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Some notable former pupils, and details of them, mostly on 'wikipedia', are:
- Sir Donald Acheson - Chief Medical Officer to the Government from 1984-1991
- Sir John Baird - Air Marshal, RAF, Retired. Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces 1997 to 2000.
- Sir Peter Burt - Governor & Chief Executive of Bank of Scotland from 1996 to 2001, Chairman of ITV
- John James Cowperthwaite - Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1961 to 1971.
- Irvine Laidlaw - Scottish businessman, and a member of the House of Lords.
- The Right Honourable John MacGregor - UK Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher
- Lord Ian Robertson TD, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1966-87. He was also chairman of the Merchiston Board of governors between 1970 and 1996.
- William Grant Stairs - Canadian explorer, soldier, and adventurer.
- Charles Wyville Thomson - professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition.
- John Jeffrey, Roger Baird, Duncan Hodge, Craig Joiner, Jamie Mayer, Phil Godman Peter Walton, international rugby union players.
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