University Hall Women’s Bursary
From 1895 (if not earlier), a bursary worth £30 was offered specifically to women resident at University Hall. It was open to competition. It was described as being funded by ‘certain members of the professoriate’.…
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Margaret Tyndall Bruce (c.1780-1869) of Falkland and India, by Sarah Leith
In March 1828, Susan Elizabeth Low, of Clatto House, near Blebo Craigs, Fife, wrote to her son, Peter Low, with news about a recent marriage in the county: Our great Fife heiress, Miss Bruce of Falkland, is married to…
Emily Jane Pfeiffer (1827-1890)
Emily Jane (née Davis) Pfeiffer (1827-1890) was born in Wales to Thomas Richard Davis, a former British Army officer, and Emily Tilsley. During childhood, her family went through financial crisis, preventing her from…
Ann Kidd or Bell (d. 1877)
Ann Kidd or Bell (d.1877) was the daughter of Patrick Kidd, a farmer at Balgray near Dundee, and the wife of James Bell, who also farmed at Balgray. In her will, she instructed her trustees to pay the University of St…
Christiana Thow (1836-1897)
Christiana Thow (1836-1897) of Craigmore, West Ferry, near Dundee, and Margaret Thow (d. 1885) were sisters who desired to found a scholarship at the University of St Andrews in memory of their father, Thomas Thow…
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…
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…
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…
Betsy (Kidd) Byers (d.1878)
Betsy Byers (née Kidd, d. 1878) was the daughter of Patrick Kidd, a farmer at Balgray in Angus, and she also inherited lands from someone else at Hillhead, near Kirriemuir, and she retained control of those lands after…
Margaret Beath (c.1794-1879)
Baptised in Dundee, Margaret Beath (c.1794-1879) was the daughter of John Beath of Forgan and May Lumsden. She had two brothers, Alexander and William, both of whom attended the University of St Andrews. It is likely…