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Date Masters & mistresses names & designations Servants names Quality of servants Number of servants Bachelor servants One and two servants Three and four servants Five to seven servants Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty 10% per 31 George III
City of Edinburgh
-- Jun 1791 Robert Mckay Innkeeper Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
[Grass] Market Mrs Paxton Alexander Johnston Chaise Driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Alan Clarke writer John Robertson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Jun 1791 Alexander Donaldson John Henderson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Lady Coalston John Turner House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6.
Lord Rockville 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Dr [Doctor] Alexander Hamilton James Anderson
Alexander Brown
House Servt [Servant]
House Servt [Servant]
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Mr McArthur Stewart William Thomson Gamekeeper 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
James Rae Surgeon James Smith House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Rev [Reverend] Mr William Greenfield James Bannatine House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mrs Schaw William Wood House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mr Alexander Ross Writer Alexander Nicholson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Davidson Writer 3 3 £4.10. £0.9.0
Honble [Honourable] Miss B Gray John Thomson Footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Lady Elizabeth Hay William Robertson
William Smith
John Henry
Butler
Coachman
Footman
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Mrs Douglas Clephan James Thomson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Rev [Reverend] Mr John Kemp David Glashan House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
[Blyth's] Close 8 Jun 1791 Mr Thomas Todd 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
Mrs Jane Grant Alexander Beattie House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
[James'] Court William Mcfarlan writer 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Dr. [Doctor] Gregory Grant William Kay House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Robert Spence Dentist 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Buchan Writer George Young House Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
9 Jun 1791 Robert Jamieson Writer James Davidson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Innes Adam More House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
10 Jun 1791 Francis Metcalf Vintner John Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Morton Vintner Mark Haliburton Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
James Horn Writer James Lawson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
11 Jun 1791 James Hunter Vintner Andrew Majoribanks
John Thomson
Charles Oman
Waiter
Waiter
Waiter
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Mr Robert Arbuthnol William Bain House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Alexander Houston Banker 1 1 £1.6.0 £0.2.6
Robert Anderson Banker John Paterson House Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
George Lesslie Mercht [Merchant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Mr Andrew Bonar John Farquhar House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Eiston Wirter Robert Baine House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Charles Walker Vintner Daniel Ker Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
William Creech Bookseller John Denham House Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Mrs Farquharson John Smith House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Carried Forward 48 9 36 12 £74.5.0 £7.8.6

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A Survey of the Male Servants in the City of Edinburgh From the
5th day of April 1791 to the 5th day of April 1792 By Robert Maughan Surveyor

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