James Begbie

In 1827 he is listed as a Governor of the Dean Orphan Hospital[4] At this stage he lived at 30 Abercromby Place.

For forty years, Begbie was a physician for the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society 1837 to 1869.

[9] Begbie's final years were spent living at 10 Charlotte Square one of Edinburgh's most prestigious addresses.

[2] The grave is in a concealed location on the north face of the north-most vault against the east wall.

Begbie wrote about important statistical data, the use of arsenic for chronic rheumatism, the use of nitric-hydrochloric acid for oxaluria, and the use of potassium bromide for nervousness.