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 Marchmont 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 revivalism 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

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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 St. Catherine of Siena. 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 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

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, 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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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 Reform Bill 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. 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, Warriston Cemetery and

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

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in 1904. Other notable graves include: * John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929), artist * Harry Burrows Acton (1908–1974) * Prof David Laird Adams *

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, actuary * Very Rev John Brown,

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

engineer * Dr Thomas Chalmers * Elizabeth Chantrelle (née Dyer) murdered by her husband

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(stone carved by John Rhind) *

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theologian (sculpted by John Hutchison) *

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VC (1818-1878) winner of the

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at the

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* Sir George McCrae (politician) (1860–1928) * Very Rev

William J. G. McDonald William James Gilmour McDonald (13 June 1924 – 9 December 2015) was a Scottish minister. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1989. He presented BBC Radio Scotland's "Thought for the Day" for many years. ...

(1924–2015)

in 1989, presenter on radio's '' Thought for the Day'' * Very Rev James MacGregor DD (1834–1910)

1891 * Very Rev Mackintosh MacKay (1793–1873)

of the Free Church of Scotland in 1849 (memorial only - buried in Duddingston Kirkyard) * Lieutenant General

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, (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 of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Chu ...

(1803 - 1865) Accountant to the Court of Session and Disruption Worthy * Charles Alexander Malcolm, historian and author * Rev Prof William Manson, theologian * Hugh Marshall 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 and Flora Masson * David Mekie, geographer and his son, Prof D. E. C. Mekie 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 (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 magistra ...

* Sir Andrew Mure (1826–1909) judge * Duncan Napier, herbalist * James Napier (chemist) *

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 ...

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 a ...

, 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 Jonah Maxwell Nicholson (30 July 1818 – 30 December 1874) was a Scottish minister and author. Life He was born in Whithorn in south-west Scotland on 30 July 1818 He was the fourth of nine children of Mary Kirkpatrick and her husband, Rev Chr ...

DD, author, minister of

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and then St Stephen's * Prof James Nicol, geologist * Very Rev Prof Thomas Nicol DD, theological author,

1914 * Frederick Niecks, 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 * Emily Rosaline Orme (1835–1915) * George Ann Panton

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

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* Sir Edward Parrott 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 th ...

(1834-2018) children's author, creator of "Maisie of Morningside" (NW) * Robert Paterson (1825–1889) architect * Waller Hugh Paton RSA, artist * Very Rev David Paul DD LLD FLS,

in 1915 * Very Rev Adam Philip

of the

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in 1921. * Sir Robert William Philip, pioneer of tuberculosis, younger brother of Adam Philip * 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 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 Rochead and Cather ...

, architect of the

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

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) *Lt Gen James Kerr Ross (1792–1872) wounded at the

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* Frederick Schenck, lithographer * Dr Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson

physician and biographer * Sir Thomas

Drummond Shiels Sir Thomas Drummond Shiels MC MB ChB (7 August 1881 – 1 January 1953) was a Scottish Labour politician. Life The son of James Drummond Shiels, photographer, and Agnes Campbell of Edinburgh, he was educated at Edinburgh University whe ...

MP * Sir Alexander Russell Simpson and his sons, Prof James Young Simpson (scientist) and Dr George Freeland Barbour Simpson * Dr

David Skae David Skae MD, FRCSEd (5 July 1814 – 18 April 1873) was a Scottish physician who specialised in psychological medicine. He has been described as the founder of the Edinburgh School of Psychiatry and several of his assistants and pupils went ...

(1814–1873) psychiatrist * Sir William Lowrie Sleigh,

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

Robert Cunningham Graham Spiers Robert Cunningham Graham Speirs or Spiers FRSE (1797–1847) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and prison reformer. In later life he is largely referred to simply as Graham Speirs. He held the offices of Sheriff of Elgin and Moray fro ...

(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 * 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

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* Rev

William King Tweedie William King Tweedie (1803–1863) was an historian, biographer and a minister of the Free Church of Scotland Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh. Life He was born in Ayr on 8 May 1803, the eldest son of John Tweedie and Janet King. His parents moved ...

DD (1803-1864) religious author and his son, Major General William Tweedie of the

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* James Thin (1824-1915) founder of a renowned Edinburgh bookshop * Surgeon Major General Peter Stephenson Turnbull (1836–1921) * Andrew Usher * Sir John Usher, Baronet * Major General Thomas Valiant (1784–1845) (memorial only) * Rev Dr James Veitch (1808-1879) * Cecil Voge

(1898–1978) chemist * 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 Robert Boog Watson FRSE (26 September 1823 – 23 June 1910) was a Scottish malacologist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland best known as the author of the report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected during the H.M.S. ''Challe ...

(1823–1910), scientist * David Monro Westland, architect/engineer (creator of the North Bridge) * Prof Charles Richard Whittaker

(1879–1967) anatomist * Dr

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(1813–1882) early

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doctor * Harry Martin Willsher, author * Robert Wilson architect of the Edinburgh Board Schools * Robert Wilson (1871–1928) editor of the

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and donor of the Wilson Cup * Sir

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(artist) * Sir

Alexander Kemp Wright Sir Alexander Kemp Wright KBE DL LLD (1859–1933) was a Scottish banker mainly associated with the Royal Bank of Scotland but with multiple banking roles. He founded the National Savings Movement. Life He was born in Methven in Perthshi ...

(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) Robert Young, LL.D. (10 September 1822 – 14 October 1888) was a Scottish publisher who was self-taught and proficient in various Oriental languages. He published several works, the best known being a Bible translation, commonly referred to ...

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

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of 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

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and who had

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as a wedding guest, purchased property in The Grange. Other notable residents of The Grange include writers

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law an ...

Ian Rankin Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Early life Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a sch ...

, 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 Max Born (; 11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a ...

, 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 Marc-André Raffalovich (11 September 1864 – 14 February 1934) was a French poet and writer on homosexuality, best known today for his patronage of the arts and for his lifelong relationship with the English poet John Gray. Early life Raffal ...

(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. Raffalovich lived at 9 Whitehouse Terrace, and his most important supporter and romantic partner 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 – 22 March 1914) was a Scottish writer and editor. He edited Chambers's Encyclopaedia from 1888 to 1892, 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 (1814–1889) was a 19th-century Scottish theologian and Greek scholar. He lived at 13 South Mansionhouse Road.

John Duns (minister) John Duns FRSE (1820–1909) was Professor of Natural Science at New College, Edinburgh. He was a prolific author on both scientific and religious topics. Life John Duns was born on 11 July 1820 in Duns, Berwickshire a descendant of John ...

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) Thomas Smith (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. ...

(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. Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (1931 – 2021), artist and printmaker, lived in Fountainhall Road with her husband 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

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'' which starred

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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

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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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