Leith Burgh Police - Nominal Roll from Census of Scotland 1901
The Nominal Roll below is taken from the Ancestry version of the Census of Scotland, 1901.
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 1901 |
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Chief Constable |
1 |
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Superintendent of Police |
1 |
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Inspector of Police |
5 |
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Sergeant of Police |
7 |
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Detectives |
5 |
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Police Constables |
86 |
| First Name | Last Name | Rank | Age | Estimated Birth Year | Birthplace | ||||||||
| Alexander | Main | Chief Constable | 47 | 1844 | Methlick, Aberdeenshire | ||||||||
| John | McLeod | Superintendent of Police | 35 | 1866 | Sutherland, Assynt | ||||||||
| Edward | Jefferies | Inspector of Police | 40 | 1861 | Fife Lumphinnans | ||||||||
| William | Mason | Inspector of Police | 48 | 1853 | Ireland | ||||||||
| David | McDonald | Inspector of Police | 36 | 1865 | Aberdeenshire Foveran | ||||||||
| James | Ormiston | Inspector of Police | 36 | 1865 | Sutherland Farr | ||||||||
| Alexander | Ross | Inspector of Police | 42 | 1859 | Ross Fearn | ||||||||
| Thomas | Merriman | Sergeant of Police | 43 | 1858 | Edinburghshire Dalkeith | ||||||||
| James | Moodie | Sergeant of Police | 40 | 1861 | Orkney Sanday | ||||||||
| John | Roy | Sergeant of Police | 29 | 1872 | Elginshire St Andrews | ||||||||
| Robert | Scott | Sergeant of Police | 42 | 1859 | Fife Kingskettle | ||||||||
| Hugh | Simpson | Sergeant of Police | 37 | 1864 | Kincardineshire Fettercairn | ||||||||
| Robert | Taylor | Sergeant of Police | 55 | 1846 | Kincardineshire Fetteresso | ||||||||
| Alexander | Thomson | Sergeant of Police | 51 | 1850 | Banffshire Gamrie | ||||||||
| George | Machray | Detective Officer | 32 | 1869 | Aberdeenshire Monquhitter | ||||||||
| Hugh | McKay | Detective Constable | 45 | 1856 | Sutherland Strathy Head | ||||||||
| Henry | Rae | Detective Constable | 39 | 1862 | Sutherland Tongue | ||||||||
| William | Robb | Detective Constable | 27 | 1874 | Kincardineshire St Cyrus | ||||||||
| Donald | Sutherland | Detective Constable | 49 | 1852 | Caithness Latheron | ||||||||
| David | Angus | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Haddingtonshire Innerwick | ||||||||
| William | Bain | Constable | 31 | 1870 | Kincardineshire Arbuthnott | ||||||||
| Alexander | Blackie | Constable | 20 | 1881 | Kincardineshire Benholm | ||||||||
| George | Blacklaws | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Forfarshire Maryton | ||||||||
| Robert | Brown | Constable | 37 | 1864 | Fife Markinch | ||||||||
| John | Bruce | Constable | 52 | 1849 | Berwickshire Edrom | ||||||||
| James | Burns | Constable | 26 | 1875 | Haddingtonshire Prestonkirk | ||||||||
| Robert | Burns | Constable | 45 | 1856 | Haddingtonshire Prestonkirk | ||||||||
| John | Carr | Constable | 34 | 1867 | Perthshire | ||||||||
| David | Clark | Constable | 22 | 1879 | Fife Logieport | ||||||||
| James | Clark | Constable | 28 | 1873 | Ireland | ||||||||
| James | Clouston | Constable | 33 | 1868 | Orkney Stromness | ||||||||
| Adam | Cockburn | Constable | 19 | 1882 | Roxburghshire Melrose | ||||||||
| John | Coghill | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Cathness Thurso | ||||||||
| William | Craig | Constable | 33 | 1868 | Kincardineshire Fetteresso | ||||||||
| James | Davidson | Constable | 40 | 1861 | Kinrosshire Orwell | ||||||||
| Charles | Ferguson | Constable | 59 | 1842 | Aberdeenshire Towie | ||||||||
| David | Fleming | Constable | 26 | 1875 | Forfarshire Monifieth | ||||||||
| Robert | Forman | Constable | 21 | 1880 | Berwickshire Edrom | ||||||||
| James | Gibb | Constable | 33 | 1868 | Aberdeenshire Dyce | ||||||||
| George | Goodfellow | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Berwickshire | ||||||||
| James | Gray | Constable | 36 | 1865 | Banffshire Rothiemay | ||||||||
| Peter | Green | Constable | 50 | 1851 | Caithnesshire Canisbay | ||||||||
| William | Greig | Constable | 40 | 1861 | Ireland | ||||||||
| Peter | Harrow | Constable | 48 | 1853 | Fife Cupar | ||||||||
| Henry | Henderson | Constable | 42 | 1859 | Midlothian Leith | ||||||||
| Henry | Hollingworth | Constable | 42 | 1859 | England | ||||||||
| John | Hood | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Elginshire Garmouth | ||||||||
| William | Jamieson | Constable | 46 | 1855 | Shetland Northmavine | ||||||||
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Constable |
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25 |
1862
1876 |
Fife Markinch
Fife, Dunfermline |
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| John | Low | Constable | 28 | 1873 | Forfarshire Tannadice | ||||||||
| Richard | Mack | Constable | 19 | 1882 | Haddingtonshire Oldhamstocks | ||||||||
| Alexander | Mackay | Constable | 41 | 1860 | Caithness Thurso | ||||||||
| Donald | McBain | Constable | 20 | 1881 | Invernesshire Abernethy | ||||||||
| Peter | McDiarmid | Constable | 28 | 1873 | Ireland | ||||||||
| Alexander | McDougall | Constable | 28 | 1873 | Perthshire Rattray | ||||||||
| James | McDougall | Constable | 26 | 1875 | Dumfrieshire St Mungo | ||||||||
| James | McKay | Constable | 40 | 1861 | Caithness Latheron | ||||||||
| William | McKay | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Banffshire Aberchirder | ||||||||
| William | McKenzie | Constable | 29 | 1872 | Nairnshire Auldearn | ||||||||
| Neill | McLaren | Constable | 19 | 1882 | Invernesshire Stratherrick | ||||||||
| Thomas | McLennan | Constable | 19 | 1882 | Ross Fearn | ||||||||
| Francis | Meehan | Constable | 25 | 1876 | Ireland | ||||||||
| Robert | Miller | Constable | 36 | 1865 | Caithness Wick | ||||||||
| William | Miller | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Lanarkshire Shotts | ||||||||
| Robert | Mitchell | Constable | 50 | 1851 | Fife Aberdour | ||||||||
| Andrew | Moodie | Constable | 45 | 1856 | Orkney Lady Parish Sanday | ||||||||
| Gavin | Mowat | Constable | 25 | 1876 | Caithness Dunnet | ||||||||
| Walter | Mowat | Constable | 34 | 1867 | Aberdeenshire Udny | ||||||||
| William | Mowat | Constable | 22 | 1879 | Caithness Dunnet | ||||||||
| William | Nicholl | Constable | 34 | 1867 | Kincardineshire Dunottar | ||||||||
| William | Noble | Constable | 25 | 1876 | Ireland | ||||||||
| George | Paul | Constable | 22 | 1879 | Fife Dunfermline | ||||||||
| Adam | Polson | Constable | 30 | 1871 | Caithness Dunbeath | ||||||||
| William | Porter | Constable | 26 | 1875 | Ayrshire Auchengray | ||||||||
| Robert | Raitt | Constable | 29 | 1872 | Forfarshire Montrose | ||||||||
| Andrew | Ramage | Constable | 22 | 1879 | Berwickshire Eccles | ||||||||
| Charles | Reid | Constable | 25 | 1876 | Kincardineshire Fettercairn | ||||||||
| Hugh | Robertson | Constable | 44 | 1857 | Shetland Yell | ||||||||
| Thomas | Robertson | Constable | 32 | 1869 | Fife Kettle | ||||||||
| John | Ross | Constable | 53 | 1848 | Sutherland Durness | ||||||||
| John | Ross | Constable | 34 | 1867 | Sutherland Eddrachillis | ||||||||
| John | Russland | Constable | 25 | 1876 | Orkney South Ronaldsay | ||||||||
| John | Scott | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Fife Abdie | ||||||||
| William | Scott | Constable | 20 | 1881 | Banffshire Banff | ||||||||
| Joseph | Smart | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Forfarshire Kinnell | ||||||||
| Robert | Smith | Constable | 37 | 1864 | Kincardineshire Dunottar | ||||||||
| James | Souness | Constable | 23 | 1878 | Haddingtonshire Oldhamstocks | ||||||||
| Alexander | Soutar | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Aberdeenshire Chapel of Garioch | ||||||||
| John | Stephen | Constable | 29 | 1872 | Caithness Thurso | ||||||||
| James | Still | Constable | 39 | 1862 | Aberdeenshire Old Meldrum | ||||||||
| James | Strath | Constable | 34 | 1867 | Aberdeenshire Old Deer | ||||||||
| James | Sutherland | Constable | 52 | 1849 | Caithness Reay | ||||||||
| William | Sutherland | Constable | 51 | 1850 | Sutherland Brora | ||||||||
| Peter | Swinny | Constable | 36 | 1865 | Berwickshire Duns | ||||||||
| George | Tait | Constable | 31 | 1870 | Edinburgh Corstorphine | ||||||||
| John | Taylor | Constable | 26 | 1875 | Forfar Lunan | ||||||||
| John | Thom | Constable | 31 | 1870 | Kincardineshire Fordoun | ||||||||
| Gilbert | Thomson | Constable | 31 | 1870 | Orkney South Ronaldsay | ||||||||
| Mitchell | Thompson | Constable | 49 | 1852 | Fife Aberdour | ||||||||
| Robert | Thompson | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Ireland | ||||||||
| James | Thomson | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Haddingtonshire Humbie | ||||||||
| Thomas | Thomson | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Clackmannan Tillicoultry | ||||||||
| David | Valentine | Constable | 35 | 1866 | Forfar Montrose | ||||||||
| Alexander | Walker | Constable | 27 | 1874 | Kincardineshire St Cyrus | ||||||||
| Andrew | Walton | Constable | 40 | 1861 | Fife Flisk | ||||||||
| William | Watt | Constable | 22 | 1879 | East Lothian Belhaven | ||||||||
| William | Webster | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Lanarkshire Partick | ||||||||
| Robert | Williamson | Constable | 24 | 1877 | Ireland | ||||||||
| William | Williamson | Constable | 26 | 1875 | United States of America | ||||||||
| James | Wilson | Constable | 19 | 1882 | Sutherland Farr | ||||||||
| George | Wood | Constable | 21 | 1880 | Aberdeenshire Macduff | ||||||||
| Robert | Wood | Constable | 40 | 1861 | Forfarshire Brechin |
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