John Myrtle Sanson handed the sum of £20,000 in January 1966 to the Masters’ Court of the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh. The income for the fund is to be used for awards at George Watson’s College Edinburgh, to pupils in the fourth, fifth and sixth forms, and pupils who have just left school who are undertaking what are generally described as adventure or service projects, including support to organisations sponsoring projects in which such pupils are taking part, and secondly pupils, whether previously at George Watson’s College or not, who require assistance in order to complete the last three years of their education at that school, and in particular those who have to live at one of the school boarding houses.

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