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Heriot, George (1563–1624)  

Maker: David Scougall

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
George Heriot (1563–1624) by David Scougall (after Paul van Somer) courtesy of George Heriot Trust, Edinburgh

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Heriot, George (1563–1624), jeweller and philanthropist  

Stuart Handley

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Heriot, George (1563–1624), jeweller and philanthropist, was born in Edinburgh on 15 June 1563, the eldest son of George Heriot (1539/40–1610), goldsmith and MP, of Edinburgh and his first wife, Elizabeth Balderstone. Heriot was apprenticed to his father's trade, and on 14 January 1586 he was contracted to marry ...

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Thurstan, Anna Violet (1879–1978)  

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04 October 2008
Anna Violet Thurstan (1879–1978) by unknown photographer by kind permission of the Hypatia Trust

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Thurstan, Anna Violet [Violetta] (1879–1978), nurse and weaver  

Melissa Hardie-Budden

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04 October 2008

Thurstan, Anna Violet [Violetta] (1879–1978), nurse and weaver, was born at Claremont, Ore, Sussex, on 4 February 1879, the eldest child and only daughter of Edward Paget Thurstan (1851–1941), surgeon, and his wife, Anna, née Reid (b. 1851). Her grandfather was Joseph Thurstan (...