Spence Bursary
The reverend John Spence (1880-1866) established the Spence Bursary at the University of St Andrews. He gave £1,000 respectively to Dundee Royal Infirmary respectively and £12,670 to the University of St Andrews and…
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John Spence (1800-1866)
Born on 27 April 1800, John Spence (1800-1866) was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He was the minister of Kinnaird in Perthshire and the author of the description of the parish of Kinnarid in The New…
Sharp Bursary
The Sharp Bursary was founded by John Sharp (1788-1857), who had been a very successful baker in Perth. He left £500 to fund a Sharp Bursary, to enable a student to study for the church at any Scottish University. It…
John Sharp (1788-1857)
John Sharp (1788-1857) was born on 26 September 1788 in Perth and became a very successful baker in the city. He was unmarried, and left a substantial estate of £19,000 (equivalent to at least £1.9m today). In his…
Selkirk Bursary
The 1866 will of George Selkirk (c1786-1871) provided for a bursary to be set up after his death at the University of St Andrews. This was the Selkirk Bursary. The childless retired cloth merchant arranged that, after…
George Selkirk (c.1786-1871)
The son of labourer George Selkirk and his wife, Elizabeth Christie, George Selkirk (c.1786-1871) of Markinch was a cloth merchant and the 1861 Census records him as living on Markinch Street. He never married. A…
Malcolm Bursary
In a deed of mortification dated 12 April 1708, Robert Malcolm established a bursary which would be known as the Malcolm Bursary and which would be given to two students for four years. This amounted to 5,000 merks…
Robert Malcolm (d. after 1708)
Robert Malcolm was a Dundee merchant and the son of William Malcolm, minister of Kinloch, and Helen Ogilvy. In a deed of mortification dated 12 April 1708, Robert established a bursary which would be known as the…
John and Isabella MacDougall Bursaries
The John and Isabella MacDougall Bursaries were created by the will of Isabella MacDougall of Perth (1806-1883) and funded by ‘Miss Isabella MacDougall’s Trust’. The bursaries were for the benefit of meritorious…
Isabella MacDougall (1806-1883)
Isabella MacDougall (1806-1883) was the daughter of John MacDougall, a grocer, and Isobella Carmichael. Her brother was merchant Duncan MacDougall, who was also a partner in both the Central Bank of Scotland and the…