townhouse. She frequents the quaint shops of the district, often visiting her niece who works in the local delicatessen. Notable people Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke (1912 – 2011), Rajah whose grandson educated at Bruntsfield Primary School Chris Connelly (musician) (1964), author and musician William Craig (botanist) FRSE (1832-1922) Andrew Geddis (1886 – 1976), Bombay businessman Alison Grieve, CEO of Safetray Products Ltd (2009 – present) Sophia Jex-Blake, (1840 – 1912), English physician, teacher and feminist who established Bruntsfield Hospital for Women Alexander Lauder of Blyth, 1506 Great Seal of Scotland charter confirmed Bruntsfield to Alexander 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 References The Grange of St. Giles, by J.Stewart-Smith, Edinburgh, 1898. The Buildings of Scotland - Edinburgh, by John Gifford, Colin McWilliam and David Walker, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 1984, p. 496-7. External links Bartholomew's Chronological map of Edinburgh (1919) Scotsman newspaper: historical article on the use of Bruntsfield Links for plague victims Areas of Edinburgh Bruntsfield House Dower houses