John Steuart Newbigging

John Steuart Newbigging FRSE WS (1809 – 1849) was a short-lived Scottish lawyer and legal author.

[1] He was born at 7 South St David Street in Edinburgh[2] on 20 January 1809 the son of William Newbigging and his wife Lilias Steuart or Stewart.

By 1820 his family had moved to 18 St Andrew Square due to William's growing success as a surgeon.

[3] Around 1823 John was apprenticed as a lawyer to Walter Dickson WS at 3 Royal Circus.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1834 his proposer being Robert Jameson.

10 Hill Street, Edinburgh
The grave of Patrick Steuart Newbigging, Greyfriars Kirkyard , Edinburgh