Theodore Salvesen

Colonel Theodore Emile Salvesen of Culrain (aka Ted Salvesen) JP FSA Scot FRSE FRSA (1863–1942) was a 19th-century Scottish soldier and businessman.

[1] The Theodore Salvesen Memorial Trust caring for training and financial hardship of the Merchant Navy was named in his honour.

At the time of his birth they lived at Baynefield House in Leith north of Edinburgh.

[4] The house still exists (slightly obscured) and is known simply as 122 Ferry Road.

He established the whaling colony of Leith Harbour in South Georgia, named after his home.