Edinburgh Merchant Company Endowments Act 1895
WHEREAS since the incorporation by Royal Charter in 1681 of the Company of Merchants of the city of Edinburgh there have been established in connexion with the said Company inter alia the following educational and other endowments (viz.) The Merchant Maiden Hospital George Watson's Hospital Daniel Stewart's Hospital and James Gillespie's Hospital and Free School :
And whereas the said endowment of the Merchant Maiden Hospital is held and administered under and in virtue of the provisions of (...