George Heriot
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George Heriot was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. He is chiefly remembered today as the founder of George Heriot's School, a large independent school in Edinburgh; his name has also been given to Heriot-Watt University, as well as several streets in the same city.
A pub in Edinburgh's Old Town preserves Heriot's nickname "Jinglin' Geordie" (from the sound of coins clinking in his purse).
Statue of George Heriot in the quadrangle of the school he founded.
Front (north) view of Heriot's Hospital
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, was a politician, and favourite of King James VI and I.
Portrait of James by Nicholas Hilliard, from the period 1603–1609
Portrait of Frances Howard by William Larkin, c. 1615