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 St. Giles 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 Thomas Dick Lauder, Bt. On 16 May 1836, Lord Cockburn 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 Thomas Dick Lauder,

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City expansion

In 1825 Thomas Dick Lauder, 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 David Cousin but then the feuing was altered (1858) and greatly extended southwards (1877, following great success) by the architect Robert Reid Raeburn. 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,

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and

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. It was original entitled the Southern Edinburgh Cemetery. It includes a very interesting "Egyptian portal" to the land of the dead for the wife of a William Stuart (died 1868) on the north wall, by the sculptor Robert Thomson. Sculptures by William Birnie Rhind (Dr. James Cappie) and Henry Snell Gamley (David Menzies) can also be found. There are also multiple ornate Celtic crosses, mainly by Stewart McGlashan. 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 * Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Baronet * Thomas Croxen Archer (1817–1885) botanist * Rev William Arnot * Rev David Arnot DD minister of

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* Sir William James and Sir James Gardiner Baird, 7th and 8th Baronets of Saughton Hall * Very Rev John Baillie,

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, 1943–44 * Sir Andrew Balfour, physician (grave vandalised) * James Bannerman (theologian) and his son William Burney Bannerman and his wife Helen Bannerman * John Bartholomew, Sr. and John Bartholomew Jr., mapmakers * John Begg, architect * Alexander Montgomerie Bell, lawyer * Henry McGrady Bell (1880–1958) traveller, diplomat and author * Sir Robert Duncan Bell (1878–1935) senior civil servant in the Indian Raj * George Bertram, engineer and paper-maker *

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, engineer * Robert Henry Bow

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(1827–1909) photographic pioneer and civil engineer *

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and his son John Annan Bryce, MP for Inverness Burghs * William Moir Bryce LLD (1842–1919) antiquarian * Rev James Buchanan * Rev Dr Thomas Burns (1853–1938) founder of the Thomas Burns Homes * Sir John Alexander Calder * Edward Calvert (architect) * Hugh Cameron RSA (1835–1918) artist * James Roderick Johnston Cameron, author, President of the

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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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* Alexander Christie (1792–1872) of the Hudon's Bay Company * Dugald Christie (missionary) * Very Rev Dr Patrick Clason (1789–1867)

of the Free Church of Scotland 1848–49 * Rev Prof G. N. M. Collins twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland (NW) *

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and MP for Edinburgh * Sir John Cowan LLD (1844–1929) steel merchant and his son Andrew Wallace Cowan FRSA and missionary daughter Agnes Marshall Cowan holder of the first Scottish female professorship * Sir Robert Cranston * John Croall of Southfield (d. 1871) founder of the Croall Lectures * Rear Admiral Octavius Cumberland (1813–1877) * Rev Prof William Cunningham * Walter Scott Dalgleish (1834–1897), author * Prof Andrew B. Davidson * William Soltau Davidson (1846–1924) pioneer of refrigerated shipping * Lt Col Lewis Merson Davies, geologist and anti-evolutionist * The Dick Lauder baronets *

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* Alan William Greenwood

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LLD (1843–1924, Headmaster of

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1891 * Very Rev

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

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historian and his daughters Rosaline Masson and Flora Masson * David Mekie, geographer and his son, Prof D. E. C. Mekie OBE

surgeon * Cenotaph to Wiliam Babington Melville, killed in the Manipur Massacre of 1891 * Duncan Menzies (1837–1910) architect and engineer * John Millar, Lord Craighill (1817–1888) *

(pioneer geologist) and his son

* Prof James Miller

(1812–1864) * Rev Dr William Milligan (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) * 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 an ...

and his son

Thomas Nelson (1822–1892) Thomas Nelson FRSE (1822–1892) was a Scottish businessman who joined the family publishing firm of Thomas Nelson in 1839 at which point it was renamed Thomas Nelson & Sons. In 1850 he invented an improved rotary printing press. Life He wa ...

John Pringle Nichol John Pringle Nichol Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE FRAS (13 January 1804 – 19 September 1859) was a Scotland, Scottish educator, phrenologist, astronomer and economist who did much to popularise astronomy in a manner that appe ...

, astronomer, and his wife Elizabeth Pease Nichol * 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 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 Mater ...

, 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 (RSE) 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 establis ...

* Sir Edward Parrott politician * Aileen Paterson (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 (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 Catheri ...

, architect of the

Wallace Monument The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a 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) * 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 wher ...

MP * Sir

Alexander Russell Simpson Sir Alexander Russell Simpson FRCPE FRSE LLD (20 April 1835 – 6 April 1916) was a Scottish physician and Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh. He invented the Obstetrical forceps, axis-traction forceps also known as the ob ...

and his sons, Prof

James Young Simpson (scientist) James Young Simpson (3 August 1873 – 20 May 1934) was a Scottish Zoology, zoologist, writer, diplomat, biographer and theologian. After World War I, he was instrumental in establishing the Baltic states and Finland as independent nations. ...

and Dr

George Freeland Barbour Simpson George Freeland Barbour Simpson FRSE FRCPE FRCSE JP (21 September 1874 – 8 April 1958) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and gynaecologist. In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh. Life He was born on 21 ...

* Dr David Skae (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

(1797–1847) Sheriff of Edinburgh (on the grave he is called "Graham Speirs") * The sculptor brothers

David Watson Stevenson David Watson Stephenson (25 March 1842 – 18 March 1904) was a Scottish sculptor, executing portraits and monuments in marble and bronze. Biography Stevenson was born in Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland, on 25 March 1842, the son of William Stev ...

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

Edward William Pritchard Edward William Pritchard (6 December 1825 – 28 July 1865) was an English doctor who was convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law by poisoning them. He was also suspected of murdering a servant girl, but was never tried for this crime. ...

* Rev William King Tweedie DD (1803–1864) religious author and his son, Major General William Tweedie of the

Sepoy mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form ...

James Thin James Thin Ltd was a British bookshop chain, founded by James Thin (Bookseller), James Thin in 1848. It operated for 154 years, during which time it was run by five generations of the Thin family. Starting from a single shop in Edinburgh, it gr ...

(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) (cenotaph) * 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 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (26 September 1823 – 23 June 1910) was a Scottish malacology, malacologist and Minister (Christianity), minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Sco ...

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

(1879–1967) anatomist * Dr

Dionysius Wielobycki Dionysius Wielobycki (1813 – 16 November 1882) was a 19th century Polish doctor living in Scotland. A controversial homeopath during a period of scientific focus, his adventurous life ranged from being a soldier in the November Uprising and being ...

(1813–1882) early

homeopathic Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths or homeopathic physicians, believe that a substance tha ...

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 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 former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

RBS RBS may refer to: Arts and media * Grupo RBS, Brazilian media group ** RBS TV * Republic Broadcasting System (RBS TV), now GMA Network, owned by GMA Network Inc., Philippines * RBS TV (Latvia), a defunct Latvian television station * ''Red Band ...

Fred Goodwin Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS (born 17 August 1958) is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009. From 2000 to 2008, he pr ...

. 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 Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated southwest of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-w ...

due to revelations of his marital infidelity. Oil tycoon Sir

Bill Gammell Sir William Benjamin Bowring Gammell FRSE (born 29 December 1952) is a Scottish businessman and former Scotland international rugby union player. Early life Gammell attended Fettes College, where he was friends with future British Prime Ministe ...

, an old school friend of

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader ...

and who had

George W Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he i ...

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

D. M. Macalister Donald Mackinnon Macalister (1832–1909) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1902/03. Life He was born in 1832 in Edinburgh as the son of Rev John Macalister (1789–1844) (a Churc ...

(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-British theoretical physicist 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 (poet), John Gray. Ea ...

(1864–1934) 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 (1815–1897) 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 (1849–1914) 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) 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) (1817–1906) 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 (1821–1882) 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.

(1853–1939) was a Scottish architect who designed Edinburgh's Central Library and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. From approximately 1896 to 1914, he lived in a house in Blackford Road that he designed for himself and his family. 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. Kate Atkinson, writer of novels, plays and short stories, currently lives in Grange.

Filming location

The Grange was a principal filming location for the

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comedy drama ''

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'', which starred

Scarlett Alice Johnson Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 7 April 1985) is an English actress, producer and drama teacher. She is known for her roles as Vicki Fowler in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Laura Derbyshire in the BBC Three sitcom '' Pramface''. Early and ...

and Sean Michael Vereyoles.

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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