James Finlayson bronze plaque

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

James Finlayson industrialist and philanthropist. Born Penicuik 1772 died 1852 in the part of this property that was then number eight Nicolson Square. Around his great textile manufacturing enterprise in Finland grew that country's second city of Tampere. His spiritual qualities and his love of man

kind have seen to his name being one deeply respected in Finland's industrial and national history.

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