3 Albany Street
1804 – 1811 William and Elizabeth (neé Gardner) Richardson
Landowner
1811 – 1816 Captain Matthew and Henrietta (neé Reveley) Buckle
Royal Navy Officer, command of HMS Adamant based at Leith. Later made an Admiral.
1816 – 1824 Miss Lee’s Boarding School for Girls
No details - probably teaching upper-middle-class girls
1824 – 1829 William Smith and family
Greek and Latin teacher.
1829 – 1838 Thomas Murray and Janet (neé Murray) Murray
A Minister, but focused instead on writing and publishing,
1838 - 1840 Mrs Kennedy
1840 – 1874 Lodgings
Run by William and Elizabeth Borthwick, and later by Peter and Janet Clerihew
Theatre Manager and Actor.
1876 -1878 D Mackintosh
Minister
1878 – 1894 Lodgings
Run by Miss Macfarlane, and later by Ann McIntosh
Solicitor, and Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer of the Scottish Home Rule Association.
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