David Aitken (minister)

[3] In 1868 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir David Brewster.

[4] He died on 27 March 1875 at home, 4 Charlotte Square, a huge townhouse in one of the city's most prestigious addresses.

[5] He is buried in Dean Cemetery close to the ornate marble Leishman monument on the southern path.

She was the niece of John Bradfute, a bookseller living at 22 George Square[8] and was a friend of Thomas Carlyle's wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle, who lived at 23 George Square.

He is listed as a patron of John Kay's famous book of Edinburgh characters.