavius Hill, Dean Cemetery Edinburgh

Original cemetery

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(1774–1848) * Sir Ludovic Grant 11th Baronet of Dalvey (1862–1836) * Robert Kaye Greville (1794–1866) botanist * Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie (1849–1920), Senator of the College of Justice * William Guy FRSE (1860–1950), pioneer of modern dentistry * Daniel Rutherford Haldane FRSE PRCPE (1824–1887) * James Haliburton (1788–1862) Egyptologist * James Hamilton, 9th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (1822–1893) monument including a bronze by Pilkington Jackson * Robert Handyside, Lord Handyside (1798–1858) * Joseph James Hargrave (1841-1894) of the Hudsons Bay Company *

John Harrison John Harrison ( – 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Harrison's solution revo ...

FRSE CBE LLD (1847–1922) master tailor and author, son of Sir George Harrison MP * Lewis John Erroll Hay. 9th Baronet of Park (1866–1923) (N) * Andrew Fergus Hewat FRSE (1884–1957) *

David Octavius Hill David Octavius Hill (20 May 1802 – 17 May 1870) was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of ph ...

(1802–1870), artist and photography pioneer, Hill & Adamson. The monument is by his second wife,

(née Paton) (1820–1904) who is buried with him * Sir James Hodsdon (1858–1928), surgeon, President of the

1914–1917 * Franklin Hudson (1864–1918) American-born osteopath (N) * Robert Gemmell Hutchison (1855–1936) artist (pair of sculpted heads by

) * Sir Thomas Hutchison (1866–1925) Lord Provost of

1921–1923 *

Elsie Inglis Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was a Scottish doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Order of the White Eagle. Earl ...

(1864–1917) pioneer female doctor and war hero (N) * Alexander Taylor Innes FRSE LLD (1833–1912) lawyer and historian * John Irving (1822–1848 or 49), lieutenant aboard , part of the Franklin Expedition searching for the

Northwest Passage The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the ...

; his body was found on King William Island (in modern-day

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the '' Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'' ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

) 30 years later and re-interred at Dean Cemetery, 7 November 1881 (monument is carved by

) * Sir William Allan Jamieson (1839–1916) surgeon and medical author, President of the

1908–1910 * Francis, Lord Jeffrey (1773–1850) (LR) * Charles Jenner FRSE (1810–1893) founder of Jenners Department Store on Princes Street * Henry Johnston, Lord Johnston (1844–1931)

(N) * Sir

William Campbell Johnston Sir William Campbell Johnston FRSE (24 November 1860 – 6 October 1938) was a Scottish lawyer and noted cricketer. Life He was born at 32 Heriot Row in Edinburgh on 24 November 1860, the son of Henry Johnston, a surgeon in the East India C ...

FRSE LLD (1860–1938) advocate and cricketer (N) * Artur Jurand (1914–2000) Polish born geneticist (N) * Frederick Charles Kennedy CIE (1849–1916) Director of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and involved in the

Third Anglo-Burmese War The Third Anglo-Burmese War ( my, တတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် – မြန်မာစစ်, Tatiya Anggalip–Mran cac), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance conti ...

(N) * Helen Kerr LLD (1859–1940) social reformer * Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig (1926–2015) * Baron Kinnear (1833–1917) * Charles Kinnear, architect (1830–1894) of the firm Peddie & Kinnear creators of Cockburn Street, Edinburgh etc. (N) * All four

Baron Kinross Baron Kinross, of Glasclune in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1902 for Scottish lawyer John Balfour, Liberal politician and Lord President of the Court of Session. His grand ...

spanning almost two centuries (LR) * John Watson Laidlay FRSE (1808–1885) coin collector and orientalist * William Law (Lord Provost) (1799–1878) Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1869 70 1872 * Right Hon Robert Lee, Lord Lee FRSE (1830–1890), Senator of the College of Justice (N) * Rev Cameron Lees (1835–1913) * James Leslie (engineer) FRSE (1801–1889) and his son Alexander Leslie (engineer) * John Lessels (1808–1883) City architect (N) * David Lind (1797–1856), builder of the Scott Monument * Dr William Lauder Lindsay FRSE FLS (1829–1880) physician and botanist * Prof Sir

Henry Duncan Littlejohn Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn MD LLD FRCSE (8 May 1826 – 30 September 1914) was a Scottish surgeon, Forensic science, forensic scientist and public health official. He served for 46 years as Edinburgh's first Medical Officer of Health, during whi ...

(1826–1914) public health promoter, forensic science pioneer, plus his son, Henry Harvey Littlejohn (1862–1927) forensic scientist, Edinburgh's first Police Surgeon. * John Gordon Lorimer (civil servant) (1870–1916) memorial only * George MacRitchie Low FRSE FFA (1849–1922), President of the Faculty of Actuaries (N) * Flora Macaulay (1859-1958) newspaper editor (N) *

(1851–1903) sculptor (bronze head by Henry Snell Gamley) (N) * John MacGregor McCandlish WS FRSE (1821–1901) first President of the Faculty of Actuaries * Dr

John McCosh John McCosh or John MacCosh or James McCosh ( Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, 5 March 1805 – 18 January / 16 March 1885) was a Scottish army surgeon who made documentary photographs whilst serving in India and Burma. His photographs during the Second A ...

(1801–1881) early photographer (memorial only) (N) * Sir Hector MacDonald, (d.1903),

Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

, "The Fighting Mac" (bronze by William Birnie Rhind) (N) * Rev Prof Patrick Campbell MacDougall (1806–1867) Professor of Moral Philosophy *

John McEwan John James "Cap" McEwan (February 18, 1893 – August 9, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He played from 1913 to 1916 as a center at the United States Military Academy, where he was a three-time All-American and captain of the ...

(1832–1875) part of the brewing family * Very Rev

Alexander Robertson MacEwen Alexander R. MacEwen (1851–1916) was Scottish writer, minister, professor and Moderator of the United Free Church of Scotland. Life He was born on 14 May 1856 at Edinburgh and was the son of Rev. Alexander MacEwen D.D., and Elisa Robertson. ...

(1851–1916) * Donald Macfadyen, Lord Macfadyen (1945–2008) Senator of the College of Justice * Dr John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (1851–1874), physician and Scotland rugby international (medallion by Sir John Steell) * David MacGibbon (1831–1902) architect and architectural historian, partner in

MacGibbon and Ross David MacGibbon (2 April 1831 – 20 February 1902) and Thomas Ross (10 November 1839 – 4 December 1930) were Scottish architects. Their practice, MacGibbon and Ross was established in 1872 and continued until 1914. They are best known today fo ...

(N) * Archibald Donald Mackenzie, (1914-1944), 'Captain Mack', officer of the Cameron Highlanders and later of the Brigata Stella Rossa, commemorated annually on Liberation Day (Italy) * Thomas Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (1807–1869)

* Very Rev Dugald Mackichan (1851–1932) *

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. He served as president of 5 learned societies: the Roya ...

FRSE (1817–1900), physician and toxicologist, and his son

Robert Craig Maclagan Dr Robert Craig Maclagan FRSE FRCPE (6 March 1839 – 12 July 1919) was a Scottish physician, anthropologist and author from the Maclagan family. He was co-founder of the Scottish Association for the Medical Education of Women. Life He was born ...

David Maclagan David Maclagan FRSE (8 February 1785 – 6 June 1865) was a prominent Scottish medical doctor and military surgeon, serving in the Napoleonic Wars. He served as President of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal Colle ...

FRSE (1785–1865) military surgeon, surgeon to

in Scotland * Very Rev Norman Macleod DD (1838–1911) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1900 (N) * Donald Mackenzie (1818–1875), Scottish judge, styled Lord Mackenzie * Rev Hugh MacMillan FRSE (1833–1903) (N) * Sir Daniel Macnee RSA (1806–1882) artist and President of the Royal Scottish Academy (N) * Rev Dr James Calder Macphail DD (1821–1908) Free Church minister and pioneer photographer (N) * Robert McVitie (1854-1910) biscuit maker, creator of the digestive biscuit (N) (memorial only) *

James Maidment James Maidment (1793 in London – 1879 in Edinburgh) was a British antiquary and collector. He passed through Edinburgh University to the Scottish bar, and was chief authority on genealogical cases. Maidment's hobby was the collection of li ...

(1793–1879) antiquarian (N) * David Duncan Main (1856–1934) medical missionary * Edward Maitland, Lord Barcaple (1803–1870) * Dr Robert Bowes Malcolm FRSE (1807–1894) British obstetrician * Henry Marshall FRSE (1775–1851) physician and medical statistician * Very Rev

Theodore Marshall Theodore Marshall (1846–1909) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1908. Life He was born on 8 March 1843 at 9 Fettes Row the son of John Marshall, advocate (later known as Lord ...

DD (1846–1939), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1908 (N) * Robert Matheson (architect) (1808–1877) * John Miller (1805–1883) half of the partnership Grainger & Miller, railway and dock engineers * Very Rev John Harry Miller (1869–1940) (N) * Very Rev James Mitchell DD (1830–1911) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1901 * Rev John Murray Mitchell (1815–1904) missionary and orientalist (N) * Very Rev

Reginald Mitchell-Innes Reginald John Simpson Mitchell-Innes (1848-1930) was an Episcopalian priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Life He was born in Berwickshire on 19 June 1848 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. He then studied divinity at ...

(1848–1930) *

Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet Sir Mitchell Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baronet, FRSE, FSA(Scot) (5 December 1846 – 15 November 1918) was a Scottish merchant and businessman who served as the Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1897 to 1900. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland. L ...

(1816–1918) Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1897–1900 * Alexander Monro (tertius) (1773–1859) physician of the Monro dynasty (LR) * James Francis Montgomery (1818–1897) first Dean of St Marys Episcopal Cathedral * Dr Charles Morehead (1807-1882) *

William Ambrose Morehead William Ambrose Morehead (17 October 1805 – 1 December 1863) was a British civil servant of the Indian civil service who acted as the Governor of Madras for two terms in 1860 and 1860–61. Early life and education Morehead was born in th ...

(1805–1863) governor of Madras * Thomas Corsan Morton (1859–1928) artist * Rev Dr William Muir (1787–1869) Scottish divine and theological author. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1838 (bronze head by

) * James Muirhead (1830-1889) Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh University *

David Mure, Lord Mure David Mure (11 October 1810 – 11 April 1891) was a Scottish lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865, when he became a judge. Early life He was the third son of William Mure of Caldwell, Re ...

(1810–1891) law lord * Sir John Murray (oceanographer) KCB (d.1914) leader of the Challenger Expedition (N) *

Robert Milne Murray Robert Milne Murray FRSE FRCPE FRSSA (6 May 1855 – 14 February 1904) was a Scottish surgeon and medical author. Specialising in gynaecology he ran the Edinburgh Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Hospital, He was the first medical Electr ...

(1855–1904) gynaecologist * James Nasmyth (1808–1890), inventor of the

steam hammer A steam hammer, also called a drop hammer, is an industrial power hammer driven by steam that is used for tasks such as shaping forgings and driving piles. Typically the hammer is attached to a piston that slides within a fixed cylinder, but ...

, monument by John Rhind (N) *

Robert Nasmyth Robert Nasmyth FRCSEd, FRSE (7 November 1791 – 12 May 1870) was a Scottish dental surgeon from Edinburgh who was Surgeon-Dentist to Queen Victoria in Scotland. He was President of the Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland and was one of th ...

FRSE (1792–1870) dentist to

* Dr Thomas Goodall Nasmyth FRSE (1855–1937) Medical Officer of Health to Fife, medical author (N) * Patrick Newbigging FRSE PRSSA (1813–1864) * Rev Dr Robert Nisbet (1814–1874) *

Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand Wilfrid Guild Normand, Baron Normand, (1884 – 5 October 1962), was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and judge. He was a Scottish law officer at various stages between 1929 and 1935, and a member of parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1935. He ...

(1884–1962) (N) * Brownlow North (evangelist) (1810–1875) * Very Rev James Nicoll Ogilvie DD (1860–1928) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1918. * Emily Murray Paterson RSW (1855–1934), artist * James Paterson RSA (1854–1932) artist * Sir James Balfour Paul (1846–1931) (N) *

Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson Sir Charles John Pearson (6 November 1843 – 15 August 1910) was a Scottish politician and judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 6 November 1843. He was second son of Charles Pearson, ch ...

(1843–1910) law lord *

John More Dick Peddie John More Dick Peddie (21 August 1853 – 10 March 1921) was a British architect. Biography Peddie was the son of the architect and politician John Dick Peddie (1824–1891) and his wife Euphemia Lockhart More. Born in Edinburgh, he attend ...

(1853–1921) architect (N) *

Samuel Peploe Samuel John Peploe (pronounced PEP-low; 27 January 1871 – 11 October 1935) was a Scottish Post-Impressionist painter, noted for his still life works and for being one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists ...

(1871–1935) artist * Arthur Perigal RSA (1784–1847) artist * Alexander Mactier Pirrie (1882–1907) anthropologist (N) * William Henry Playfair (1790–1857), architect * Major General John Pringle (1774–1861) *

Olive Rae The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family (biology), family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as '' ...

(1878-1933), operatic soprano * Rev Robert Rainy (1820–1906) and his son Adam Rolland Rainy MP * Prof Sir John Rankine (1846–1922) professor of Scots Law and legal author (N) * Robert Reid (architect) (1774–1856) architect of much of the New Town * Robert Carstairs Reid (1845–1894) civil engineer * John Riddell (genealogist) (1785–1862) * Very Rev Dr George Ritchie (1808-1888) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1870 * John Ritchie (1778–1870) and John Ritchie Findlay (1824–1898) newspaper tycoons * Dr Robert Peel Ritchie FRSE (1835–1902) medical historian * Joseph Robertson (1810–1866), antiquarian *

Alexander Ignatius Roche Alexander Ignatius Roche (17 August 1861 – 10 March 1921) RSA NEAC RP was a Scottish artist in the late 19th century and an important figure in the "Glasgow Boys". Life He was born in the Gallowgate in Glasgow, the son of a milliner, Alex ...

(1861–1921) artist * Prof

Henry Darwin Rogers Henry Darwin Rogers FRS FRSE LLD (1 August 1808 – 26 May 1866) was an American geologist. His book, ''The Geology of Pennsylvania: A Government Survey'' (1858), was regarded as one of the most important publications on American geology issue ...

(1808–1866) US-born geologist * A huge red granite

obelisk An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by An ...

Alexander Russel Alexander Russel (or sometimes Russell) FRSE (1814–1876) was a Scottish newspaper editor, who spent nearly 30 years as the editor of ''The Scotsman''. Early life Russel was born on 10 December 1814 in Edinburgh; his father, a solicitor an ...

, editor of

(1814–1870) (N) *

Alexander James Russell Alexander James Russell WS FRSE (1814–1887) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer. Life He was born at 101 George Street in Edinburgh on 21 June 1814, the son of John Russell FRSE Writer to the Signet. He was apprenticed to his father as a ...

FRSE CS (1814–1887) lawyer * Sir James Russell (1846–1918) Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1891–1894 * Very Rev James Curdie Russell DD VD (1830–1925) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1902 (N) * Prof William Russell (physician) (1852–1940) discoverer of Russell bodies *

Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd The Right Hon. Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, (born Andrew Greenfield; 21 June 1791 – 13 December 1854) was a Scottish advocate, judge and politician. Early life Rutherfurd was born at Bristo Port (near Greyfriars Kirkyard) in Edinburgh ...

(1791–1852), designed by the adjacent Playfair * Prof

William Rutherford Sanders William Rutherford Sanders FRSE (17 February 1828 – 18 February 1881) was a 19th-century Scottish pathologist. He was one of the first to advocate the use of digitalis in heart conditions. He served as President of the Royal Medical Society 1 ...

FRSE (1828–1881) pathologist * Very Rev Dr Arcibald Scott DD (1837-1909) Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1896 * David Scott (painter) (1807-1849) *

Andrew Edward Scougal Dr Andrew Edward Scougal FRSE LLD (18 April 1846–6 November 1916) was a 19th-century Scottish civil servant who served as Chief Inspector of Schools 1901 to 1911. Life Scougal was born in Rothesay on 18 April 1846, the son of James Scouga ...

FRSE LLD (1846–1916) chief inspector of schools * William Seller FRSE (1798–1869) physician and botanist *

Patrick Shaw (legal writer) Patrick Shaw (18 June 1796''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' – 12 February 1872) was a Scottish lawyer and legal writer. Life Born at Ayr, he was the son of Charles Shaw, clerk of Ayrshire, and his wife, Barbara Wright, and gr ...

(1796–1872) * Charles Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth (1796–1885) politician *

Brigadier General Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointe ...

Offley Shore (1863–1922) * Sir Henry John Forbes Simson (1872–1932) the obstetrician who delivered Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...

and Princess Margaret (N) * John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland (1860–1925) * Basil Skinner (1923–1995) historian and campaigner for architectural conservation * Robert T. Skinner FRSE (1867–1946) historian and teacher * Prof

George Gregory Smith Prof George Gregory Smith (20 June 1865 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish literary critic. He corresponded with Mark Twain, and also lived in Florence for a while. He died in London but is buried with his wife Mary east of the western path in D ...

(1865–1932) * Dr John Smith (1800–1879) President of the

Robert MacKay Smith Robert Mackay Smith FRSE (1802-1888) was a Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist. Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes were founded by him in 1882. He was the Chairman of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and a Director of t ...

FRSE (1802–1888) meteorologist and philanthropist * Dr John W. L. Spence (1870–1930) x-ray pioneer and martyr to radiology * Sir James Steel (1830–1904) Lord Provost of Edinburgh (bust by

) (N) * David Stevenson (1815–1886), his son Charles Alexander Stevenson (1855–1950) (N) and grandson

D. Alan Stevenson David Alan Stevenson FRSE, F.I.C.E., FRSGS (7 February 1891 – 22 December 1971) was a lighthouse engineer from the famous Stevenson lighthouse-builder family and noted amateur philatelist. In 1951, Stevenson was awarded the Crawford Medal ...

(1891–1971) (N), lighthouse engineers * Flora Stevenson (1839–1905) social reformer * Louisa Stevenson (1835–1908) women's university education, women's suffrage * James Stevenson (merchant) FRSE (1786–1866) Paisley cotton manufacturer * John James Stevenson (1831–1908) architect, son of above * Rev Robert Horne Stevenson DD (1812–1816) * John Stewart of Nateby Hall FRSE (1813–1867) naturalist * Prof Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart (1837–1900) and his daughter Agnes Grainger Stewart *

William Stewart, Lord Allanbridge William Ian Stewart, Lord Allanbridge (8 November 1925 – 21 June 2012) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1972 to 1974, and as a Senator of the Colle ...

(1925–2012) * James Stirling (1800–1876) railway engineer and his wife, the author Susan Stirling * William James Stuart (1873–1958) President of the

1937 to 1939 (N) * Gabriel Surenne FSA (1777–1858) historian * Lt Gen Thomas Robert Swinburne British army officer and artist * George Swinton (botanist) FRSE (1780–1854) Chief Secretary of the Government in India * Major General Sir John Munro Sym (1839–1919) * Francis Darby Syme (1818–1871) trader in China involved in the coolie riots of 1852 * John Tait (1787–1856) architect * The Very Rev C W G Taylor CBE DD (d.1950) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1942 * Robert Tennent FRSE (1813–1890), pioneer photographer and his younger brother Hugh Lyon Tennent (1817–1874) (N) * D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1947) biologist * Prof Allen Thomson FRS FRSE (1809–1884) * Rev Dr Andrew Thomson DD (1814–1901) minister and religious author (N) * Lt Col Frank Wyville Thomson FRSE (1860–1918) public health expert in India *

Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, 1st Baronet, (27 May 1875 – 21 April 1935) was a Scottish Unionist politician and lawyer. Life He was the third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno, Midlothian; James was a son of William Tho ...

MP (1875–1935) and Sir Douglas Thomson, 2nd Baronet MP (1905––1972) politician father and son * Henry Alexis Thomson (1863–1924) Professor of Surgery * Robert William Thomson (1822–1873) engineer and inventor of the pneumatic tyre *

Thomas Thomson (advocate) Thomas Thomson FRSE FSA Scot (10 November 1768 – 2 October 1852) was a Scottish advocate, antiquarian and archivist who served as Principal Clerk of Session (1828–1852) and as secretary of the literary section of the Royal Society of Edinb ...

(1768–1852) * Prof William Thomson (1802–1852), medical author, professor of medicine at the

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* Sir

William Turner (anatomist) Sir William Turner (7 January 1832, in Lancaster – 15 February 1916, in Edinburgh) was an English anatomist and was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1903 to 1916. Life Turner was born in Lancaster the son of William T ...

(1852–1916) and his son

Arthur Logan Turner Arthur Logan Turner FRCSEd FRSE LLD (4 May 1865 – 6 June 1939) was a Scottish surgeon, who specialised in diseases of ear, nose and throat (ENT) and was one of the first surgeons to work at the purpose-built ENT Pavilion at the Royal Infirma ...

(1865–1939) (N) * Dr Charles Edward Underhill FRSE (1856–1917) surgeon * William Veitch LLD (1794–1885) classical scholar * Major General James Conway Victor (1792-1864) military engineer * John Waddell (1828–1888) railway engineer * Sir Norman Walker (1862–1942), dermatologist * Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922) artist * Thomas Drummond Wanliss (1830–1923) Australian politician * Sir

Patrick Heron Watson Sir Patrick Heron Watson (5 January 1832 – 21 December 1907) was an eminent 19th-century Scottish surgeon and pioneer of anaesthetic development. He was associated with a number of surgical innovations including excision of the knee join ...

(1831–1907) Crimean War surgeon, Surgeon to the King (Scotland), first President of the Edinburgh Dental Hospital Aeneas Francon Williams and Clara Anne Rendall, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

Aeneas Francon Williams and Clara Anne Rendall, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh

* William Watson, Baron Watson (1827–1899) law lord * Joseph Laing Waugh (1868–1928) author (medallion by William Birnie Rhind) * Rev Dr

Alexander Whyte ''For the British colonial administrator, see Alexander Frederick Whyte'' Rev Alexander Whyte D.D.,LL.D. (13 January 18366 January 1921) was a Scottish divine. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1898. ...

(1836–1921) (N) * Sir David Wilkie (1882–1938) surgeon and philanthropist * Sir Henry Wellwood-Moncreiff, 10th Baronet (1809–1883) *

Aeneas Francon Williams Aeneas Francon Williams, FRSGS (17 February 1886 – 9 December 1971) was a Minister of the Church of Scotland, a Missionary, Chaplain, writer and a poet. Williams was a missionary in the Eastern Himalayas and China and writer of many publish ...

(1886–1971) Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary, Chaplain, Writer and Poet, and his wife Clara Anne Rendall, missionary, teacher and artist. * Rev Andrew Wallace Williamson (1856–1926) * John Wilson (1800–1849) Scottish vocalist * Prof John Wilson (1785–1854) author under the name of " Christopher North" and his brother James Wilson (1795–1856) a zoologist * Dr

Jenny Wormald Jennifer "Jenny" Wormald HonFSA Scot (18 January 1942 – 9 December 2015) was a Scottish historian who studied late medieval and early modern Scotland. Life Jennifer (Jenny) was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1942, and was adopted by Margaret ...

(1942–2015) historian

Southern Terrace

Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour LLD FRSE FRCPE (7 January 1856 – 11 June 1927) was a Scottish gynaecologist and noted medical author. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and co-author of the world-acclaimed ''Ma ...

(1856–1927) pioneer of gynaecology * Sir George Andreas Berry MP (1853–1940) eye surgeon * Benjamin Hall Blyth (1849–1917) civil engineer *

Alexander Crum Brown Alexander Crum Brown FRSE FRS (26 March 1838 – 28 October 1922) was a Scottish organic chemist. Alexander Crum Brown Road in Edinburgh's King's Buildings complex is named after him. Early life and education Crum Brown was born at 4 Bellev ...

(1838–1922) chemist * Memorial to George Brown (Canadian politician) (1819–1880) plus the grave of Anne Nelson, his wife (1823–1906) * Thomas Graham Brown (1882–1965) mountaineer and physiologist * Duncan Cameron, (1825–1901), owner of '' The Oban Times'' newspaper and inventor of The "''Waverley''" nib pen and his daughter, Mary Cameron (painter) (1865–1921) * Robert Carfrae FSAScot (1820–1900) antiquarian *

Thomas Clouston Sir Thomas Smith Clouston (22 April 1840 – 19 April 1915) was a Scottish psychiatrist. Life Clouston was the youngest of four sons of Robert Clouston (1786–1857) 3rd of Nisthouse, in the Birsay parish of Orkney, and his wife Janet (née ...

(1840–1915) psychiatrist *

Francis Brodie Imlach Francis Brodie Imlach FRCSEd (1819-1891) was a Scottish pioneer of modern dentistry, and the first person to use chloroform on a dental patient. He helped to raise the profile of dentistry from a back street trade to full professional status ...

(1819–1891) pioneer of dentistry and anaesthesia * Rev Dr Robert Reid Kalley (1809–1888) missionary * Dr Peter McBride FRSE (1854–1946) physician * William Mackintosh, Lord Kyllachy FRSE (1842–1918) Senator of the College of Justice * Rev Angus Makellar (d.1859) Moderator of the Church of Scotland for 1840 * Sir William Muir (1819–1905) Scottish Orientalist * Samuel Alexander Pagan (1793–1867) President of the

1846 to 1848 * Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901) artist * Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier (1900–1992) * Sir John Skelton (1831–1897) and his wife Dame Jane Adair Skelton (1847–1925) * Sir David Wallace (1862–1952) urologist * Dr Alexander Wood (1817–1884) inventor of the hypodermic syringe

20th century extension

* Andrew Anderson, Lord Anderson (18621–1936) Senator of the College of Justice *

John George Bartholomew John George Bartholomew (22 March 1860 – 14 April 1920) was a Scottish cartographer and geographer. As a holder of a royal warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King"; for this reason he was sometimes known by the epithet "the P ...

map-maker (memorial only) * Walter Lorrain Brodie (1884–1918),

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previousl ...

winner (memorial only) * Andrew Constable, Lord Constable (1865–1928) * William Skeoch Cumming (1864–1929) artist * Arthur Dewar, Lord Dewar (1860–1917) * Charles Scott Dickson, Lord Dickson (1850–1922) * Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet (1866–1930) newspaper magnate * Sir Alexander MacPherson Fletcher (1929–1989) MP 1973 to 1987 * John Alexander Ford (1864-1925) artist * Very Rev James Rae Forgan (1876–1966) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1940 *

(1880–1915) lady golfer and heroine of the

memorialised on grave of Patrick Neill Fraser FRSE (buried in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

where she died) *

John George Govan John George Govan (1861–1927) was a Scottish businessman and evangelist who founded The Faith Mission in 1886. Life He was born in Glasgow on 19 January 1861 one of 12 children to William Govan and his wife Margaret Rattray Arthur. They lived ...

(1861–1927) founder of the Faith Mission *

Herbert John Clifford Grierson Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, FBA (16 January 1866 – 19 February 1960) was a Scottish literary scholar, editor, and literary critic. Life and work He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, on 16 January 1866. He was the son of Andrew John Grie ...

(1866–1960) * Rev

Andrew Harper Andrew Harper (13 November 1844 – 25 November 1936) was a Scottish–Australian biblical scholar, teacher, school principal and University College Principal. Early life Harper was born at 167 Main Street,Glasgow Post Office Directory 1844-5 ...

DD (1844–1936) *

John Robertson Henderson John Robertson Henderson Order of the Indian Empire, CIE FRSE FZS FLS (21 May 1863 – 26 October 1925) was a Scottish zoologist who specialized in the taxonomy of marine crustaceans, particularly the Decapoda, decapods, and worked on specimens ...

FRSE (1863–1925) zoologist * Lady Caroline and Lord Walter James Hore,

Baron Ruthven of Gowrie Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, of Gowrie in the County of Perth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, held by the Earl of Gowrie since 1956. It was created in 1919 for Walter Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, who claimed also to b ...

(1838–1921) * George Hutchison (Unionist MP) (1873–1928) * John Alexander Inglis (1873–1941) historian and author *

Ernest Auldjo Jamieson Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA Mentioned in Dispatches, MID (1880–1937) was a Scottish architect operating in the early 20th century. He specialised in country houses, largely for wealthy fami ...

(1880–1937) architect * George Auldjo Jamieson (1827–1900) accountant and company director *

David Smiles Jerdan David Smiles Jerdan FRSE (1871–1951) was a Scottish businessman and horticulturist. Life He was born on 12 July 1871 in Dennyloanhead in Stirlingshire in Central Scotland. His father was Rev Charles Jerdan, minister of St Michael Street Churc ...

FRSE (1871–1951) businessman and horticulturalist * Christopher Nicholson Johnston,

Lord Sands Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston, Lord Sands FRSE (18 October 1857 – 26 February 1934) was a Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Edinburgh and St Andrews universities between two by-elections in 1916 and 1917. He was an expert on Church Law an ...

(1857–1934) law lord and politician * Stewart Kaye (1886–1952) architect * Joseph Fairweather Lamb FRSE (1928–2015) physiologist * Sir George Macdonald (1862–1940) archaeologist * Sir Alexander MacPherson Fletcher MP (1929–1989) * Father John Maitland Moir (1924-2013) priest *

Alexander Munro MacRobert Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873 – 18 October 1930) was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician. He was Lord Advocate of Scotland in 1929. Life He was born in 1873 the son of Jean Carmichael and Thomas MacRobert. He was educated at Pa ...

(1873–1930) MP and Lord Advocate * Sir

Walter Mercer Sir Walter Mercer Order of the British Empire, KBE FRSE Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCSEd Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, FRCPE Legum Doctor, LLD (19 March 1890 – 23 February 1971) was a Scottish orthopaedic surgeon. He wa ...

(1890–1971) surgeon * George F. Merson FRSE (1866–1959) pharmacist * Thomas Brash Morison (1868–1945) Senator of the College of Justice * Sir Robert Muir FRS (1864–1959) pathologist, and his sister, Anne Davidson Muir RSW (1875–1951) artist * Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927) economist * Ella Pirrie (1857-1929) friend and colleague of

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War ...

, first head nurse of Belfast City Hospital and first superintendent of the Deaconess Hospital in Edinburgh *

Edward Theodore Salvesen The Hon. Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen (20 July 1857 – 23 February 1942) was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. Life Edward Theodore Salvesen was the son of Christian Freder ...

, Lord Salvesen (1857–1942) (bronze by Henry Snell Gamley) including the grave of his father-in-law, John Trayner, Lord Trayner * Sir David William Scott-Barrett (1922–2003) *

Alistair Smart Peter Alistair Marshall Smart (30 April 1922–21 December 1992) was a 20th-century British historian and expert on Allan Ramsay. Life He was born in Cambridge on 30 April 1922 the son of Prof John Couch Adams, grandson of his namesake as ...

(1922–1992) art historian * Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975) poet and artist * Lewis Spence (1874–1955) journalist, author and poet * Douglas Strachan HRSA (1875–1950) stained glass window designer * Sir Henry Wade (1876–1955) surgeon * Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson (1869–1948) Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1929 to 1932

Other monuments of interest

* Monument to

, map-maker (buried in Portugal) on the north wall of the 20th century cemetery extension (sculpted by Pilkington Jackson) * Monument to

Robert Dunsmure Robert Dunsmure (23 December 1852 - 4 August 1894) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Queensland. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1888 to 1893, representing the electorate of Maranoa. Early life Rober ...

and his brothers, all of whom died abroad * Monument to Col

Lauderdale Maule Lauderdale Maule, DL (27 March 1807 – 1 August 1854) was a Scottish soldier, the second son of the Lord Panmure. Life Born at Brechin Castle, he entered the 39th Regiment of Foot as an ensign on 24 August 1825. In 1835, he was promoted t ...

and the 79th Cameron Highlanders marking their role in the

at Alma and

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

. The rear of the monument commemorates their part in the Indian Mutiny at

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...

* Monument to the Edinburgh-born Confederate Colonel Robert A. Smith who died in 1862 at Munfordsville, Kentucky in the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...

* Monument to historian John Hill Burton, who is buried at Dalmeny. Monument in Dean is by

* Monument to John Wilson (1800–1849), vocalist (buried in Quebec), also subject of a memorial at the foot of Calton Hill * The Cemetery contains the war graves of 39 Commonwealth service personnel, 29 from World War I and 10 from World War II, registered and maintained by the

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ...

. The oldest soldier buried is Major-General Sir John Munro Sym KCB (1839 – 3 October 1919) aged 80 (this is a normal grave not a CWGC grave). Most of the war graves lie in the independently accessed 20th century section to the north of the main cemetery. * Robert Digby-Jones VC is memorialised on his parents' grave in the north extension. * Monument to the orphans dying at the immediately adjacent Dean Orphanage

References

External links

Official website

Bibliography

* ''The Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh'' edited by A. S. Cowper and Euan S. McIver, Edinburgh, 1992. . {{Cemeteries in Scotland Cemeteries in Edinburgh Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh Tourist attractions in Edinburgh Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Scotland 1846 establishments in Scotland