James Rainy Brown’s death certificate & residence address

Proximity of JRB's home to Merchiston, even after he had moved out of Pringle House.
Proximity of JRB's home at 21 Redford Drive, Edinburgh EH13 0BG to Merchiston, even after he had moved out of Pringle House and off school grounds.

This document was included because James Rainy Brown's exact address seems to exist nowhere else online, it is known that he hosted pupils at this address, and the simple capability to see the home on a map may assist with survivor memory and testimony.

According to the death certificate from the General Register Office for Scotland, James Rainy Brown committed suicide by hanging at his home at 21 Redford Drive, Edinburgh, EH13 0BG on 29 April 2013, with his time of death recorded at 4:05pm.

“I saw Mr James Rainy Brown on 29 April 2013 to tell him that the police wished to see him. He left the school after our meeting and committed suicide 40 minutes after our meeting at his home nearby in Colinton having refused to have any support from the chaplain.”—Andrew Hunter, SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020)

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James Rainy Brown's Death Certificate showing place of death, reported widely in the media as 'his home', at 21 Redford Drive, Edinburgh EH13 0BG.
James Rainy Brown's Death Certificate showing place of death, reported widely in the media as 'his home', at 21 Redford Drive, Edinburgh EH13 0BG.

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