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Greyfriars Kirkyard

January 01, 1970

Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars. The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust, which is linked to but separate from the church. The Kirkyard and its monuments are protected as a category A listed building.[1]

Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Details
Established1561–1562
Location
Old Town, Edinburgh
CountryScotland
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Edinburgh Council
Find a GraveGreyfriars Kirkyard

History edit

Greyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site (the friars of which wear grey habits), which was dissolved in 1560. The churchyard was founded in August 1562 after Royal sanction was granted to replace the churchyard at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The latter burial ground was not used after around 1600.

Because it is thoct gude that thair be na buriall within the Kirk, and that the kirk-zaird is nocht of sufficient rowme for bureing of the deid, and for esdrewing of the savour and inconvenientis that may follow thairupon in the heit of somer, it would be providit that ane buriall place be maid farrer from the myddis of the town, sic as in the Greyfreir zaird and the somyn biggit and maid close.[2]

Because it is thought beneficial that there should be no more burials within the church [ie St Giles], and because that kirkyard is not thought to have sufficient room for burying the dead, and taking into consideration the smell and inconvenience in the heat of summer, it would be provided [by the council] that a burial place be made further from the middle of town, such as in Greyfriars yard, and the same [should be] built up and made secure.
 
An oil painting of The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard by William Allan (painter) in 1838
 
Greyfriars Kirkyard with Edinburgh Castle behind
 
"Non Omnis Moriar" ("Not All of Me Will Die"), Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
 
Hill & Adamson photograph dated 1848, showing D O Hill sketching at the Dennystoun Monument, watched by the Misses Morris

The Kirkyard was involved in the history of the Covenanters. The Covenanting movement began with signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirk on 28 February 1638. Following the defeat of the militant Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1679, some 1200 Covenanters were imprisoned in a field to the south of the churchyard. When, in the 18th century, part of this field was amalgamated into the churchyard as vaulted tombs the area became known as the "Covenanters' Prison".

During the early days of photography in the 1840s the kirkyard was used by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson as a setting for several portraits and tableaux such as The Artist and The Gravedigger.

Covenanters edit

 
Martyrs' Monument (left), commemorating James Guthrie, James Renwick, the Marquis of Argyll and the other Covenanters who died during 'The Killing Time' (1661–88)

The National Covenant was signed in the graveyard (as it was a place of legal free public assembly) in 1638. Whilst some depictions of the event show them leaning on table-stones, these stones did not exist at that time and the signing was done during the period of ban on central gravestones.[3]

Following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (22 June 1679), some 1200 prisoners were brought to Edinburgh. Their being too numerous for containment in the prison or castle a makeshift "prison" was formed in a field south of Greyfriars Kirkyard, to hold around 400 not containable elsewhere. This area was conveniently enclosed on two sides by the Flodden Wall and on a third side (the west) by the high enclosing wall of George Heriot's School. The fourth side faced the churchyard and was separated by an easily patrolled and guarded picket fence.[4]

The name Covenanters Prison stuck. The bulk of the area was built on by the city Bedlam (around 1690). A remaining strip of land, sandwiched between the Bedlam and George Heriot's School, was used for additional burial ground from around 1700. The style at the time was to build in enclosed vaults, and this is the dominant form in this section. As the vaults did not exist at the time of the area's prison use, despite their potential to be used as prison cells, this was never the case.

The area was open to public view until around 1990, but was thereafter locked by City of Edinburgh Council to stem persistent vandalism and use by drug-users. The area is accessible during the day by special arrangement with the guides at Greyfriard Kirk[5] during their opening hours and at night by going on a City of the Dead Tour where the Black Mausoleum can be visited.[6]

Greyfriars Bobby edit

The graveyard is associated with Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal dog who guarded his master's grave. Bobby's headstone at the entrance to the Kirkyard, erected by the Dog Aid Society in 1981, marks his reputed burial place, however as there are no parts of the kirkyard that is not consecrated it is also believed he was buried under a tree outside the gates to the right of the current main entrance. The dog's statue is opposite the graveyard's gate, at the junction of George IV Bridge and Candlemaker Row. The grave of a Pentland Hills Shepherd, "Auld Jock" (John Gray), where the dog famously slept for 14 years, lies on the eastern path, some 30m north of the entrance. The stone is modern, the grave originally being unmarked.

Monuments edit

 
Mortsafes to deter 'resurrectionists' from exhuming the dead, before the 1832 Anatomy Act regulated the legal supply of corpses for medical purposes

Enclosed burial lairs are found mainly on the south edge of the graveyard and in the "Covenanters' Prison". These either have solid stone walls or iron railings and were created as a deterrent to grave robbing, which had become a problem in the eighteenth century. Greyfriars also has two low ironwork cages, called mortsafes. These were leased, and protected bodies for long enough to deter the attentions of the early nineteenth-century resurrection men who supplied Edinburgh Medical College with corpses for dissection.

The kirkyard displays some of Scotland's finest mural monuments from the early 17th century, rich in symbolism of both mortality and immortality such as the Death Head, Angel of the Resurrection and the King of Terrors. These are mostly found along the east and west walls of the old burial yard to the north of the kirkyard.[7]

Notable monuments include the Martyr's Monument, which commemorates executed Covenanters. The Italianate monument to Sir George Mackenzie was designed by the architect James Smith, and modelled on the Tempietto di San Pietro, designed by Donato Bramante.[8] Duncan Ban MacIntyre's memorial was renovated in 2005, at a cost of about £3,000, raised by a fundraising campaign of over a year.[9] The monument of John Byres of Coates, 1629, was one of the last works of the royal master mason William Wallace.

Bloody MacKenzie's Tomb edit

In 2003, the distinctive domed tomb of Sir George MacKenzie was entered by two teenage boys, aged 17 and 15, via a ventilation slot in the rear (now sealed). They reached the lower vault (containing the coffins), broke the coffins open and stole a skull. Police arrived as they were playing football with the skull on the grass. The pair narrowly escaped imprisonment on the little-used but still extant charge of violating sepulchres.[10]

Notable burials edit

 
The huge monument to Thomas Bannatyn, Greyfriars Kirkyard
 
Monument to John Mylne, erected by his nephew Robert
 
The Pitcairne vault within the Covenanter's Prison, Greyfriars Kirkyard
 
Sir James McLurg's tomb in the Covenanter's Prison
 
The Kincaid monument, Greyfriars Kirkyard
 
Thomas Riddell's Grave, Greyfriars Kirkyard

(note-CP denotes graves within the sealed south-west section known as the Covenanters Prison)

Gallery edit

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    Notable burials
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    Section of the east wall
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    Monuments on the east wall
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    George Buchanan Memorial
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    Tomb of John Bayne of Pitcairlie (17th c.)
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    Detail on the tomb of George Foulis, laird of Ravilstoun (d. 1633) and his wife, Jane Bannatyne
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    Detail on the John Mylne Monument (17th c.)
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    Mausoleum of Sir George Mackenzie, by James Smith
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    Tombstone of James Borthwick, surgeon, who died in 1676
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    Recumbent figure on the tomb of William and Clement Little, 1683
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    Gravestones in the north-west of the kirkyard, including marker for the burial site of George Watson

References edit

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Greyfriars Place, Greyfriars, Churchyard, Including Monuments, Lodge Gatepiers, Railings and Walls (Category A Listed Building) (LB27029)". Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ^ Edinburgh Council Records 23 April 1561
  3. ^ Greyfriars Parish Burial Records:1560–1900
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Greyfriars Kirk | Take A Stroll Around Our Famous Kirkyard".
  6. ^ "City of the Dead Tours".
  7. ^ C.Golledge (2018) Greyfriards Graveyard, Amberley Publishing
  8. ^ Gifford, John (1989) William Adam 1689–1748, Mainstream Publishing / RIAS. pp.62–67
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2006.
  10. ^ Scott, Kirsty (24 April 2004). "Boys avoid jail for 'violating' tomb and beheading corpse". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  11. ^ William Maitland, History of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1753), p. 201.
  12. ^ Giles, Arthur (21 August 1898). "Across western waves and home in a royal capital: America for modern Athenians; modern Athens for Americans, a personal narrative in tour and time". London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1td. – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "Register of interments in the Greyfriars buryingground, Edinburgh, 1658–1700". 1902.
  14. ^ Brown, James (1867). The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown ... with an introd. and notes. Edinburgh: J. M. Miller. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  15. ^ Brown, James (1867). The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. Collected by James Brown ... with an introd. and notes. Edinburgh: J. M. Miller. p. 170. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Register of interments in the Greyfriars buryingground, Edinburgh, 1658–700". 1902.

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Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh Scotland It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town adjacent to George Heriot s School Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust which is linked to but separate from the church The Kirkyard and its monuments are protected as a category A listed building 1 Greyfriars KirkyardGreyfriars KirkyardDetailsEstablished1561 1562LocationOld Town EdinburghCountryScotlandTypePublicOwned byCity of Edinburgh CouncilFind a GraveGreyfriars Kirkyard Contents 1 History 1 1 Covenanters 1 2 Greyfriars Bobby 2 Monuments 2 1 Bloody MacKenzie s Tomb 3 Notable burials 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksHistory editGreyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site the friars of which wear grey habits which was dissolved in 1560 The churchyard was founded in August 1562 after Royal sanction was granted to replace the churchyard at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh The latter burial ground was not used after around 1600 Because it is thoct gude that thair be na buriall within the Kirk and that the kirk zaird is nocht of sufficient rowme for bureing of the deid and for esdrewing of the savour and inconvenientis that may follow thairupon in the heit of somer it would be providit that ane buriall place be maid farrer from the myddis of the town sic as in the Greyfreir zaird and the somyn biggit and maid close 2 Because it is thought beneficial that there should be no more burials within the church ie St Giles and because that kirkyard is not thought to have sufficient room for burying the dead and taking into consideration the smell and inconvenience in the heat of summer it would be provided by the council that a burial place be made further from the middle of town such as in Greyfriars yard and the same should be built up and made secure nbsp An oil painting of The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard by William Allan painter in 1838 nbsp Greyfriars Kirkyard with Edinburgh Castle behind nbsp Non Omnis Moriar Not All of Me Will Die Greyfriars Kirkyard Edinburgh nbsp Hill amp Adamson photograph dated 1848 showing D O Hill sketching at the Dennystoun Monument watched by the Misses Morris The Kirkyard was involved in the history of the Covenanters The Covenanting movement began with signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirk on 28 February 1638 Following the defeat of the militant Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1679 some 1200 Covenanters were imprisoned in a field to the south of the churchyard When in the 18th century part of this field was amalgamated into the churchyard as vaulted tombs the area became known as the Covenanters Prison During the early days of photography in the 1840s the kirkyard was used by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson as a setting for several portraits and tableaux such as The Artist and The Gravedigger Covenanters edit nbsp Martyrs Monument left commemorating James Guthrie James Renwick the Marquis of Argyll and the other Covenanters who died during The Killing Time 1661 88 The National Covenant was signed in the graveyard as it was a place of legal free public assembly in 1638 Whilst some depictions of the event show them leaning on table stones these stones did not exist at that time and the signing was done during the period of ban on central gravestones 3 Following the Battle of Bothwell Bridge 22 June 1679 some 1200 prisoners were brought to Edinburgh Their being too numerous for containment in the prison or castle a makeshift prison was formed in a field south of Greyfriars Kirkyard to hold around 400 not containable elsewhere This area was conveniently enclosed on two sides by the Flodden Wall and on a third side the west by the high enclosing wall of George Heriot s School The fourth side faced the churchyard and was separated by an easily patrolled and guarded picket fence 4 The name Covenanters Prison stuck The bulk of the area was built on by the city Bedlam around 1690 A remaining strip of land sandwiched between the Bedlam and George Heriot s School was used for additional burial ground from around 1700 The style at the time was to build in enclosed vaults and this is the dominant form in this section As the vaults did not exist at the time of the area s prison use despite their potential to be used as prison cells this was never the case The area was open to public view until around 1990 but was thereafter locked by City of Edinburgh Council to stem persistent vandalism and use by drug users The area is accessible during the day by special arrangement with the guides at Greyfriard Kirk 5 during their opening hours and at night by going on a City of the Dead Tour where the Black Mausoleum can be visited 6 Greyfriars Bobby edit The graveyard is associated with Greyfriars Bobby the loyal dog who guarded his master s grave Bobby s headstone at the entrance to the Kirkyard erected by the Dog Aid Society in 1981 marks his reputed burial place however as there are no parts of the kirkyard that is not consecrated it is also believed he was buried under a tree outside the gates to the right of the current main entrance The dog s statue is opposite the graveyard s gate at the junction of George IV Bridge and Candlemaker Row The grave of a Pentland Hills Shepherd Auld Jock John Gray where the dog famously slept for 14 years lies on the eastern path some 30m north of the entrance The stone is modern the grave originally being unmarked Monuments edit nbsp Mortsafes to deter resurrectionists from exhuming the dead before the 1832 Anatomy Act regulated the legal supply of corpses for medical purposes Enclosed burial lairs are found mainly on the south edge of the graveyard and in the Covenanters Prison These either have solid stone walls or iron railings and were created as a deterrent to grave robbing which had become a problem in the eighteenth century Greyfriars also has two low ironwork cages called mortsafes These were leased and protected bodies for long enough to deter the attentions of the early nineteenth century resurrection men who supplied Edinburgh Medical College with corpses for dissection The kirkyard displays some of Scotland s finest mural monuments from the early 17th century rich in symbolism of both mortality and immortality such as the Death Head Angel of the Resurrection and the King of Terrors These are mostly found along the east and west walls of the old burial yard to the north of the kirkyard 7 Notable monuments include the Martyr s Monument which commemorates executed Covenanters The Italianate monument to Sir George Mackenzie was designed by the architect James Smith and modelled on the Tempietto di San Pietro designed by Donato Bramante 8 Duncan Ban MacIntyre s memorial was renovated in 2005 at a cost of about 3 000 raised by a fundraising campaign of over a year 9 The monument of John Byres of Coates 1629 was one of the last works of the royal master mason William Wallace Bloody MacKenzie s Tomb edit In 2003 the distinctive domed tomb of Sir George MacKenzie was entered by two teenage boys aged 17 and 15 via a ventilation slot in the rear now sealed They reached the lower vault containing the coffins broke the coffins open and stole a skull Police arrived as they were playing football with the skull on the grass The pair narrowly escaped imprisonment on the little used but still extant charge of violating sepulchres 10 Notable burials editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message nbsp The huge monument to Thomas Bannatyn Greyfriars Kirkyard nbsp Monument to John Mylne erected by his nephew Robert nbsp The Pitcairne vault within the Covenanter s Prison Greyfriars Kirkyard nbsp Sir James McLurg s tomb in the Covenanter s Prison nbsp The Kincaid monument Greyfriars Kirkyard nbsp Thomas Riddell s Grave Greyfriars Kirkyard note CP denotes graves within the sealed south west section known as the Covenanters Prison William Adam architect 1689 1748 with his son John Adam architect 1721 1792 William Adam of Blair Adam 1751 1839 judge Alexander Adie FRSE 1775 1859 optical instrument maker David Aikinhead 1566 1637 twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1620 22 and 1625 30 William Annand 1633 1681 minister and Dean of St Giles Cathedral Robert Baird of Saughtonhall 1630 1697 Cashier of the Scottish Carolina Company John Bayne of Pitcairlie 1620 1681 Writer to the Signet Leslie Balfour Melville 1854 1937 golfer John Beugo 1759 1841 engraver Joseph Black 1728 1799 physician CP Rev Hugh Blair 1718 1800 Sir James Hunter Blair 1st Baronet 1741 1787 Robert Blair Lord Avontoun 1741 1811 judge CP Very Rev Andrew Brown 1763 1834 minister and historian of Nova Scotia George Buchanan died 1582 historian and reformer James Buchanan of Drumpellier 1726 1786 twice Lord Provost of Glasgow after whom Buchanan Street is named James Burnett Lord Monboddo 1714 1799 judge CP unmarked Sir John Byres of Coates Coittes 1569 1629 Robert Cadell 1788 1849 publisher Archibald Campbell 9th Earl of Argyll 1629 1685 nobleman General Duncan Campbell of Lochnell 1763 1837 Very Rev Dr John Campbell 1758 1828 Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1818 Sir Hugh Campbell of Cesnock covenanter and MP for Ayrshire 1615 1688 Aglionby Ross Carson FRSE 1780 1850 rector of the High School 1820 1845 author William Carstares 1649 1715 churchman and statesman Colonel Francis Charteris 1675 1732 notorious rake and member of the Hellfire club Robert Chieslie c 1650 c 1705 Lord Provost who lost a fortune in the Darien scheme and died in Darien House the asylum Prof Alexander Christison FRSE 1753 1820 William Colvill d 1675 principal of University of Edinburgh location unknown William Coulter Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1808 1810 Bishop William Cowper 1568 1619 James Craig 1739 1795 architect and designer of Edinburgh s New Town William Creech 1745 1815 bookseller and Lord Provost of Edinburgh Andrew Crosbie 1736 1785 lawyer and founding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh unmarked Sir Hugh Cunningham of Bonnington 1643 1710 Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1702 04 CP John Dalrymple 1734 1779 Lord Provost 1770 and 1777 CP Prof Andrew Dalzell FRSE Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh 1742 1806 Charles Kemp Davidson Lord Davidson 1929 2009 Senator of the College of Justice Forrest Dewar 1748 1817 surgeon President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1786 88 Alexander Donaldson 1727 1794 bookseller and publisher Admiral Sir Charles Douglas 1st Baronet 1727 1789 James Douglas 4th Earl of Morton c 1516 1581 Regent of Scotland Adam Drummond of Binend 1679 1758 Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh Adam Drummond 1713 1786 Very Rev John Drysdale FRSE DD 1718 1788 twice Moderator of the Church of Scotland in both 1773 and 1784 son in law to William Adam and buried in the Adam mausoleum Prof George Dunbar classical scholar 1777 1851 William Dunlop ecclesiastical historian 1692 1720 John Erskine theologian 1721 1803 Mary Erskine 1629 1708 founder of The Mary Erskine School CP Sir David Falconer 1640 1685 judge Sir James Falconer of Phesdo 1648 1706 judge and Senator of the College of Justice Sir Adam Ferguson 1770 1854 soldier son of Adam Ferguson CP James Ferguson Lord Pitfour 1700 1777 Admiral John Macpherson Ferguson 1784 1855 younger son of Adam Ferguson CP John MacMorran 1553 1595 Burgh official shot by schoolchildren 11 Duncan Forbes Lord Culloden 1685 1747 politician and judge Sir William Forbes 6th Baronet of Monymusk and Pitsligo FRSE 1739 1806 and his son Sir William Forbes 7th Baronet 1773 1828 banker Sir James Forrest 1st Baronet 1780 1860 Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1837 43 Alexander Forrester 1611 1686 Francis Garden Lord Gardenstone 1721 1793 judge unmarked grave William Ged 1699 1749 inventor of stereotyping unmarked grave Walter Geikie 1795 1837 artist Arthur Giles 1834 1921 Princes Street bookseller and printer 12 Adam Gillies Lord Gillies 1760 1842 judge CP Dr John Gordon 1786 1818 anatomist and anti phrenologist Lewis Duncan Brodie Gordon 1815 1876 civil engineer Very Rev Prof John Gowdie 1682 1762 Moderator in 1733 Principal of University of Edinburgh Admiral Alexander Graeme 1741 1818 naval officer James Gillespie Graham 1777 1855 architect CP Lord Patrick Grant 1691 1754 judge CP John Gray died 1858 owner of Greyfriars Bobby John Hall of Dunglass 1650 1695 Lord Provost and his great grandson Sir James Hall 1761 1832 geologist Robert Hamilton advocate FRSE 1763 1831 friend of Sir Walter Scott Matthew Hardie 1755 1826 violin maker nicknamed the Scottish Stradivari Franz Hedrich 1823 1895 German poet Alexander Henderson died 1646 churchman and statesman Thomas Henderson FRSE 1798 1844 unmarked within the grave of his father in law Alexander Adie George Heriot 1540 1610 goldsmith father to George Heriot Rev Prof John Hill FRSE 1747 1805 classicist Vice Admiral Sir George Home 1740 1803 Sir James Home 1790 1836 Vice Admiral Sir John Home of Blackadder died 1803 John Hope botanist 1725 1786 his physician son Thomas Charles Hope 1766 1844 his grandson John Hope lawyer 1807 1893 and five other members of his family Sir Thomas Hope 1st Baronet 1573 1646 William Howison 1798 1850 engraver Alexander Gibson Hunter of Blackness 1771 1812 book collector and publisher in partnership with Archibald Constable James Hutton 1726 1797 geologist CP Sir David Innes died 1866 Gilbert Innes of Stow died 1832 George Jamesone 1587 1644 Scotland s foremost 17th century portrait artist John Kay caricaturist 1742 1826 Alexander Kemp FRSE 1822 1854 chemist Robert Kerr 1759 1813 scientific author Rev James Kirkton 1628 699 in the Trotter vault 13 James L Amy of Dunkenny FRSE 1772 1854 advocate and phrenologist John Law c 1632 1712 minister and prisoner on the Bass Rock 14 Sir John Leach 1760 1834 judge buried in the Adam mausoleum John Learmonth of Dean 1789 1858 Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1831 33 CP and his ancestor James Learmonth Lord Balcomie William Little 1525 1601 twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1586 and 1591 Sir George Lockhart 1630 1689 murder victim buried in Mackenzie s tomb Thomas McCrie 1772 1835 historian and his son Thomas M Crie the Younger 1797 1875 Alexander MacDuff of Bonhard FRSE 1816 1866 William McGonagall 1825 1902 poet Duncan Ban MacIntyre 1724 1812 Gaelic poet Colin MacLaurin 1698 1746 mathematician and his son John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn 1734 1796 Hugh Mackail martyr 1640 1666 minister hanged at the market cross after being tortured with the boot Sir George Mackenzie 1636 1691 Lord Advocate Henry Mackenzie 1745 1831 writer and author of The Man of Feeling father of Joshua Henry Mackenzie Lord Mackenzie 1774 1851 Sir James McLurg of Vogrie 1629 1717 Dean of Guild philanthropist major investor in the Darien scheme CP John Manderston Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1819 21 Sir John Medina 1659 1710 prominent artist the sunken vault on the east side Alexander Miller died 1616 tailor to James VI Patrick Miller of Dalswinton 1731 1815 steamship inventor Alexander Moncrieff 1613 1688 prominent 17C minister grandfather of Alexander Moncrieff Mary Arbuthnot Moir 1804 1900 friend of Walter Scott Robert Scott Moncrieff 1793 1869 advocate and amateur artist father of Colin Scott Moncrieff CP Dr Alexander Monro 1697 1767 father of Alexander 1733 1817 famed anatomists Alexander Monteith surgeon 1660 1713 surgeon and apothecary Sir Harry Munro 7th Baronet 1720 1781 military leader during the Rebellion of 1745 Sir Archibald Muir twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1691 92 and 1696 98 Prof Alexander Murray 1775 1813 James Murray of Deuchar 1571 1649 wealthy merchant John Mylne 1611 1667 mason and architect Sir William Newbigging FRSE 1772 1852 physician Alexander Nisbet 1657 1725 antiquarian and author of A System of Heraldry grave location unclear John Nisbet 1627 1685 Covenanter hanged at the Grassmarket William Oliphant Lord Newton 1561 1628 judge John Paton Covenanter and army captain executed in 1684 Archibald Pitcairne 1652 1713 physician Captain John Porteous c 1695 1736 soldier and lynching victim after whom the Porteous Riots are named Gilbert Primrose 1535 1616 surgeon James Rae surgeon 1716 1791 Allan Ramsay 1686 1758 poet Archibald Riddell minister prisoner on the Bass Rock and covenanting minister at New Jersey and Edinburgh General Henry James Riddell died 1861 commander in chief of the Scottish army Thomas Riddell possible inspiration for J K Rowling s fictional character who cannot be named 15 William Ritchie 1781 1832 founder and editor of The Scotsman William Robertson D D 1721 1793 historian and his son Lt Col David Robertson MacDonald William Robertson antiquary FRSE 1740 1803 George Romanes FRS 1848 1894 memorial only William Roxburgh 1751 1815 botanist Thomas Ruddiman 1674 1757 classical scholar and grammarian Gilbert Rule 1629 approx 1701 minister and the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1690 to 1701 Sir William Scott of Thirlestane 1670 1725 landowner and poet CP Sir Robert Sibbald 1641 1722 physician and botanist Henry Siddons 1774 1815 failed actor son of Sarah Siddons husband of Harriet Siddons Sir James Skene died 1633 President of the College of Justice John Skene Lord Curriehill died 1617 William Smellie encyclopedist 1740 1795 creator of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Sir James Spittal 1769 1842 Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1833 until 1837 and his son Dr Robert Spittal Sir James Stewart Lord Advocate 1635 1713 location of grave unknown Rev Dr Matthew Stewart mathematician 1717 1785 father of Dugald Stewart unmarked grave James Stirling 1692 1770 mathematician Sir James Stirling 1st Baronet 1739 1805 three times Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Sir Gilbert Stirling baronet Rev James Struthers 1770 1807 famous orator James Stuart of Binend 1716 1777 twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh father of Charles Stuart of Dunearn 1745 1826 Prof John Thomson FRS FRSE 1765 1846 President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Archibald Tod d 1656 twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1646 48 and 1651 54 Robert Traill 1603 1678 minister of the parish The Trotter family of Mortonhall William Trotter of Ballindean 1772 1833 famous furniture maker and also Lord Provost 1825 to 1827 William Tytler 1711 1792 father of Alexander Fraser Tytler 1747 1813 grandson of Patrick Fraser Tytler 1789 1849 CP Barbara and Mary Walker of Coates rich spinsters who paid for St Marys Episcopal Cathedral in the west of the city William Wallace 1768 1843 mathematician George Watson 1654 1723 accountant and founder of George Watson s College James Watson died 1722 printer and publisher Founder of the Edinburgh Gazette and Edinburgh Courant John Watson W S died 1762 founder of John Watson s Institution now the Gallery of Modern Art John Wilson of Kilmaurs executed 22 December 1666 for his part in the Pentland Rising 16 Patrick Wilson 1798 1871 architect Robert Whytt 1714 1766 physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh CP Very Rev William Wishart 1660 1729 father of William Wishart secundus CP William Wright 1735 1819 botanistGallery edit nbsp Notable burials nbsp Section of the east wall nbsp Monuments on the east wall nbsp George Buchanan Memorial nbsp Tomb of John Bayne of Pitcairlie 17th c nbsp Detail on the tomb of George Foulis laird of Ravilstoun d 1633 and his wife Jane Bannatyne nbsp Detail on the John Mylne Monument 17th c nbsp Mausoleum of Sir George Mackenzie by James Smith nbsp Tombstone of James Borthwick surgeon who died in 1676 nbsp Recumbent figure on the tomb of William and Clement Little 1683 nbsp Gravestones in the north west of the kirkyard including marker for the burial site of George WatsonReferences edit Historic Environment Scotland Greyfriars Place Greyfriars Churchyard Including Monuments Lodge Gatepiers Railings and Walls Category A Listed Building LB27029 Retrieved 18 March 2019 Edinburgh Council Records 23 April 1561 Greyfriars Parish Burial Records 1560 1900 Greyfriars Kirkyard Edinburgh Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 Retrieved 10 February 2013 Greyfriars Kirk Take A Stroll Around Our Famous Kirkyard City of the Dead Tours C Golledge 2018 Greyfriards Graveyard Amberley Publishing Gifford John 1989 William Adam 1689 1748 Mainstream Publishing RIAS pp 62 67 The Scottish Poetry Library Archived from the original on 3 October 2006 Retrieved 3 May 2006 Scott Kirsty 24 April 2004 Boys avoid jail for violating tomb and beheading corpse The Guardian Retrieved 12 December 2016 William Maitland History of Edinburgh Edinburgh 1753 p 201 Giles Arthur 21 August 1898 Across western waves and home in a royal capital America for modern Athenians modern Athens for Americans a personal narrative in tour and time London Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent amp Co 1td via Internet Archive Register of interments in the Greyfriars buryingground Edinburgh 1658 1700 1902 Brown James 1867 The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard Edinburgh Collected by James Brown with an introd and notes Edinburgh J M Miller p 5 Retrieved 15 March 2019 Brown James 1867 The epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard Edinburgh Collected by James Brown with an introd and notes Edinburgh J M Miller p 170 Retrieved 15 March 2019 Register of interments in the Greyfriars buryingground Edinburgh 1658 700 1902 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greyfriars Kirkyard Greyfriars Tolbooth amp Highland Kirk 55 56 48 N 3 11 32 W 55 94667 N 3 19222 W 55 94667 3 19222 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greyfriars Kirkyard amp oldid 1168280690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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