Allan Menzies was Professor of Conveyancing, Edinburgh University, between 1847 and 1856. In 1851-1852 the Menzies' household resided at Murrayfield House in the city. His law firm was Menzies and Maconochie, Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Professor Allan Menzies died in 1856 aged 51. He was buried in Dean Cemetary, Edinburgh.
Menzies' daughter married the Victorian landscape painter John MacWhirter.
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