John Sligo
John Sligo of Carmyle FRSE (1794–1858) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and amateur geologist.
Life[edit]
He was born in 1794 in Leith the son of John Sligo of Carmyle (d.1808)[1] and his wife Christian Knox.[2] His father was a tea and spirit merchant trading on Broad Wynd just off the Shore.[3]
In 1820 his widowed mother was living at 9 Constitution Street in Leith.[4]
John lived at 5 Drummond Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town from the 1820s.[5]
In 1827 he became a member of the Highland Society. In 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan.[6]
In 1857 he is listed as a Director of the Edinburgh to Bathgate Railway (part of the North British Railway).[7]
He died at 5 Drummond Place[8] in 1858 aged 63.
References[edit]
- ^ "Catalogue description Will of John Sligo, Merchant in Leith of Carmyle , Lanarkshire".
- ^ John Sligo myheritage.com
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1784
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1820
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1825
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ Bradshaw's General Railway Directory 1857
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1858
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