Ninian Imrie

Lieutenant-Colonel Ninian Imrie of Denmuir FRSE (died 1820) was a Scottish army officer and geologist.

[1] He stirred the Plutonist versus Neptunist debate during the Scottish Enlightenment.

[2] His family owned an estate known as Denmuir, near Abdie in Fife.

[4] Imrie served in the Second Regiment of Foot (later renamed the Royal Scots) in Gibraltar from 1784 to 1793.

Here he rose to be Aide-de-Camp for Lt General John Gordon Cuming Skene.