Editing Dean Cemetery (section)

==Dean House==
[[Image:Stone carving from Dean House 01.jpg|thumb|Stone carving from Dean House, now part of retaining wall in Dean Cemetery]]
The cemetery stands on the site of '''Dean House''' (built 1614), part of '''Dean Estate''' which had been purchased in 1609 by Sir [[William Nisbet of Dean|William Nisbet]], who became in 1616 [[Lord Provost of Edinburgh]]. The Nisbets of Dean held the office of Hereditary [[Poulterer]] to the King. The famous herald, [[Alexander Nisbet]], of [[Nisbet House]], near [[Duns, Scottish Borders]], [[Berwickshire]], is said to have written his ''Systems of Heraldry'' in Dean House. The [[estate house]] was demolished in 1845, and sculptured stones from it are incorporated into the south retaining wall supporting at the south side of the cemetery. This lower, hidden section also contains graves.

[[John Swinton, Lord Swinton]] died in the house in 1799. Sir [[John Stuart Hepburn Forbes]] was born in Dean House in 1804.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date= 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=090219884X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>