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James L'Amy

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In the 1820s he was living at 27 Northumberland Street next to the "father of phrenology" and fellow-lawyer,
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L'Amy was born on 8 July 1772 the son of Agnes (née) Hamilton and John Ramsay L'Amy of Dunkenny,
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In 1811 he married Mary Carson (d.1835). Their children included
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 31 (1841)
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The grave of James L'Amy, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Agnes Lyon
George Combe
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George Augustus Borthwick
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Scottish Naval and Military Academy
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George Heriot's School
John Ramsay L'Amy
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