David White Finlay Finlay was born on 1 September 1840 to James Finlay (died 13/5/1849) and Isabella White. He had 4 brothers, John (1830-1854), Alexander (1833-1895), James (1836-1910) and William Neilson (1842-1903). John died aged 23 in Malta when on a trip to the Holy Land. Alexander was a Seascape Painter. James was a GP in Helensburgh when A J Cronin (writer of Dr. Finlay's Casbook) was in his youth in Helensburgh. In Aug 1878 in Marylebone, London David married Catherine Mary Thompson, daughter of the shipowner, Stephen Thompson. They had four sons and four daughters viz. Ronald Stephen (1879-1884), Brenda Mary (1880-1952),
Dr. Finlay's Casebook 1969) Charlie is My Darling (TV episode Series 2 Broadcast 19 January 1964) The television versions of all these episodes are recorded as missing as of 13 November 2016. The programme's famous theme tune was Trevor Duncan's march from "A Little Suite". The other two movements from the Suite were often used as background music. The characters from the series are featured in a song entitled "Dr. Finlay" by Andy Stewart, which was a minor Top 50 hit in 1965. Simply Media TV released the first series of "Dr Finlay's Casebook" in March 2013, and the second series was released