May 16th, 2012
From Peter Williamson’s Directory it appears that Restalrig was the residence, in 1784, of Alexander Lockhart, the famous Lord Covington. In the same year a man named James Tytler, who had ascended in a balloon from the adjacent Comely Gardens, had a narrow escape in this quarter. He was a poor man, who supported himself [...]
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May 16th, 2012
Logan’s lands, in part, with the patronage of South Leith, were afterwards bestowed upon James Elphinstone, Lord Balmerino; but the name still lingered in Restalrig, as in 1613 we find that John Logan a portioner there, was fined ,£1,000 for hearing mass at the Netherbow with James of Jerusalem. Logan was forfeited in 1609, but [...]
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May 16th, 2012
Logan’s connection with The Gowrie Conspiracy remained unknown till nine years after his death, when the correspondence between him and the Earl of Gowrie was discovered in possession of Sprott, a notary at Eyemouth, who had stolen them from a man named John Bain, to whom they had been entrusted. Sprott was executed, and Logan’s [...]
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