Thomas Bonnar

Thomas Bonnar (d. 1847) was a Scottish interior designer and architect of note, working in the Edinburgh area.

[1] His family lived in a new house at 6 South St David Street during his teenage years.

[3] "Thomas Bonar", Superintendent of Works is listed as living at Greenside on Leith Walk in the early 19th century.

He died on 2 February 1873 and is buried with his wife Mary Thom (1813–1858) in a crowded section of Dean Cemetery east of the new Dean Gallery entrance and north-east of the distinctive pyramid therein with a strange back-to-back monument with his son Thomas (1838–1896), designed by David Watson Stevenson.

His interiors include:[7] Thomas in turn also had a son named Thomas (1838–1896), who was operational largely in the 1890s and decorated some ceilings at Falkland Palace and Liberton House[8] and Riddles Court on the Lawnmarket.