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) and his wife Christian Knox.John Sligo myheritage.com His father was a tea and spirit merchant trading on Broad Wynd just off the Shore.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1784
In 1820 his widowed mother was living at 9 Constitution Street in Leith.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1820
John lived at 5 Drummond Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town from the 1820s.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1825
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.
In 1857 he is listed as a Director of the Edinburgh to Bathgate Railway (part of the North British Railway).Bradshaw's General Railway Directory 1857
He died at 5 Drummond PlaceEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1858 in 1858 aged 63.
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