Robert Craig of Riccarton

Robert Craig of Riccarton (1730–1823) was a Scottish lawyer, landowner and political writer.

In 1775 he is listed as living "near Crichton's coach works" at the east end of the Canongate in Edinburgh, around 1 km from the law courts.

[3] On the building of the First New Town in Edinburgh, Craig lived with his brother Thomas at 9 Princes Street.

From 1947 to 1954 it was the headquarters for the Royal Artillery's 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division, and it was demolished in 1956 having fallen into very poor condition.

[6] The estate was redeveloped in the later 20th century to create a campus for Heriot Watt University having been purchased by Midlothian County Council for this purpose in 1969.