{{Short description|Scottish pharmacist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''John Manderston''' or '''Manderson''' (c.1760–1831) was a 19th-century Scottish pharmacist who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1819 to 1821.
==Life== thumb|The grave of John Manderston, Greyfriars Kitkyard He was born in Edinburgh in the late 18th century, the son of William Manderson, a brewer in the Canongate. In 1800 he is listed as a druggist with a shop at 21 Rose Street in Edinburgh's First New town just behind Princes Street with his house opposite his shop.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office directory 1800</ref>
He 1819 he succeeded Kincaid Mackenzie as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He then moved house to 1 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1820</ref>
In 1817 he is listed as Treasurer of Edinburgh Town Council.<ref>The Edinburgh Observer 1817</ref>
In 1821 he was succeeded in turn by William Arbuthnot.
He died in Edinburgh on 11 November 1831, then described as a "banker". He is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.<ref name="billiongraves">{{cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/John-Manderston/7341670|title=John Manderston | Died: 11 Nov 1831 | Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirkyard | Grave Site|website=BillionGraves|accessdate=2018-09-11}}</ref> The grave lies on the north (lower) boundary of the western extension.
==Family==
He was married to Petra Orme (died 1833).<ref name="findagrave">{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108654938/petra-manderston/photo|title=Petra Orme Manderston (Unknown-1833)|website=Find A Grave Memorial|accessdate=2018-09-11}}</ref> She is thought to be the daughter of George Orme, a grocer in the Lauriston district of south Edinburgh.
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