The Grange (originally St Giles' Grange) is an affluent suburb of

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, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and

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to the north, and

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to the south. It is a

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characterised by large early Victorian stone-built villas and mansions, often with very large gardens. The Grange was built mainly between 1830 and 1890, and the area represented the idealisation of country living within an urban setting. The suburb includes streets which are renowned for their pricey properties, and it is home to some of Scotland's richest people, top lawyers and businessmen. Whitehouse Terrace, in the Grange area of the Capital, was named as the priciest postcode in Zoopla's 'Rich List for 2021'.

Character of the Area

The architectural form and green environment of The Grange are attributable to the

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movement and characterised by romantic

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of the architectural forms that are original and individual in composition. The buildings are complemented by the profusion of mature trees, spacious garden settings, stone boundary walls and green open spaces. A significant level of uniformity is achieved from the use of local building materials, e.g. local grey sandstone in

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or coursed rubble with hand carved decoration, Scots slates, timber framed sash and case windows with plate glass. The Grange was predominantly developed around 1830, when the growing middle class of merchants and professionals in

were looking for secluded location where to raise their families. The Grange had the advantages of physical separation from the overcrowded medieval city and offered individual dwellings in a predominantly suburban setting in contrast to the tenements of the Georgian

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. Houses were built with their own private gardens surrounded by high stone walls; this was in contrast with the communal living of the more central areas. Each house has its individual fashionable style of the Victorian times. The outstanding quality of many of the villas is due to the insistence of the Dick Lauder family, who commissioned the houses, on high architectural standards.

Superiors

There are mentions of 'Sanct-Geill-Grange' in charters of King

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and King

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, as church lands attached to

St. Giles Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...

parish church in Edinburgh, the king retaining the superiority. The word grange is common across Britain and normally links to an extensive farm with a central mansionhouse. On 16 June 1376, King Robert II granted the superiority of the barony and lands of St Giles to his eldest son, John, Earl of Carrick, Steward of Scotland. In 1391 the estate was conferred upon the Wardlaw family. On 29 October 1506, St Giles Grange passed to John Cant, a Burgess of Edinburgh, and his spouse Agnes Carkettle, and in 1517 they granted the use of of land to the nuns of

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. On 19 March 1691 a John Cant sold St Giles Grange in its entirety to William Dick. At that time, the previously feued to the nuns was now in the possession of Sir

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, the famous inventor of logarithms. When Isabel Dick, the heiress, married

Sir Andrew Lauder, 5th Baronet Sir Andrew Lauder of Fountainhall, 5th Baronet (8 May 1702 – 6 March 1769) was a Burgess of the Royal Burgh of Lauder (1 August 1737), and also of Musselburgh (8 June 1739). He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1730 upon the death of his elder broth ...

of Fountainhall, in 1731, The Grange passed to him.

Grange House

The original

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appears to be of a very early date, possibly the 13th century, ornamented with two turrets and a battlemented roof; its position was isolated at the eastern end of the

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, which at that time consisted of waste tracts of moorland and morass, stretching out southward as far as the

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and eastward to St. Leonard's Crags. The

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, The Grange House, was enlarged over the centuries, a major restoration being carried out by Sir

Thomas Dick Lauder Sir Thomas Dick Lauder of Fountainhall, 7th Baronet, FRSE FSA(Scot) LLD (13 August 178429 May 1848) was a Scottish author. He served as Secretary to the Board of Manufactures (1839–), on the Herring Fisheries Board, at the Royal Instituti ...

, Bt. On 16 May 1836,

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recorded in his diary: "There was an annular eclipse of the sun yesterday afternoon....it was a beautiful spectacle......I was on the top of the tower at The Grange House, with Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and his family." After Sir Thomas's death in 1848, the fabric of the house gradually deteriorated, and by the 1930s the cost of maintenance and preservation had become prohibitive. Despite widespread protests, the house was demolished in 1936. Bungalows and other houses were built on part of the site, in what is now Grange Crescent. Stone

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s from its gateposts, known locally as the 'Lauder griffins', were re-erected in Grange Loan. One was placed at the entrance to a stretch of Lover's Loan, a centuries-old path which was preserved in a late 19th-century redevelopment and is marked out with high stone walls separating it from the gardens on either side. At one point the path borders the Grange

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, where various well-known people are buried, including Sir

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, and

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City expansion

In 1825

, the then owner of the Grange, sold off a large area of land for development (the area between the present Dick Place and Grange Road). This linked to a new access road to the east (now called Newington Road). Lauder controlled development of the land through a strong feuing plan and developments required his approval. The original feuing plan included curious plot names such as Little Transylvania and Greater Transylvania (both north of Grange Loan). Grange House remained in a large plot in the centre of Grange Loan. From the 1840s, The Grange was developed as an early

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, built gradually upon the lands of The Grange estate — still owned by the Dick Lauder family. The area was originally laid out by the architect

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but then the feuing was altered (1858) and greatly extended southwards (1877, following great success) by the architect

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. Some of the Victorian villas still retain substantial mature trees and gardens which pre-date the housing. In 1835

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(of

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fame) stayed with Sir Thomas Dick Lauder at The Grange House, and commemorated his visit by planting an oak tree in a conspicuous spot in The Avenue, upon the bank of the north side, not very far from the ivy-clad arch. It was called 'Earl Grey's Oak' and was still healthy in 1898. It is not known if it has survived. Within the area lies the campus of the

Astley Ainslie Hospital The Astley Ainslie Hospital is a community hospital in The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is operated by NHS Lothian. History David Ainslie, who died in 1900, left £800,000 for the purpose of building and endowing a hospital or institution f ...

. This large area of ground was gifted as a hospital in 1921 as part of the will of John Ainslie. The grounds of the Carlton Cricket Club is the last vestige of the major open space which used to surround Grange House.

Grange Cemetery

This was laid out in 1847 by the Edinburgh architect

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and is more rectilinear in layout than its predecessors,

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and

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. The graves of Isabella Russell and Margaret McNicoll were designed by

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to the Free Church of Scotland * Dr John Henry Campbell, monument by John Hutchison RSA * John Irvine Carswell

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(1789–1867)

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* Rev

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MP and his nephew,

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FRS

, chemist * William Maxwell Gunn LLD (1795–1851) author * Dr

Thomas Guthrie Thomas Guthrie FRSE (12 July 1803 – 24 February 1873) was a Scottish divine and philanthropist, born at Brechin in Angus (at that time also called Forfarshire). He was one of the most popular preachers of his day in Scotland, and was associa ...

Robert Halliday Gunning Robert Halliday Gunning FRSE Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, PRPSE FSA Legum Doctor, LLD (12 December 1818 – 22 March 1900) was a Scottish surgeon, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He did much to improve social conditions in Brazil and al ...

, surgeon and philanthropist * Henry Haig (engraver) (1795–1848) * Rev William Hanna (1808–1882) * Canon

Edward Joseph Hannan Canon Edward Joseph Hannan (Irish: ''Éamonn Seosamh Ó hAnnáin'') (1836–1891) was an Irish-born priest, mainly remembered as the founder of Hibernian Football Club in Edinburgh. Life He was born in Ballingarry, County Limerick on 21 June 1 ...

, co-founder of

Hibernian Football Club Hibernian Football Club (), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The club plays in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). ...

* Admiral John Hay (1804–1899) *

George Henderson (architect) George Henderson (3 October 1846 – 24 March 1905) was a British architect. Life and career Born at 8 Duke Street in Edinburgh (later renamed Dublin Street), Henderson was the son of architect John Henderson (architect), John Henderson and Ha ...

(1846–1905) *

John Henderson (architect) John Henderson (1 March 1804 – 27 June 1862) was a Scottish architect operational in the mid-19th century. He is chiefly remembered as a church architect, with his early work being in the Gothic revival and tractarian style, before develop ...

(1804–1862) * Prof William Henderson (physician and homeopath) *

Robert Herdman Robert Inerarity Herdman RSA RSW (17 September 1829 – 10 January 1888) was a Victorian artist specialising in portraiture and historical compositions. He is also remembered for a series of pastoral scenes featuring young girls. He received ...

RSA, Victorian artist * Rev

William Maxwell Hetherington William Maxwell Hetherington (4 June 1803 – 23 May 1865) was a Scottish minister, poet and church historian. He entered the university of Edinburgh but before completing his studies for the church he published, in 1829, 'Twelve Dramatic S ...

(stone carved by John Rhind) *

William Ballantyne Hodgson William Ballantyne Hodgson (6 October 1815 – 24 August 1880) was a Scottish educational reformer and political economist. Life The son of William Hodgson, a printer, he was born in Edinburgh on 6 October 1815. In 1820 the family were living ...

William Hole (artist) William Brassey Hole RSA (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917) was a Scottish artist, illustrator, etcher, and engraver, known for his industrial, historical and biblical scenes. Life Early life and training Hole was born in Salisbury, ...

... (buried in the ground of James Lindsay WS) * The Home baronets, John (1872–1938, 12th Baronet of Blackadder) and David George (1904–1992, 13th Baronet of Blackadder) *

John Hutchison (sculptor) John Hutchison (1 June 1832 – 23 May 1910) was a Scottish sculptor based in Edinburgh. He was the son of an unnamed builder, and his artistic life began as a thirteen-year-old woodcarving apprentice. He attended art school in the evenings, th ...

* Lady

Isabel Emslie Hutton Isabel Galloway Emslie Hutton, Lady Hutton CBE (11 September 1887 – 11 January 1960), previously Isabel Galloway Emslie, was a Scottish physician who specialised in mental health and social work.McConnell, Anita (2004) "Hutton, Isabel Gallowa ...

(1887–1960) physician * Prof

Ainsley Iggo Ainsley Iggo FRS (2 August 1924 – 25 March 2012) was a New Zealand born neurophysiologist. Life He was born in Napier, New Zealand and studied at a farming college in Invercargill, where he won a bursary to study Agricultural Sciences at ...

FRS (1924–2012) * David Irving (librarian) *

James Jamieson (dentist) James Dalgleish Hamilton Jamieson FRSE FDSE (10 September 1875 – 21 September 1966) was a Scottish dentist and author. Life He was born on 10 September 1875 at 52 Rankeillor Street, a ground floor and basement flat in Edinburgh’s South Si ...

FRSE *

Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871) Alexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer. Biography He was born at Kirkhill near Penicuik, south of Edinburgh. He was the son of Andrew Johnston and Isabel Keith. His brothe ...

geographer (also memorialising his son of the same name, an African explorer). *

Christian Isobel Johnstone Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781–1857) was a prolific journalist and author in Scotland in the nineteenth century. She was a significant early feminist and an advocate of other liberal causes in her era. She wrote anonymously, and under the pseud ...

(1781–1857) author, journalist and feminist * General Sir Gordon Jolly KCIE (1886–1962) * Prof

Arthur Berriedale Keith Arthur Berriedale Keith (5 April 1879 – 6 October 1944) was a Scottish constitutional lawyer, scholar of Sanskrit and Indologist. He became Regius Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology and Lecturer on the Constitution of the Briti ...

* David Kennedy (1825–1886) Scottish singer (subject of a monument at the foot of

Calton Hill Calton Hill () is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the ci ...

) plus his daughter

Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1 October 1857 – 22 November 1930) was a Scottish singer, composer and music teacher and supporter of women's suffrage and pacifism. According to Ray Perman, Kennedy-Fraser "made a career of collecting Gaelic songs in ...

* Major

Allan Ker Major Allan Ebenezer Ker VC (5 March 1883 – 12 September 1958) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

VC (1883–1958) WW1 Victoria Cross recipient (memorialised on grave of Robert Darling Ker WS) * William Joseph Kinloch-Anderson (1846–1901) founder of the kilt-making company which bears his name *

John Kinross John Kinross (3 July 1855 – 7 January 1931) was a Scottish architect. He was particularly skilled in traditional styles and was highly involved in the restoration of historic buildings, researching his subjects well before any project. Biogr ...

(architect) * Thomas Knox (1818–1879) bronze portrait by Alexander Rhind *

, author and landowner * Prof

Simon Somerville Laurie Simon Somerville Laurie FRSE LLD (13 November 1829 – 2 March 1909) was a Scottish educator. He became Bell Professor of Education at Edinburgh University in 1876. He campaigned energetically and successfully for better teacher training in Sc ...

, educator * Robert Lawson

, physician (1846–1896) * Rev Prof Robert Lee DD

theologian (sculpted by John Hutchison) *

David Lees David Lees (1881–1934) was a Scottish expert in public health and author of the authoritative work ''Diagnosis and Treatment of Venereal Disease''. Life He was born in 1881, the son of Agnes Drennan and her husband, Robert Lees a vet from Lag ...

FRSE (1881-1934) public health expert * William Lennie (1779–1852) grammarian * Rev

Mary Levison Mary Irene Levison (8 January 1923 – 12 September 2011) was the first person to petition the Church of Scotland for the ordination of women to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in 1963. This was achieved five years later and Levison became a m ...

DD (1923-2011) (née Mary Irene Lusk), first ordained female minister in the Church of Scotland * Prof David Liston (1799-1881) Professor of Hebrew * Rev Prof Peter Lorimer (1812-1879) Moderator of the English Presbyterian Synod *

David Fowler Lowe David Fowler Lowe FRSE LLD (11 January 1843 – 17 January 1924) was headmaster of George Heriot's School from 1880 to 1908. Life Lowe was born in Leslie, Fife on 11 January 1843. He was educated locally and then went to the University of Edin ...

LLD (1843-1924, Headmaster of

George Heriot's School George Heriot's School is a Scottish independent primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the early 21st century, it has more than 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff, and 80 non-teaching staff ...

* Lt David Lyell,

Royal Scots The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. The regimen ...

(d. 1915) survivor of the Gretna Rail Disaster who was killed two months later at

Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...

(memorial only) * Major General

William McBean Major-General William McBean (1 January 1819 – 22 June 1878) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth fo ...

VC (1818-1878) winner of the

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 previously ...

at the

Siege of Lucknow The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief att ...

* Sir

George McCrae (politician) Colonel Sir George McCrae (28 August 1860 – 27 December 1928) was a Scottish textile merchant and Liberal Party politician. In Scotland he is best remembered for the creation of McCrae's Battalion, also known as the Second Edinburgh Pals Batt ...

(1860–1928) * Very Rev William J. G. McDonald (1924–2015)

in 1989, presenter on radio's ''

Thought for the Day ''Thought for the Day'' is a daily scripted slot on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 offering "reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news", broadcast at around 7:45 each Monday to Saturday morning. Nowadays lastin ...

'' * Very Rev James MacGregor DD (1834–1910)

1891 * Very Rev

Mackintosh MacKay Mackintosh MacKay (1793 – 1873) was a Scottish minister and author who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1849. He edited the Highland Society's prodigious Gaelic dictionary ('Dictionarium Scoto-Celt ...

(1793–1873)

of the

Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to: * Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical * Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...

in 1849 (memorial only - buried in

Duddingston Kirk Duddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. Regular services are held at the kirk, conducted by the minister, Rev Dr James ...

yard) * Lieutenant General

Colin Mackenzie Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist. He surveyed southern India, ...

, (1806–1881), Scottish officer in the Indian Army * Paul MacKenzie (physician) (1919–2015) soldier and sportsman * James MacKillop, MP * Meta Maclean, author *

John Macleod (theologian) John Macleod (1872–1948) was a Scottish minister and Principal of the Free Church College from 1929-43. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland and was the author of ''Scottish Theology in relation to Churc ...

Charles Maclaren Charles Maclaren (7 October 1782 – 10 September 1866) was a Scottish journalist and geologist. He co-founded ''The Scotsman'' newspaper, was its editor for 27 years, and edited the 6th Edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and the firs ...

, founder and editor of the Scotsman newspaper * Very Rev Thomas McLauchlan (1815–1886) Moderator of the General Assembly of the church of Scotland in 1876 * Hector C. Macpherson

author and journalist * Sir Alexander Charles Gibson Maitland *

John Maitland (accountant) John Maitland (17 January 1803 - 6 September 1865) filled the position of Accountant to the Court of Session for several years. He took a deep interest in religious schemes, especially those of the Free Church, to which he belonged. He presented ...

(1803 - 1865) Accountant to the Court of Session and Disruption Worthy *

Charles Alexander Malcolm Dr Charles Alexander Malcolm FRSE LLD (1881-11 April 1961) was a Scottish legal librarian and historical author. He was the official librarian to the Signet Library in Edinburgh from 1935. Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1881. He was educated a ...

, historian and author * Rev Prof William Manson, theologian *

Hugh Marshall Hugh Marshall FRS FRSE FCS (7 January 1868 – 5 September 1913) was a Scottish chemist who discovered persulphates in 1891. He was the inventor of Marshall's acid. In 1902 he proposed the modified sign of equality which became standard in c ...

FRS FRSE (1868–1913) chemist * Rev Dr Hugh Martin, theologian *

David Masson David Mather Masson LLD DLitt (2 December 18226 October 1907), was a Scottish academic, supporter of women's suffrage, literary critic and historian. Biography He was born in Aberdeen, the son of William Masson, a stone-cutter, and his wi ...

historian and his daughters

Rosaline Masson Rosaline Masson (1867–1949) was a Scottish author and a prolific writer of novels, biographies, histories and other works. Life Rosaline Masson was born on 6 May 1867 in Edinburgh and was the daughter of suffrage campaigner Emily Rosaline ...

and

Flora Masson Flora Masson Royal Red Cross, RRC (1856 – 1937) was a Scottish-born nurse, suffragist, writer and editor. Early life Flora Masson was born in Edinburgh. She was first of three daughters of professor David Masson and suffrage campaigner E ...

* David Mekie, geographer and his son, Prof

D. E. C. Mekie David Eric Cameron Mekie FRSE OBE (1902–1989) was a Scottish surgeon and Keeper of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1955 to 1974. Life He was born in Edinburgh the son of David Mekie FRSE, a local builder and amat ...

OBE

surgeon * Memorial to Wiliam Babington Melville, killed in the Manipur Massacre of 1891 * Duncan Menzies (1837–1910) architect and engineer *

John Millar, Lord Craighill John Millar, Lord Craighill (1817–1888) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He served two brief terms as Solicitor General for Scotland and in 1874 was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice. Life Millar was born in 1817, the son of John ...

(1817–1888) *

(pioneer geologist) and his son

* Prof James Miller

(1812–1864) * Rev Dr

William Milligan William Milligan (15 March 182111 December 1893) was a renowned Scottish theologian. He studied at the University of Halle in Germany, and eventually became a professor at the University of Aberdeen. He is best known for his commentary on th ...

(1821–1893) *

William Beatton Moonie William Beatton Moonie (1883–1961) was a British composer. He gives his name to the Moonie Collection, a collection of music held by Glasgow University. Life He was born somewhat prematurely at the station master's house at Stobo railway s ...

(1883-1961) composer * Sir Henry Moncrieff, 2nd Baron Moncrieff, with a sculpture of his wife "Minna" on the stone *

Robert Morham Robert Morham (31 March 1839 – 5 June 1912) was the City Architect for Edinburgh for the last decades of the nineteenth century and was responsible for much of the “public face” of the city at the time. His work is particularly well re ...

, architect *

John Muir (indologist) John Muir CIE FRSE DCL LLD (5 February 1810 – 7 March 1882) was a British Sanskrit scholar, Indologist and judge in India. Biography Muir was born in Glasgow, the son of William Muir (1783–1820), a merchant of Kilmarnock and magistr ...

* Sir Andrew Mure (1826–1909) judge *

Duncan Napier Duncan Scott Napier (3 February 1831 – 9 March 1921) was a Scottish botanist, herbalist and businessman. Despite having a deprived childhood and being functionally illiterate until his early teens, he became an expert in herbal remedies and di ...

, herbalist *

James Napier (chemist) James Napier (1810 – 1 December 1884) was a Scottish industrial chemist and antiquarian. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Life James was born in June 1810 in Partick, Glasgow the son of James Napier, a gardener, and Marga ...

Thomas Nelson (publisher) Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1798, as the namesake of its founder. It is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, the publishing unit of News Corp. It describes itself as a "world leading publisher a ...

and his son Thomas Nelson (1822-1892) *

John Pringle Nichol John Pringle Nichol FRSE FRAS (13 January 1804 – 19 September 1859) was a Scottish educator, phrenologist, astronomer and economist who did much to popularise astronomy in a manner that appealed to nineteenth century tastes. Early life Born ...

, astronomer, and his wife

Elizabeth Pease Nichol Elizabeth Nichol (''née'' Pease; 5 January 1807 – 3 February 1897) was a 19th-century British abolitionist, anti-segregationist, woman suffragist, chartist and anti-vivisectionist. She was active in the Peace Society, the Temperance movemen ...

* Rev Dr Maxwell Nicholson DD, author, minister of

Tron Kirk The Tron Kirk is a former principal parish church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a well-known landmark on the Royal Mile. It was built in the 17th century and closed as a church in 1952. Having stood empty for over fifty years, it was used ...

and then St Stephen's * Prof James Nicol, geologist * Very Rev Prof

Thomas Nicol Thomas Nicol (1846–1916) was Professor of Biblical Criticism at the University of Aberdeen. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1914. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 21 October 1846, possibly the son ...

DD, theological author,

1914 *

Frederick Niecks Frederick Niecks (3 February 184524 June 1924) was a German musical scholar and author who resided in Scotland for most of his life. He is best remembered for his biographies of Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann. Biography Friedrich Mat ...

, musical scholar * John Nisbet, artist, with his 3 wives * Pollock Sinclair Nisbet, artist * Robert Buchan Nisbet, artist * Rev Prof John Cochrane O'Neill (1930–2003) theological author * Thomas Oliver, co-founder of

Oliver & Boyd Oliver and Boyd was a British publishing and printing firm that traded from 1807 or 1808 until 1990.

Emily Rosaline Orme Emily Rosaline Orme (1835–1915) was a leader of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage. She was a noted campaigner for women's suffrage in Scotland. Early life Orme was born in 1835, one of eight children to parents Eliza Andrews ...

(1835–1915) * George Ann Panton

(1842–1903), actuary, botanist and geologist, Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...

* Sir

Edward Parrott Sir James Edward Parrott, MP, (1 June 1863 – 5 April 1921) was a British teacher and author, who served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South for 1917–1918. Life He was born in Marple, Cheshire, the eldest son of a schoo ...

politician *

Aileen Paterson Aileen Francis Paterson (née Henderson) MBE (30 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Scottish writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children's books about Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten. Biography Aileen Paterson was born in t ...

(1834-2018) children's author, creator of "Maisie of Morningside" (NW) * Robert Paterson (1825–1889) architect *

Waller Hugh Paton Waller Hugh Paton RSA RSW (27 July 1828 – 8 March 1895) was a Scottish landscape artist in the second half of the 19th century. Early life Paton was born in Wooer's Alley, Dunfermline, the son of Joseph Neil Paton (1797-1874), a damask de ...

RSA, artist * Very Rev David Paul DD LLD FLS,

in 1915 * Very Rev

Adam Philip Adam Philip (1 May 1856 – 18 November 1945) was a Scottish minister and author, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland in 1921. Life He was born on 1 May 1856 in Govan the son of Margaret Jos ...

of the

United Free Church of Scotland The United Free Church of Scotland (UF Church; gd, An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte, sco, The Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or UP) and ...

in 1921. * Sir

Robert William Philip Sir Robert William Philip (29 December 1857 – 25 January 1939) was a Scottish physician and pioneer in the treatment and control of tuberculosis. Life Philip was born in Govan on the 29 December 1857, the son of Margaret Josephine Roberts ...

, pioneer of tuberculosis, younger brother of

* Very Rev

K. M. Phin Kenneth Macleay Phin (1816–1888) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1877. He ran the Church of Scotland’s Home Mission Scheme. As a church campaigner and pamphleteer he was ...

(1816–1888) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1877 * James Ramage, artist (1824–1887) * James Reed, engineer

engineer * Very Rev George T. H. Reid MC DD (1910–1990)

in 1973 * Rev Prof Alexander Macdonald Renwick DD, theological author,

of the Free Church of Scotland in 1931 *

John Thomas Rochead John Thomas Rochead (28 March 1814 – 7 April 1878) was a Scottish people, Scottish architect. He is most noteworthy on a national scale for having been the designer of the Wallace Monument. Life He was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Ro ...

, architect of the

Wallace Monument The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a 67 metre tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero ...

* Rev Dr Charles Rogers DD LLD, minister and author * Sir Hugh Arthur Rose and his son, Sir Hugh Rose (owners of

Rose's lime juice Rose's lime juice, often known simply as Rose's, is a sweetened concentrated fruit juice patented in 1867. This was the world's first commercially produced fruit concentrate. Background In 1753, James Lind discovered that consuming citrus fruits ...

) *Lt Gen James Kerr Ross (1792–1872) wounded at the Battle of Waterloo * Frederick Schenck, lithographer * Dr Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson

physician and biographer * Sir Thomas Drummond Shiels MP * Sir Alexander Russell Simpson and his sons, Prof James Young Simpson (scientist) and Dr George Freeland Barbour Simpson * Dr David Skae (1814–1873) psychiatrist * Sir William Lowrie Sleigh,

1923–6 * Prof George Smeaton (theologian), George Smeaton * George Smith (1833-1919) colonial educator and writer on Indian matters * George Smith (Scottish artist), George Smith Royal Scottish Academy, RSA (1870-1934) artist * Thomas Smith (missionary), Very Rev Prof Thomas Smith (1817–1906) missionary, mathematician, Moderator of the Free Church 1891–92 * James Spence (surgeon), Dr James Spence (1812–1882) President of the

* Robert Cunningham Graham Spiers

(1797–1847) Sheriff of Edinburgh (on the grave he is called "Graham Speirs") * The sculptor brothers David Watson Stevenson and William Grant Stevenson buried together * Norman Stevenson, Dr Norman Lang Stevenson (1875–1967) cricketer and 1908 Olympic Bronze Medallist for Scotland at field hockey * Jane Taylor and her daughter Mary Jane Pritchard, both poisoned in 1865 by Edward William Pritchard * Rev William King Tweedie DD (1803-1864) religious author and his son, Major General William Tweedie of the Sepoy mutiny * James Thin (1824-1915) founder of a renowned Edinburgh bookshop * Surgeon Major General Peter Stephenson Turnbull (1836–1921) * Andrew Usher * Usher baronets, Sir John Usher, Baronet * Major General Thomas Valiant (1784–1845) (memorial only) * James Veitch (minister), Rev Dr James Veitch (1808-1879) * Cecil Voge

(1898–1978) chemist * Baron Bruntisfield, Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 6th Baronet (after whom the Warrender section of Marchmont is named) * George Mackie Watson (1860–1948) architect * Rev Robert Boog Watson (1823–1910), scientist * David Monro Westland, architect/engineer (creator of the North Bridge) * Prof Charles Richard Whittaker

(1879–1967) anatomist * Dr Dionysius Wielobycki (1813–1882) early Homeopathy, homeopathic doctor * Harry Martin Willsher, author * Robert Wilson (architect), Robert Wilson architect of the Edinburgh Board Schools * Robert Wilson (1871–1928) editor of the Edinburgh Evening News and donor of the Wilson Cup (football), Wilson Cup * Sir James Lawton Wingate (artist) * Sir Alexander Kemp Wright (1859–1933), banker co-founder of the National Savings movement * Prof David F. Wright (1937–2008), historian * Robert Stodart Wyld LLD (1808–1893) historian * Robert Young (biblical scholar) There are war graves of 40 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars and a communal grave for the nuns of St Margaret's Convent.

Notable residents

Residents of the suburb have included the author J.K. Rowling and the former Chief executive officer, CEO of The Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, Fred Goodwin. Goodwin relocated from The Grange after the vandalism to which his property there was subjected but has since returned after his wife's throwing him out of their family home in Colinton due to revelations of his marital infidelity. Oil tycoon Sir Bill Gammell, an old school friend of Tony Blair and who had George W Bush as a wedding guest, purchased property in The Grange. Other notable residents of The Grange include writers Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, and D. M. Macalister (1832–1909) who was a renowned minister of the Free Church of Scotland and served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1902–03. In 1900 he was living at 32 Mansionhouse Road. Max Born, Nobel Laureate and former Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh lived at 84 Grange Loan. Born came to Edinburgh in 1936. He stayed until his retirement in 1952. He is recognised as one of the founders of the field of quantum mechanics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 for fundamental research in quantum mechanics. Marc-André Raffalovich (11 September 1864 – 14 February 1934) was a wealthy French poet, writer and defender of homosexuality, best known today for his patronage of the arts and for his lifelong relationship with the poet John Gray (poet), John Gray. Raffalovich lived at 9 Whitehouse Terrace, and his most important supporter and romantic partner John Gray (poet), John Gray also lived nearby. The two remained together until Raffalovich's sudden death in 1934. A devastated Gray died exactly four months later. Raffalovich's exposition of the view that a homosexual orientation is both natural and morally neutral was a notable contribution to the late 19th century literature on the subject. Francis H. Underwood was an American editor and writer. He was the founder and first associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 while still working as a publisher's assistant. He lived at 35 Mansionhouse Road. William Henry Goold (15 December 1815 – 29 June 1897) was a Scottish minister of both the Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church 1877–78. He lived at 28 Mansionhouse Road. David Patrick (writer) FRSE LLD (1849[1] – 22 March 1914) was a Scottish writer and editor. He edited Chambers's Encyclopaedia from 1888 to 1892,[1] Chambers's Biographical Dictionary in 1897 and Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature with F. H. Groome from 1901 to 1903. He lived at 20 Mansionhouse Road. George Smeaton (theologian), George Smeaton (1814–1889) was a 19th-century Scottish theologian and Greek scholar. He lived at 13 South Mansionhouse Road. John Duns (minister) FRSE (1820–1909) was Professor of Natural Science at New College, Edinburgh. He was a prolific author on both scientific and religious topics. He lived at 4 North Mansionhouse Road. Thomas Smith (missionary) (8 July 1817 – 26 May 1906) was a Scottish missionary and mathematician who was instrumental in establishing India's zenana missions in 1854. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland 1891–92. He lived at 10 Mansionhouse Road. Frederick Hallard FRSE PRSSA (11 May 1821 – 12 January 1882) was a Scottish advocate and legal author. He served as senior Sheriff-Substitute for Midlothian 1855 to 1882 and was Director of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution and President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. He lived at 7 Whitehouse Terrace. Elizabeth Blackadder, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (1931 – 2021), artist and printmaker, lived in Fountainhall Road with her husband John Houston (painter), John Houston from the 1950s until her death in 2021.

In popular culture

The Grange was also a principal filming location during the production of the BBC Three comedy drama ''Pramface'' which starred Scarlett Alice Johnson and Sean Michael Verey in the lead roles. The Grange features extensively in the showpiece but is appropriated in order to pose as an upmarket North London suburb due to its appearance similarities for the sake of plot integration.

Notes

References

* Stewart-Smith, J; ''The Grange of St Giles'', Edinburgh, 1898, ''is possibly the best history of The Grange extant.''

External links

Bartholomew's ''Chronological map of Edinburgh'' (1919)Grange Association
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