Editing Jedburgh (section)

==Notable people==
[[file:Plaque on the entrance to Allerley Well Park - geograph.org.uk - 771807.jpg|thumb|upright|Plaque on the entrance to Allerley Well Park gifted by [[John Tinline]]]]

Several notable people were born in the town, including [[Thomas Somerville (minister)|Rev Dr Thomas Somerville]]'s niece, [[Mary Somerville]], in 1780<ref name="DSB521">{{cite book |title=Somerville, Mary Fairfax Greig |year=1981 |series=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]] |location=New York |volume=11 & 12 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofscie11gill/page/521 521]–522 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofscie11gill|url-access=registration }}</ref> (the eminent scientist and writer, after whom [[Somerville College, Oxford]] is named, and who appeared on the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] £10 note from 2017).

[[James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|James Thomson]] (1700–1748) who wrote "[[Rule Britannia]]", was born in Ednam, a village only twelve miles away, but he was educated in Jedburgh.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Thomson |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/james-thomson |website=Westminster Abbey |publisher=Dean and Chapter of Westminster |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> [[David Brewster]], physicist, mathematician, scientist, writer and inventor of the [[kaleidoscope]], was born in Jedburgh in 1781.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inventor of the Kaleidoscope |url=https://brewstersociety.com/kaleidoscope-university/sir-david-brewster/ |website=Brewster Kaleidescope Society |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> The popular preacher Rev. [[Robert Aitken (preacher)|Robert Aitken]] (1800–1873) was born in Crailing near Jedburgh.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-51oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1868|title=Modern English Biography: A-H|volume=1|page=1868|first= Frederic |last=Boase|year=2018|publisher=Litres |isbn=9785041269647 }}</ref> General [[Bindon Blood|Sir Bindon Blood]] was born nearby in 1842.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LI8UAQAAIAAJ|title=Who was who in British India| first=John F. |last=Riddick |publisher=Greenwood Press|year= 1998|isbn= 978-0313292323|page=37}}</ref> [[Alexander Jeffrey|Alexander Jeffrey (F.S.A. Scot.)]] was a solicitor in the town and was also the county historian: he lived  in Jedburgh until his death in 1874.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBQnAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA393|title=Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland|year=1871 |volume=8|page=393|publisher=Society }}</ref> The author and broadcaster [[Lavinia Derwent]] was born in a farmhouse a few miles outside Jedburgh in 1909.<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/74090 |title=Moira Burgess: "Dodd, Elizabeth (pseud. Lavinia Derwent)"|year= 2005|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74090 |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> The Tinline brothers emigrated from Jedburgh in the late 1830s. [[George Tinline]] made a career in banking in Australia.<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Christine |last=Hirst |author-link= |title=Tinline, George (1815–1895) |volume=6 |edition= |year=1976 |id2=tinline-george-4725 |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> [[John Tinline]] went to New Zealand and made his wealth in farming. John returned to Jedburgh later in life and gifted Allerley Well Park to his hometown.<ref>{{cite book |page=386 | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda | volume = II | year = 1940 | publisher = [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Department of Internal Affairs]] | location = Wellington | url = http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf | access-date = 2 April 2020 }}</ref>

The town's well known [[Rugby Union|rugby]] players are the [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|scrum-halves]], [[Roy Laidlaw]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roy James Laidlaw|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/8593.html|access-date=2021-10-05|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref> his nephew, Scotland rugby team captain [[Greig Laidlaw]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/jedburgh-rugby-star-greig-laidlaw-and-gordon-paralympian-sammi-kinghorn-to-lead-2022-doddie-aid-fundraising-in-borders-3514559|title=Jedburgh rugby star Greig Laidlaw and Gordon Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn to lead 2022 Doddie Aid fundraising in Borders|date=4 January 2022|newspaper=Southern Reporter|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> and [[Gary Armstrong (rugby union)|Gary Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/13716448.The_50_Greatest_Scottish_Rugby_Players_Part_VI__3_1/ |title=The 50 Greatest Scottish Rugby Players Part VI 3 - 1 |work=The Herald |date=12 September 2015 |access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref> [[Doug Young (boxer)|Douglas Young]] fought at [[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight|Heavyweight]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SR">{{cite web |title=Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/mens-heavyweight.html |website=Sports Reference |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/BOX/mens-heavyweight.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Emmy Award]]-winning journalist [[Nick Watt (CNN reporter)|Nick Watt]] is from Jedburgh and hosted a short film about the town for the [[Travel Channel]].<ref name="Watt">{{cite web |url=https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/nick-watts-hometown-0239437 |title=Nick Watt's Hometown |date=2015 |publisher=Travel Channel |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref>