Fairweather Bursary
The Fairweather Bursary was established by the trustees of Mary Ann Fairweather (née Sharp, 1820-1881) in memory of her husband, Dundee painter Alexander White Fairweather. She asked her trustees to set up bursaries…
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Mary Ann Fairweather (née Sharp, 1820-1881)
Mary Ann Fairweather (née Sharp, 1820-1881) was the daughter of James Sharp and Mary Murray. In 1841, she married Dundee painter Alexander White Fairweather, and the couple do not seem to have had any children. A copy…
Duncan Bursary
Elizabeth Duncan established the Duncan Bursary in 1841, for the United College at the University of St Andrews, following the death of her entrepreneur brother, Alexander. Elizabeth Duncan gave £800 to the United…
Elizabeth Duncan (1782-1867)
Elizabeth Duncan (1782-1867) was born in Kilconquhar and was the daughter of Saunders Duncan, a shoemaker, and his wife, Margaret. Elizabeth and her entrepreneur brother, Alexander, moved to Edinburgh, where Alexander…
Buist Bursary
The Buist Bursary was founded in 1876 by James Buist of Law Park, St Andrews, in memory of his brother, the Reverend Dr George Buist, who was a Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Mary’s College. The fund was to…
James Buist (c.1795-1880)
Baptised in 1795, James Buist (c.1795-1880) of Law Park, St Andrews, was the son of George Buist, who farmed at Kettle in Fife, and Christian Ballingall. He was a student at the University of St Andrews from 1810 to…
Garth Bursaries
The Garth Bursaries were founded by a bequest from Dr Alexander Stewart (d. 1828). He gave the University £3,000 in 3% consols, or ‘war bonds’, to fund ‘as many bursaries as possible’. Five bursaries were funded from…
Alexander Stewart (d. 1828)
Alexander Stewart (d. 1828) was part of the Stewart family of Garth, a significant Highland family whose seat was Garth Castle in Perthshire. Stewart probably studied at St Andrews, and then trained for medicine at…
Cheape Bursary
The Cheape Bursary was established in 1868 by George Clerk Cheape (1801-1886) of Strathtyrum, near St Andrews. He gave the University £1000 in consolidated stock from the Clydesdale Railway Guaranteed Company, the…
George Clerk Cheape (1801-1886)
George Clerk Cheape (1801-1886) of Strathtyrum was the son of George Cheape and Lilias Guthrie. In the 1830s, Cheape moved to London and joined the merchant firm, Chalmers & Guthrie, with his uncle David Charles…