Edinburgh Collegiate School

Edinburgh Collegiate School was located at 27/28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.^[1]^[2] The school was established in 1868.^[1]

Notable former pupils

Thomas Hastie Bryce (1862–1946), anatomist, medical author and archaeologist
W. K. Burton (1856–1899), engineer, photographer and photography writer, who lived most of his career in Meiji period Japan
Henry Cowan (1862–1932), Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) 1906–22, Unionist MP 1923–29
William James Cullen, Lord Cullen (1859–1941), lawyer and judge, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, Senator of the College of Justice
Sir Frederick Gebbie (1871–1939), British civil engineer in India
Archibald Alexander Gordon (1867–1949), British soldier who served as attaché to the Military Household of King Albert I of Belgium during World War I
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), British senior officer during the First World War^[2]
Henry Halcro Johnston (1856–1939), Scottish botanist, physician, rugby union international
Alfred Edward Moffat (1863–1950), Scottish musician, composer and collector of music
Sir James Thorburn (1864–1929), British colonial Governor of the Gold Coast 1910–12

References

1 2 "Charlotte Square". Gazetteer for Scotland. 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
1 2 Reid, Walter (2011) [2009]. "Chapter 2: Family and youth". Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig (Kindle ed.). Birlinn. ISBN 978-1843410454. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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