Heriot's
Hospital was financed from the estate of George Heriot, jeweller to King
James VI. It was constructed 'for the teaching and maintenance of
the sons of poor burgesses'.
There is a statue of George
Heriot holding a model of the hospital on the first balcony of the Scott
Monument
School
George
Heriot's school is still on this site, in a prominent position to the
south of Edinburgh castle esplanade.
The
portrait painter, Sir Henry Raeburn was a pupil at George Heriot's
school..