Thomas Carlaw Martin

Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin FRSE LLD (1850–1920) was a Scottish newspaper editor and Director of the Royal Scottish Museum.

Life

4 Gordon Terrace, Edinburgh
The grave of Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

He was born at Woodcocklaw Farm in Linlithgow on 10 April 1850. He studied at Heriot-Watt College then Edinburgh University.

After an initial start as a Post Office engineer he became a journalist and then a newspaper editor, overseeing two Liberal publications: the "Scottish Leader" and "Dundee Advertiser". St Andrews University awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1903. Living in Dundee from 1895 to 1910 he lived at 23 Springfield.[1]

He was knighted by King Edward VII in 1902 for his contribution to transport proposals.[2] In 1911 he was appointed Director of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, succeeding David Vallance. In 1912 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir William Turner, Cargill Gilston Knott, John Horne and James Burgess.[3]

In later life he lived at 4 Gordon Terrace in southern Edinburgh.[4]

When he retired in 1916 from the museum he was succeeded by Alexander Ormiston Curle.[5]

He died in Edinburgh on 26 October 1920. He is buried with his wife in the Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh.[6] The grave lies on the southern path, just east of the central path.

Family

In 1879 he married Isobel Laurie Spence.

Publications

  • Custody and Guardianship of Children (1885)
  • An Introduction to the Study of Crystals (1912)

Artistic Recognition

He was painted by William Quiller Orchardson around 1905.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Dundee Post Office Directory 1902-3
  2. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette 3 August 1902
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911–12
  5. ↑ "History of National Museums Scotland". nms.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin 22 Sep 2013 16-06_Grange (Inner c…". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  7. ↑ "Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin (d.1920)". Art UK. Retrieved 2017-08-30.


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