Peter or Patrick Dow of Balmyle was a Scottish-born barrister who practised law in England. Dow’s will, which is dated 25 July 1837, provided for a trust which assigned monies to Perth Royal Infirmary and to a Scottish…
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…
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) 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…
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…
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…
Walter Forrester was the son of George Forrester, a resident of Dysart, and Jane Foreman. Between 1824 and 1825, he was a student of the United College, University of St Andrews, and between 1825 and 1826, he was a…
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…
The son of a manufacturer and farmer, Dr Neil Arnott (1788-1874) was born in Arbroath and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree from Marischal College in 1805 and, gained his MD…
John Woodall Woodall (1831-1905), a Scarborough banker and environmentalist, established the Natural History Prize at the University of St Andrews in 1896. Having read natural sciences at Oriel College, Oxford, he saw…