[1] By 1871, James Leith Bain, aged 10 years, was a scholar living with his parents and siblings at 1, Oakfield Terrace, Pitlochry.
However, in the 1881 Census he is shown to be a Student of Arts living in Jane Bow's Lodging House at 5, Glen Street, Edinburgh.
Smith recalls that it was rumoured in Pitlochry that James had been 'adopted' by a 'lady of means' and eventually had inherited her wealth, but whether that rich lady was his wife Elizabeth (Lillie), or a benefactress of his bachelor days, is not known.
At any rate, the 1901 Census for 77, Warwick Road, Paddington, London indicates that the married couple were able to afford a maid and a cook.
He was a nature-lover, a wanderer among woods and hills, a shade eccentric perhaps, author of a number of books, mainly religious, and added Macbeth as another middle name for these publications.
Later in life when I enquired of a lady who had lived next door to him in Oakfield Terrace as to whether she knew James to be musical, I was told that she did not think he played any instrument, but ‘he was aye hummin'."