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http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/6550/pages/1507/page.pdf

Birth
fl.1886

Death
1901

You're a lot better at searching than I am. Thanks for the leads.

Birth fl.1886 Death 1901

I believe the fl.1886 means flourished, not born. I saw in another link fl.1850 so he must have been at least a teenager by then so his birth was 1830 or so.