John Smith (1825–1910) was a Scottish dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator. The founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry, he served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1883) and president of the British Dental Association. He was the official surgeon/dentist to Queen Victoria when in Scotland.
David Laing LLD was a Scottish antiquary.
Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan, was a Scottish advocate, judge, parliamentarian and civil servant.
John Morrison Caie LLD was a Scottish civil servant and poet. His poetry centres upon rural life in north-east Scotland.
Alexander Smith Kinnear, 1st Baron Kinnear, was a Scottish advocate and judge. He served as Lord of Council and Session (1882–1913), and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1911.
Sir William Young Darling CBE FRSE LLD MC was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1942 to 1957.
Sir John Donald Pollock, 1st Baronet FRSE LLD was a Scottish physician, industrialist and philanthropist who served as Rector of the University of Edinburgh from 1939 to 1945 and gave land to the University to build halls of residence. Pollock Halls of Residence were built on the site, and were named for him.
Robert Kerr Hannay was a Scottish historian. He served as Historiographer Royal for Scotland and Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh.
Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE FLS VMH LLD was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist.
James Edward Tierney Aitchison MD LLD CIE was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He worked as British Commissioner to Ladakh, India in 1872 and collected numerous specimens from the region and published catalogues of plants including those of economic interest. The plant genus Aitchisonia was named after him by Helmsley but the name is no longer in use. In authorship he is normally known as J. E. T. Aitchison.
John Small was librarian of Edinburgh University Library. He was a member of the Smalls of Dirnanean.
Sir Ernest MacLagan Wedderburn was a Scottish lawyer, and a significant figure both in the civic life of Edinburgh and in the legal establishment. He held the posts of Professor of Conveyancing in the University of Edinburgh (1922–35), Deputy Keeper of the Signet (1935–54), and Chairman of the General Council of Solicitors (1936–49), the forerunner to the Law Society of Scotland, and chaired the latter 1949/50. He was also an enthusiastic amateur scientist, and first Treasurer then Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
James Burgess CIE FRSE FRGS MRAS LLD, was the founder of The Indian Antiquary in 1872 and an important archaeologist of India in the 19th century.
Charles Thomas Clough MA, LLD, FGS, FRSE was a prominent British geologist and mapmaker. The Edinburgh Geological Society named the Clough Medal in his honour.
Carl Hamilton Browning LLD FRS FRSE was a Scottish bacteriologist and immunologist. He is especially remembered for his important work in Germany with Paul Ehrlich. He discovered the therapeutic qualities of acridine dyes.
William John Dundas, FRSE, LLD, WS (1849–1921) was a Scottish lawyer and mathematician. In later life he was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was the younger brother of James Dundas VC.
Sir William Campbell Johnston FRSE was a Scottish lawyer and noted cricketer.
Sir James Miller was a Scottish businessman and politician, who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Mayor of London. As an architect, engineer and house-builder he founded the firm Miller Homes in 1934.
Anthony Elliot Ritchie FRSE FRCPE LLD was a 20th-century Scottish physiologist and educator.
James Watt WS FRSE FRSGS LLD was a 19th/20th-century Scottish lawyer, actuary and geographer.
