Arthur Conan Doyle

Physician, writer, author of the stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in 1887
1859-1930 (71)
arthurconandoyle.com

David Hume

Enlightenment philosopher, historian, monetary theorist, economist, librarian, essayist, philosophical empiricism, author of A Treatise on Human Nature
plato.stanford.edu

James Hepburn, Lord Bothwell

Duke of Orkney, Earl of Bothwell, married to Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots)
1534-1578 (44)
britannica.com

James Mackay of Clashfern living

Baron of Clashfern, lawyer, attorney, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Conservative Party politician, UK House of Lords, shadow lord chancellor of the United Kingdom, queen's privy councillor, Knight of the Thistle
1927- (97)

Jane Burgermeister

Investigative journalist

John Law

Economist, inventor of paper money, pioneer in fractional reserve banking, founder of Mississippi Company, funded by the Banque Royale, pioneered the term "millionaire" for Law's scheme
1671-1729 (58)

John Napier

mathematician, inventor of logarithms, landowner
1550-1617 (67)
britannica.com

King James I of England (VI of Scotland)

King of Scotland in 1567 (as James VI), King of England and Ireland in 1603-1625 (as James I), Jacobean era and the union of Scottish and English crowns, founder of Virginia Company in 1606, famous for translating the King James version of the bible and the "Union of Crowns" commonwealth with Pope Paul V
1566-1625 (59)
royal.uk

Malcolm Rifkind living

UK Foreign Secretary, Defense Secretary, Secretary of State for Scotland, UK cabinet minister from 2010-2015, politician, MP for Edinburgh Pentlands from 1974-1997
1946- (78)

Nicholas Bethell

UK parliamentary under secretary of state
gov.uk

Richard Burdon Haldane

1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, statesman, lawyer, attorney, queen's counsel in 1890, secretary of state for war from 1905-1912, UK House of Lords from 1911-1928
1856-1928 (72)
britannica.com

Walter Scott

Novelist, poet, playwright, historian, lecturer, Scottish King's seal society the Writers of the Signet, author of Ivanhoe
1771-1832 (61)
historic-uk.com

William Henry

Chemist who is known for Henry's Law
1774-1836 (62)

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