He was born at 13 Richmond Place[1] in south Edinburgh the son of Robert Paterson (1790–1846), a builder, architect and surveyor in Edinburgh, and his wife Margaret (1789–1867).
[3] From 1850 he was living at practising from Madeira Cottage at 187 Causewayside, close to his family home.
From 1860 onwards he had offices at 6 Hanover Street in Edinburgh's First New Town, moving to 10 Hanover Street around 1870, and is later described as both architect and city assessor (valuing property under the Valuation of Lands Act).
[4] He was Session Clerk to the United Presbyterian Church in Newington.
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