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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.

 

 

Leith Burgh Police 1901

 

Chief Constable

1

Superintendent of Police

1

Inspector of Police

5

Sergeant of Police

7

Detectives

5

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

Arthur

 

James

Kerr

 

Lawson

Constable

 

Constable

39

 

25

1862

 

1876

 

Fife Markinch

 

Fife, Dunfermline

             
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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