Edward Madden (botanist)

Lt Col Edward Madden FRSE (1805-1856) was an Irish-born botanist specialising in the mountain plants of the Himalayan passes.

Trained as a soldier he joined the army attached to the artillery in the East India Company around 1820.

He travelled extensively in India in the 1820s and 1830s and believed he saw Biblical associations to the local flora.

[3] He retired to Edinburgh in 1849, living at 26 Regent Terrace, an elegant Georgian townhouse on Calton Hill.

He is known to have married as "Mrs Madden" continues to live at 26 Royal Terrace after his death.