refused the offer of a baronetcy in 1896. The freedom of Edinburgh was given him in 1896. He died at Aberlour, Banffshire, in 1898. Findlay was buried with his great uncle in so-called "Lords Row" in Dean Cemetery. Other memorials erected to his memory include that in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (memorial by Rowand Anderson incorporating a portrait by Sir George Reid and a stained glass portrait medallion in the east staircase also designed by Rowand Anderson and executed by W Graham Boss), a series of memorial windows in St Giles High Kirk in Edinburgh, and a memorial window in Aberlour Parish Church. Shortly after Findlay's death, Lord Rosebery said of him "Edinburgh can scarcely have had a citizen of more truly public spirit" Memorials Stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral Monument in main lobby of Scottish National Portrait Gallery Family In 1863, Findlay married Susan Leslie, and left ten children. Findlay's elder son Sir John Ritchie Findlay, and grandson Sir Edmund Findlay followed him as proprietors of The Scotsman. His younger son, James Leslie Findlay became an architect in the successful architectural practice of Dunn & Findlay, among whose projects were distinctive new offices and printing works for The Scotsman on Edinburgh's North Bridge, built between 1899 and 1902. Findlay's daughter, Dora Louise Findlay, married Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse in 1907. Publications (partial) Personal Recollections of Thomas De Quincey Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1886 A History of Hatton House Edinburgh, 1875 Notes on Hatton House, Mid-Lothian, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.11, 1876 De Quincey, Thomas, Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. References Attribution Sources Smailes, Helen (1985) A Portrait Gallery For Scotland Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh The Centenary of The Scotsman 1817-1917 J Ritchie & Co, Edinburgh, 1917 Notes External links 1824 births 1898 deaths Scottish journalists Scottish newspaper editors Scottish philanthropists The Scotsman people Burials at the Dean Cemetery 19th-century Scottish newspaper publishers (people) People from Arbroath Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish antiquarians Scottish educational theorists British charity and campaign group workers People from West Lothian 19th-century British journalists British male journalists John 19th-century British male writers 19th-century British writers 19th-century British philanthropists 19th-century Scottish businesspeople