I have copied my reply to a member of the Midlothian list to the Edinburgh list as it may be of interest to someone else. More about Craighouse. It appears that it pre-dates the Asylum which was opened in 1813 with East house (completed in 1840). In 1837 the Management Board decided to build an extension (West House). In 1845 a printing press was installed and `The Morningside Mirror' was published. In 1873 Dr Thomas Clouston succeeded to the post of Physician Superintendent of the hospital and he was the person responsible for the purchase of the adjacent mansion house of Craighouse and subsequent building of Craighouse Hospital (opened by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1898). For some years prior to 1878 Craig House was the residence of John Hill Burton, historian and biographer (among others of the philosopher David Hume). If you have access to `Old and New Edinburgh' by James Grant (published 1882) you will find pp 42-4 in volume III refer to Craig House and its occupants. Illustratoins of Craig House are inlcuded. I could not find a mention of the name Finalyson. Eunice Smith Edinburgh, Scotland