Josiah Livingston FRSE (1818–1896) was a Scottish merchant who twice served as President of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.
It is thought his mother, Euphans Murray, died at or soon after, his birth.
[3] In 1873 he founded the Edinburgh Literary Institute in 1873 and served as Chairman until death.
[4] In later life he lived at 4 Minto Street in south Edinburgh.
His portrait by Norman Macbeth hangs in the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.