The Environs of Crai^niillar 



entailed upon his nephew, Wilham Rankine, who 

 assumed the name of Little, and married Helen, 

 daughter of Sir Alexander Gilmour of Craigmillar, 

 by whom he had only one child, Grizel. Dying in 

 1714, he was succeeded by his eldest brother, Gabriel, 

 as heir male; and he dying in 1737, was in turn 

 succeeded by his son, Walter Little of Liberton, who 

 married his cousin, Grizel Little, and died in 1758. 

 His son, William Charles Little of Liberton, suc- 

 ceeded to the Craigmillar property on the death of 

 Sir Alexander Gilmour in 1792, and took the name 

 of Little Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar. 

 William Charles Little was an advocate in Edin- 

 burgh, and a member of the Society of the Antiquaries 

 of Scotland. He displayed considerable literary 

 ability, and interesting contributions from his pen, in- 

 cluding " A Historical Account of the Hammermen 

 of Edinburgh from their Records," and " An Inquiry 

 into the Expedients used by the Scots before the 

 Discovery of Metals," are recorded in the ' Proceed- 

 ings ' of the Society referred to. 



We have little or no record as to when Liberton 



