Sir Robert Lorimer
We came across Sir Lorimer in St Giles Cathedral when looking at the memorials adorning the walls. History is history in our book, and no matter the means we will pass on what we know! He was born in Edinburgh on this day in 1864, and lived with his family on the South Side. He attended Edinburgh Academy from 1877 to 1882 and moved on to the University of Edinburgh from then until 1885, but he never completed his studies, nor do we know what it was he was learning. It just so happened that during his university days, the family acquired the lease for Kellie Castle in 1878 and had decided to use the Fife property for a holiday home, but it needed renovating. It doesn't seem hard to connect the dots as to why and where Lorimer's interests were heading career wise. What we do know is that after he dropped out of school, he started working for Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as an architect. Four years later he was employed by George Frederick Bodley in London and two year...
