Claud Muirhead

Claud Muirhead (1782–1872) was an 18th-century Scottish printer and publisher and editor of the Edinburgh Advertiser.

He was born on 1 November 1782, the son of printer James Muirhead (1757–1843) and his wife Anne Cleghorn (1751–1818).

Immensely rich he was able to purchase both Gogar Park, a large estate west of Edinburgh (now the Headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland) and a house at 7 Heriot Row designed by William Sibbald and Robert Reid.

[3] Muirhead died in Edinburgh on 28 March 1872, aged 89, and is buried with his parents in St Cuthbert's Churchyard off the west end of Princes Street.

The grave lies midway along the southern boundary wall, underneath Edinburgh Castle.