James Dunsmure

He was born at 33 George Street[1] in Edinburgh on 23 April 1814, the son of Susan Drysdale and her husband, James Dunsmure (1771–1858), Secretary to the Fisheries Board for Scotland.

[2] He worked as a house surgeon under John Lizars before taking up a senior position at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

Their son James Dunsmure Jr FRCSE LLD (1846–1907) was an obstetrician who also served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Their son Robert Dunsmure immigrated to Australia, where he was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[8] In his Queen Street home he was a neighbour to Sir James Young Simpson and Francis Brodie Imlach.