Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession. (See: Analecta Scotica, Edinburgh, 1834). Notable residents Thomas de Quincey the English writer, lived here in the latter part of his life, until his death in 1859. Charles Thomas Clough an eminent geologist, lived at St Ann's Mount, Polton with his family See also Polton railway station Esk Valley Railway (Scotland) External links Vision of Britain - History of Polton in Midlothian Villages in Midlothian Bonnyrigg and Lasswade