John Sligo

John Sligo of Carmyle FRSE (1794–1858) was a 19th-century Scottish merchant and amateur geologist.

Life

He was born in 1794 in Leith the son of John Sligo of Carmyle (d.1808)[1] and his wife Christian Knox.[2] His father was a tea and spirit merchant trading on Broad Wynd just off the Shore.[3]

In 1820 his widowed mother was living at 9 Constitution Street in Leith.[4]

John lived at 5 Drummond Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town from the 1820s.[5]

In 1827 he became a member of the Highland Society. In 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan.[6]

In 1857 he is listed as a Director of the Edinburgh to Bathgate Railway (part of the North British Railway).[7]

He died at 5 Drummond Place[8] in 1858 aged 63.

References
  1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D346727
  2. https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_sligo
  3. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1784
  4. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1820
  5. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1825
  6. 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.
  7. Bradshaw's General Railway Directory 1857
  8. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1858


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