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Chic Murray (1919 – 1985), Scottish comedian/actor that owned with his wife Maidie the eccentrically decorated Chic Murrays hotel in Bruntsfield Crescent, later renamed as the Nova Hotel and run by his wife Maidie and son Douglas until it was sold in the 1980s. Muriel Spark (1918 – 2006), award-winning Scottish novelist
Victoria Isabella Warrender (b. 27 March 1952), married Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay as his second wife on 20 June 1980 and has issue, two daughters. Lord Bruntisfield died in January 1993, aged 93, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John. Tania, Lady Bruntisfield died in June 2007. [1]
Baron Bruntisfield, of Boroughmuir in the City of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1942 for the Scottish Conservative politician and former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, Sir Victor Warrender, 8th Baronet.
Sir George Warrender, 1st Baronet (c. 1658 – 4 March 1721) of Bruntsfield and Lochend, Edinburgh was a Scottish merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Bruntsfield House in 1897. Warrender was the only son of George Warrender and his wife Margaret Cunninghame. His father died when he was an infant. [1]
Macsween is a family company [2] established as a butchers shop in Bruntsfield in Edinburgh, opened by Charlie and Jean Macsween in the 1950s. [3] [4] Their eldest son John Macsween took over and expanded the business with his wife Kate after Charlie died in 1975.
A footpath on Bruntsfield Links is named in his honour. [22] Callum Macdonald (1912–1999), publisher and editor of the literary magazine, Lines Review. After leaving the Royal Air Force in 1947, he and his wife settled in Marchmont, where they opened a small stationery and bookselling business. [23]
Muriel Camberg was born in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, the daughter of Bernard Camberg, an engineer, and Sarah Elizabeth Maud (née Uezzell). [2] [3] Her father was Jewish, born in Edinburgh of Lithuanian immigrant parents, and her English mother had been raised Anglican.
Chic's wife, Madie Dickson was played by Maureen Carr. The third member of the cast, Brian O'Sullivan, played 'the ensemble'. The Glasgow Herald review of the play said, '"The most animated thing in the production was the energetic and multi-talented O’Sullivan charging on and off stage as he switched characters."