Daniel Ross , ‘Old Daniel’, was a successful gunmaker in Edinburgh:
He also had a shop on St Andrew Street where the doorway stone flourishings, with his monogram, survive to this day:
On the 7th June 1832, Daniel Ross was married. Harriet, his bride, was nearly twenty years younger than he was:
Harriet’s father owned and ran The Douglas Hotel, St Andrew’s Square:
By 1836, ‘Old Daniel’ was of sufficient means to retire from making guns:
In 1851 Daniel and Harriet lived at Kevock Bank, Lasswade:
By 1861 they were living at Rockville, Muarrayfield:
17 July 1867, the Scotsman reports the gift to Edinburgh of an ornate founatain:
23 November 1867:
May 1868:
5 April 1869:
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25 September 1869:
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21 September 1870:
4 February 1871:
21 August 1872:
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May 1908:
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November 1933:
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December 1949:
