John Forbes (1800-1874)
John Forbes (1800-1874) was born ‘of poor but respectable Scotch parentage’ in Dunkeld. He attended United College from 1815-1819, then St Mary’s College from 1819-1822, and occasionally between 1822-1824. Forbes was…
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Indian subcontinent
Robert Wemyss Bursary
The Robert Wemyss Bursary was established in 1861 as a result of a bequest from Amy Wemyss (née Beanland (c.1786/91-1861). The Fifeshire Journal reported that her bequest of 6,000 Indian rupees was ‘for the foundation…
Amy Wemyss (née Beanland, c.1786/91-1861)
Amy Wemyss (née Beanland, c.1786/91-1861) had been born in Fort William, India, the eldest daughter of an indigo planter and his wife. In 1825, in Calcutta, she married Robert Wemyss of the Bombay Naval Service. He…
Simson Bursary
The Simson Bursary was established in 1891 by Major George Sutherland Simson, formerly of the Madras Cavalry. The Simson Bursary amounted to the residue of his estate and was awarded in the United College bursary…
George Sutherland Simson (1823-c.1891)
George Sutherland Simson (1823-c.1891) came from a Fife family with three generations of service in India: his father (also George, 1796-1869) had been born in India, where his father (also George, d.1848) had been…
Mackay Bursary
The Mackay Bursary was founded in 1808 by Duncan Mackay (1741-1808). He mortified the sum of £300 to support one bursar at United College. At Mackay’s behest, the following year the College used a portion of the funds…
Duncan Mackay (1741-1808)
Duncan Mackay (1741-1808) was born to Donald and Christina[?] Mackay in the district of Breadalbane near Loch Tay. He attended United College from 1758, gaining his M.A. in 1762. He then studied divinity at St. Mary’s…
Craig-Buchanan Bursary
The Craig-Buchanan Bursary was established by George Dalziel Craig-Buchanan (1772-1842, qv), minister of Kinross from 1804 until his death in 1842. The deed of Disposition and Settlement was written in 1832, and…
George Dalziel Craig-Buchanan (1772-1842)
George Dalziel Craig–Buchanan (1772-1842) was the son of Penicuik and Edinburgh architect James Craig and Mary Dalziel, and he was baptised in 1772. George Craig (as he then was) was educated at the University of…
Carstairs Prize in Mathematics
The Carstairs Prize in Mathematics was founded in 1835 by John Carstairs (1758-1837), a former student who became a military surgeon in India and then London merchant. Carstairs wished to stimulate ‘the ardour and…