Alexander Stewart was born in 1753, the son of John Stewart, owner of Bonskeid House in Perthshire. Stewart studied at the University of Edinburgh but gained his MD on 31 October 1795 from the University of St Andrews. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in February 1796. He went as a surgeon with the Scots Brigade to the army of the Prince of Orange in Holland, later becoming and serving as the doctor in Dunkeld. He was a friend of the Duke of Atholl and in 1796 leased his lands at Bonskeid to Lady Bath and her husband Sir James Pulteney, who built a house there. At their deaths, the house and its contents returned to Alexander, who took possession with his family. He died in 1835 in Perth.

Sir Walter Farquhar, first baronet, received an MA at King's College, Aberdeen, before studying medicine at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. He then became a military surgeon, stationed in Brittany and Gibraltar, before moving to London in 1769 to undertake practice as an apothecary. Farquhar graduated MD from Aberdeen in 1796 and was appointed personal physician to the Prince of Wales later that year. He died in London in 1813.

Sir John Hutton Cooper was born in 1765 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He studied medicine in Edinburgh in 1794 and was a Member of the Royal Medical Society. He received his MD from the University of St Andrews and in 1796 petitioned to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was married three times and settled in Bath. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Somerset Militia and was appointed physician to George III's son in 1812, serving in this post until his death. Cooper was also involved in politics and won the parliamentary seat for Dartmouth in 1825, returning again the following year. He died in Brighton on 24 December 1828.

Sir Alexander Douglas, seventh baronet, was born in 1738. He studied medicine at Leiden before receiving his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1760. In 1770 he assumed the title of baronet and in 1798 served as a military physician. Douglas died in 1812.

Thomas Charles Hope was the third son of John Hope, professor of botany at the University of Edinburgh, and was born on 21 July 1766. In 1791, Hope was appointed chair of medicine at the University of Glasgow, a post he held until 1795. He then moved to Edinburgh, where he became first assistant professor and then professor of chemistry. In 1813 he investigated the water supply of Edinburgh so thoroughly that in 1817 he was granted the freedom of the city. Hope wrote the chemical section of the tenth edition of the 'Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia' (1817).

George Dickson was born in 1772. Claims exist that he received his MD from the University of St Andrews in September 1796, but no records have been traced to verify this. In 1793 he became a surgeon in the 12th Regiment of Dragoons by purchase of commission. In 1800 he became a purveyor and was attached to the army serving in the Mediterranean under Sir Ralph Abercrombie. In 1801 he was in Egypt and in 1802 a purveyor at the Military Hospital in Valletta, Malta. By 1811 he was appointed purveyor to the Sicilian Command and in 1812 succeeded Joseph Gunson to the Purveyor's Department in the Peninsula. By 1813 he was dismissed for fraudulent practices and gross misconduct.

Andrew Duncan junior was born in 1773 in Edinburgh, the son of Andrew Duncan senior, professor of medicine. Duncan was first apprenticed to a surgeon before taking an MA and then an MD at the University of Edinburgh. He went on to study in London at the medical school on Great Windmill Street, and continued his studies in Vienna, Pisa and Naples. In 1796 Duncan returned to Edinburgh and took up positions at the Royal Public Dispensary and the Edinburgh Fever Hospital. In 1807 he became the first professor of medical jurisprudence and medical police in Britain. In 1819 he resigned this position upon being appointed joint professor of the institutes of medicine with his father. In 1821 he became professor of materia medica. Duncan died in 1832.

Andrew Keltie was born in 1775. He studied in Aberdeen and gained his diploma in 1796. He practised medicine at Auchtermuchty in Fife. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1796 and died in 1834.

Alexander Monro tertius was born to Alexander Monro secundus in Edinburgh on 5 November 1773. He attended the Royal High School and in 1790 entered the medical school at the University of Edinburgh. Monro was appointed conjoint professor of medicine, surgery and anatomy at the University of Edinburgh with his father. From 1808 Monro delivered the whole course and upon his father's death in 1817 was duly appointed sole professor. Monro married in 1800 Maria Agnes, daughter of Dr James Carmichael Smyth. They had twelve children. After her death in 1833, Monro married Jessie Hunter in 1836, though the marriage was childless. In 1846, Monro retired from the chair of medicine and anatomy, ending the 126-year tenure of the chair by the Monro family. Monro died in his home on 10 March 1859.

Colin Lauder was born in Edinburgh, the son of George Lauder (1712-1752), grandson of John Lauder (surgeon and deacon of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), and great-great-grandson of Sir John Lauder, first baronet of Fountainhall. He was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh and served as a surgeon in the 17th Foot Regiment from 1770 to 1772. In 1772 he became both a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a burgess of Edinburgh in right of his father. He gained an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1786. He was also one of the original members of the Aesculapian Club (1773- ) and of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh (1782- ). Lauder was married four times and was the father of William Preston Lauder (1788-1850), a physician specialising in obstetrics. He was also surgeon to the philosopher David Hume. Lauder died in 1831 aged 82.