‘Peter’s Letters’

In Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk (1819)  John Gibson Lockhart (under the guise of an elderly  physician ‘Dr Peter Morris’) provided a series of brilliant, sometimes serious and sometimes satirical, … Continue reading ‘Peter’s Letters’

‘No eulogium is requisite’

Robert Burn [1752-1815], Edinburgh Architect, buried in Old Calton: 12 June 1815, Caledonian Mercury: 11 January 1816, Caledonian Mercury:

Old Calton Burial Ground

Notable Edinburgh Citizens buried in Calton Hill Burying Ground: 3 July 1922, The Scotsman: 7 January 1931, The Scotsman: