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Memorials

The North Aisle

  • John S S Forbes, United States Cavalry, killed at Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
  • Captain Edward Stanley, killed at Inkerman in Crimea, 1854
  • Major-General Sir John Campbell, killed at Redan in Crimea, 1855
  • Bishop James Walker, 1770-1841, the first priest to use the Anglican liturgy in Rome since the Reformation; Bishop of Edinburgh 1830-41.

Memorial to Daniel Fox Sandford

The Chancel includes:

  • Bishop Daniel Fox Sandford, 1821-1906, Rector of St John's 1873-83, Bishop of Tasmania; grandson of Dr Daniel Sandford, 1766-1830, first Incumbent of St John's 1792-1830, Bishop of Edinburgh 1806-1830.
  • Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay, 1793-1872, author of Reminiscences of Scottish Life, ornamented bronze monument designed by Sir Gilbert Scott and made by Skidmore of Coventry.

The South Aisle includes:

  • Mrs Mary Arbuthnot, 1739-1818, possibly sculptured by John Flaxman.
  • Captain Edward Urquhart, Black Watch, killed at Ypres 1914.
  • Sir John Robison, 1778-1843, inventor and friend of James Watt.
  • Captain John Woodburn, d 1841, and Wing Cdr John Woodburn Gillan died in air battle in English Channel 1941.
  • Captain William Hunter died in this church 1841.
  • Elizabeth Bannerman, Dowager Lady Ramsay, 1766-1844, mother of No 6.
  • Captain Archibald Sinclair RN, 1801-59, son of Sir John Sinclair Bart. of Ulbster, 1754-1835, statesman.

The Dormitory includes:

  • Sir Henry Raeburn RA, 1756-1823, painter, knighted by George IV.
  • Anne Rutherford, d 1819, mother of Sir Walter Scott, the author.

The Graveyard includes:

(This is the only graveyard in Edinburgh maintained by a Episcopal church. Burials began here soon after the church was consecrated in 1818, and continued until 1965. The burial records can be seen in the National Archives of Scotland, General Register House, 2 Princes Street.)

Memorial cross to Dean Ramsay

  • Celtic Cross for Dean Ramsay (No 6) whose family are also shown on a tablet in the dormitory.
  • Cdr Spencer Forbes RN, 1874-1914, killed in the Battle of Coronel, Chile.
  • Professor Aeneas Mackay 1839-1911, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross.
  • Malvina Wells, 1805-82, a faithful servant to the Maclean family for over 70 years, from the West Indies.
  • Revd Archibald Alison, 1758-1839, author of Essay on Taste.
  • Prof James Syme, 1799-1870, Surgeon to the Queen.
  • Prof Peter Tait, 1831-1901, studied the flight of the golfball; his son Freddie, 1870-1900, was a golf champion in 1896 and 1898.
  • Prof John Donaldson, d 1865, Reid Professor of Music, collector of musical instruments.
  • John Norie, 1772-1843, ran the Navigation Warehouse described by Dickens in Dombey and Son.
  • Daniel Ellis, 1771-1841, author.
  • Thomas Prendergast, 1806-86, went blind and invented the 'mastery' system of learning languages.
  • James Donaldson, 1751-1830, bookseller and publisher, left his large fortune to found Donaldson's Hospital for the deaf.
  • Charles More, 1785-1818, Chief Officer East India Company fleet.
  • Col Robert Ross, 1823-73, had his medals depicted on his gravestone.
  • Archibald Trotter, 1799-1844, and son Alexander, d 1856 in India; a sword and flag are emblems of his career.
  • Col Donald McNeill, d 1846, has a splendid coat of arms.
  • Lt Gen Sir Archibald Campbell, 1769-1843, served in the Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War, and in the conquest of South Burma 1824 (father of No 3).
  • Lord (George) Young, 1819-1907, MP, Lord Advocate and Judge, carried the Education (Scotland) Act 1872 through Parliament.
  • George Burnet, 1822-90, Lyon King of Arms, Editor of Exchequer Rolls of Scotland.
  • Dr Andrew Thomson, 1779-1831, Minister of St George's (Church of Scotland) was buried here before this section was sold to St John's by the Town Council in 1834.
  • James Kinnear, Writer to the Signet, 1810-49, was buried at Cadiz, while his son William, 1838-71, was buried at Yokohama.

A full list of the monuments is kept in the Church Office.

Angus Mitchell


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