Name
- Bruce, Charles, 5th Earl of Elgin1
- Bruce, Victor Alexander, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, Viceroy of India, 1849-19171
- Bruce, Wallace, USA Consul, Edinburgh1
- Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-19001
- Challis, James, Reverend; Plumian Professor of astronomy, Cambridge1
- Chambers, William, publisher; Lord Provost of Edinburgh 18651
- Clodd, Edward, banker and author1
- Cooper, Charles, of Add MS 410771
- Croll, James, geologist; FRS 18761
- Crookes, William, Knight, chemist and science journalist, 1832-19191
- Duncan, James Matthews, physician and obstetrician, 1826-18901
- Evans, John, Knight, archaeologist, numismatist and paper manufacturer, 1823-19081
- Everett, Joseph David, Professor Of Natural Philosophy al Belfast1
- Foster, George Carey, University College London1
- Galton, Francis, Knight, biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist, 1822-19111
- Geikie, Archibald, Knight, geologist and historian, 1835-19241
- Geikie, John Cunningham, clergyman and author, 1824-19061
- Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-18981
- Glaisher, James, meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer, 1809-19031
- Grant, Robert, astronomer, 1814-18921