Colin MacRae

Colin MacRae

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1871. He was born in 1805 in Scotland. On 10 June 1847 he married Ann Reader (1823-1897) in St Peter and St Paul Church, East Milton Road, Milton-Next-Gravesend, Ke...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Sir Patrick Manson

Sir Patrick Manson

Born in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. Physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitoes and suggested that mosquitoes also spread malaria. Founder of the original London School of ...

Person, Medicine, China/Hong Kong, Scotland

2 memorials
Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret

Born Margaret Rose at Glamis Castle in Scotland. Sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Married to Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon. On at least one occasion she illustrated the design for the London Zo...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Scotland

8 memorials
William Calder Marshall

William Calder Marshall

Sculptor. Born Edinburgh.

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

3 memorials
Michael Martin

Michael Martin

 MP, Speaker of the House of Commons for 9 years.  Born Glasgow.  His resignation was part of the fall-out of the 2009 expenses scandal. His Wikipedia page confirms that he died after a short illn...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary’s first 20 years were an amazing roller-coaster of a life. She spent the last 20 years imprisoned and was then beheaded. Born in Linlithgow Palace (north east of Edinburgh), only surviving ch...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Scotland

6 memorials
Jim Mathieson

Jim Mathieson

Sculptor. Born Calcutta India. 1947 his family moved to Scotland. Mathieson is on the left of the photo.

Person, Sculpture, India, Scotland

1 memorial
Gavin Maxwell

Gavin Maxwell

Author and Naturalist. Born at House of Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire. During World War II he served as an instructor with the Special Operations Executive. In 1956 he toured the reed marshes of Sou...

Person, Animals, Literature, Iraq, Scotland

1 memorial
James Maxwell

James Maxwell

Developed the electromagnetic theory, unifying previous unrelated results. Born Edinburgh. Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London, 1860 - 65. Died Cambridge. Buried near Castle Do...

Person, Science, Scotland

2 memorials
Colin R. McArthur

Colin R. McArthur

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Colin Richard McArthur was born on 24 June 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of four children. He be...

Person, Tragedy, Canada, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
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