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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE was a Scottish advocate and Tory politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and became, in 1806, the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom, for misappropriation of public money. Although acquitted, he never held public office again. He is the only person ever accused of such a serious crime to later have a public statue erected to his memory.
Richard Phillips (chemist)
Richard Phillips FRS FRSE FCS FGS, was a distinguished British chemist and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1822.
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian
William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, was the son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian. He was a soldier, landowner and representative peer 1817-1824.
Lady of the Bedchamber
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Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet
Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Baronet, was a Scottish landowner and politician. He went by the nickname of the good Sir James.
William Wright (botanist)
William Wright (1735–1819) was a Scottish physician and botanist.
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun FRSE, known as Viscount Aithrie from 1742 to 1781, was a Scottish Representative Peer and military leader.
William Wallace (mathematician)
Prof William Wallace LLD was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer who invented the eidograph.
Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie
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Henry Witham
Henry Thomas Maire Witham FRSE FGS (1779–1844) was a British landowner remembered as an amateur palaeontologist and mineralogist.
Thomas Thomson (advocate)
Thomas Thomson FRSE FSA Scot was a Scottish advocate, antiquarian and archivist who served as Principal Clerk of Session (1828–1852) and as secretary of the literary section of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1812–20).
Andrew Duncan, the elder
Andrew Duncan, the elder FRSE FRCPE FSA(Scot) was a British physician and professor at Edinburgh University. He was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
John Stuart Hepburn Forbes
Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Baronet of Monymusk, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo FRSE (1804–1866) was a Scottish baronet, landowner, advocate and agriculturalist. His name sometimes appears as Hepburn-Forbes.
Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood
Very Rev Sir Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood 8th baronet of Tullibole DD FRSE was a rare combination of both baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and minister of the Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1785. At age only 35 he was one of the youngest-ever moderators. He served as Chaplain to King George III in Scotland.