Leith Burgh Police - Nominal Roll from Census of Scotland 1881
The Nominal Roll below is taken from the Ancestry version of the Census of Scotland, 1881.
There may be discrepancies and omissions in addition to the many transcription errors from the original documents which have proven difficult to correct. Please feel free to contact me with any obvious errors or suggested corrections. Thank you.
I have additional census information which I have left out for reasons of space. Please contact the website for more information.
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Leith Burgh Police 1881 |
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Superintendent /Chief Constable |
1 |
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Lieutenant of Police |
1 |
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Inspector of Police |
4 |
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Sergeant of Police |
9 |
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Detectives |
3 |
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Police Constables |
62 |
| First Name | Last Name | Rank | Age | Estimated Birth Year | Birthplace | |
| James | Grant | Superintendent of Police | 59 | 1822 | Lybster, Caithness | |
| James | Walter | Lieutenant of Police | 54 | 1827 | Stonehaven, Kincardineshire | |
| Thomas | Anderson | Inspector of Police | 35 | 1846 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |
| Alexander | Main | Inspector of Police | 37 | 1844 | Methlick, Aberdeenshire | |
| Angus | McKay | Inspector of Police | 39 | 1842 | Tongue, Sutherland | |
| Donald | Munro | Inspector of Police | 47 | 1834 | Golspie, Sutherland | |
| William | Arnott | Sergeant of Police | 31 | 1850 | Beath, Fife | |
| James | Chalmers | Sergeant of Police | 31 | 1850 | Sanday, Orkney | |
| James | Harper | Sergeant of Police | 34 | 1847 | Unst, Shetland | |
| Alexander | MacAndrew | Sergeant of Police | 53 | 1828 | Alves, Morayshire | |
| John | Mackay | Sergeant of Police | 49 | 1832 | Farr, Sutherland | |
| Davidson | Macleod | Sergeant of Police | 41 | 1840 | Latheron, Caithness | |
| George | McCormack | Sergeant of Police | 40 | 1841 | Whithorn, Wigtownshire | |
| John | McKay | Sergeant of Police | 36 | 1845 | Dornoch, Sutherland | |
| Donald | Reid | Sergeant of Police | 42 | 1839 | Wick, Caithness | |
| Donald | Coutts | Detective Officer | 56 | 1825 | Ballater, Aberdeenshire | |
| William | Lamb | Detective Officer | 35 | 1846 | Glass, Aberdeenshire | |
| Hugh | McKay | Detective Officer | 28 | 1853 | Tongue, Sutherland | |
| Joseph | Allan | Constable | 22 | 1859 | Brechin, Forfarshire | |
| George | Benzie | Constable | 52 | 1829 | Tyrie, Aberdeenshire | |
| George | Birse | Constable | 21 | 1860 | Durris, Kincardine | |
| John | Cameron | Constable | 36 | 1845 | Grantown, Inverness | |
| Murdo | Campbell | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Killearnan, Rosshire | |
| Felix | Darcy | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Ireland | |
| Walter | Davidge | Constable | 38 | 1843 | England | |
| John | De Winter | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Innerwick, Haddingtonshire | |
| Thomas | De Winter | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Innerwick, Haddingtonshire | |
| William | Dey | Constable | 33 | 1848 | Auchendoir, Aberdeenshire | |
| James | Doull | Constable | 35 | 1846 | Wick, Caithness | |
| Robert | Ferguson | Constable | 32 | 1849 | Mills Mark, Fife | |
| David | Forsyth | Constable | 32 | 1849 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |
| Donald | Fraser | Constable | 33 | 1848 | Kincardine, Rosshire | |
| Edward | Fraser | Constable | 58 | 1823 | Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire | |
| William | Fraser | Constable | 31 | 1850 | Kincardine, Rosshire | |
| George | Gilchist | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Bower, Caithness | |
| James | Gordon | Constable | 22 | 1859 | Glass, Aberdeenshire | |
| Lawrence | Goudie | Constable | 30 | 1851 | West Yell, Shetland | |
| Alexander | Graham | Constable | 27 | 1854 | Almondbank, Pertshire | |
| Alexander | Hamilton | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Leith, Midlothian | |
| Hugh | Henderson | Constable | 36 | 1845 | Latheron, Caithness | |
| Roderick | McAskill | Constable | 37 | 1844 | Skye, Invernesshire | |
| William | McCallum | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Town, Kirkcudbright | |
| Charles | McCombie | Constable | 40 | 1841 | Towie, Aberdeenshire | |
| Patrick | McConville | Constable | 38 | 1843 | Ireland | |
| Thomas | McConville | Constable | 38 | 1843 | Ireland | |
| Angus | McDonald | Constable | 48 | 1833 | Aberdeenshire | |
| David | McDonald | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Latheron, Caithness | |
| William | McDonald | Constable | 30 | 1851 | Rafford, Morayshire | |
| Peter | McGillivray | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire | |
| Isaac | McKay | Constable | 26 | 1855 | Farr, Sutherland | |
| Alexander | McNaughton | Constable | 45 | 1836 | Forglen, Banffshire | |
| David | McPherson | Constable | 32 | 1849 | Wick, Caithness | |
| George | Miller | Constable | 38 | 1843 | Ulbster, Caithness | |
| Robert | Mitchell | Constable | 30 | 1851 | Burntisland, Fife | |
| Neil | Moffat | Constable | 32 | 1849 | Marr, Peebleshire | |
| Andrew | Moodie | Constable | 25 | 1856 | Lady, Orkney | |
| John | Munro | Constable | 22 | 1859 | Walls, Orkney | |
| Thomas | Nash | Constable | 38 | 1842 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |
| Alexander | Nicholson | Constable | 27 | 1854 | Urquhart, Morayshire | |
| John | Oliphant | Constable | 27 | 1854 | Fraserburgh, Aberdeen | |
| Ralph | Ormiston | Constable | 21 | 1860 | Sutherland | |
| William | Rae | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Tongue, Sutherland | |
| Joseph | Rice | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Ireland | |
| John | Robb | Constable | 45 | 1836 | Rrathen, Aberdeenshire | |
| George | Ross | Constable | 35 | 1846 | Fearn, Rosshire | |
| John | Ross | Constable | 35 | 1846 | Durness, Sutherland | |
| Andrew | Stirling | Constable | 35 | 1846 | Tyrie, Aberdeenshire | |
| Donald | Sutherland | Constable | 24 | 1857 | Latheron, Caithness | |
| William | Sutherland | Constable | 31 | 1850 | Golspie, Sutherland | |
| George | Taylor | Constable | 36 | 1845 | Clyth, Caithness | |
| James | Taylor | Constable | 22 | 1859 | Dunnottar, Kincardineshire | |
| Robert | Taylor | Constable | 33 | 1848 | Fettersso, Kincardineshire | |
| Alexander | Thomson | Constable | 31 | 1850 | Ordiquhill, Banffshire | |
| Mitchell | Thomson | Constable | 29 | 1852 | Aberdour, Fife | |
| James | Weatherston | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Coldstream, Berwickshire | |
| Robert | Weir | Constable | 21 | 1860 | Donegal, Ireland | |
| Thomas | Weir | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Donegal, Ireland | |
| Thomas | Winter | Constable | 23 | 1858 | Innerwick, Haddingtonshire | |
| George | Wright | Constable | 40 | 1841 | Finhorn, Morayshire | |
| John | Young | Constable | 28 | 1853 | Aberdeenshire |
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