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Lieutenant-General Sir James Erskine, 3rd Baronet (30 September 1772 – 3 March 1825) was a British Army officer who served through the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, briefly commanding a brigade during the Peninsular War. Joining the army in 1788, Erskine was promoted quickly and in 1794 became a lieutenant-colonel.
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname James, one in the Baronetage of England, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. James baronets of Creshall (1682) James baronets of Park Farm Place, Eltham (1778) James baronetcy of Langley Hall (1791): see Baron Northbourne
The Premier Baronet is regarded as the senior member of the Baronetage, and ranks above other baronets (unless they hold a peerage title) in the United Kingdom Order of Precedence. Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet, is the current Premier Baronet; his family's senior title was created by King James I in 1611.
Sir Julius Laurence George Cotter, 8th Baronet (born 4 January 1968), is an Irish Baronet and actor. [ 29 ] Born in Dublin , Ireland, he is the only son of Sir Patrick Cotter, 7th Baronet of Rockforest, and his wife Janet Marjorie Patricia Potter, and the grand-nephew of Lt. Col. Sir Delaval Cotter, 6th Baronet , DSO .
Sir James Wright, 1st Baronet (c. 1730 – 8 March 1804) was an English diplomat and art collector who served as the Minister Resident of Great Britain to Venice from 1766 to 1774. [ 1 ] Background
Sir James Henry Ramsay, 10th Baronet, FBA (1832–1925) was a British historian and landowner, who produced a seven-volume history of England and an original study of the revenues of its kings. Early life and family
Miniature portrait of Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Baronet (1735–1811). One of a pair with portrait of his wife. School of Richard Cosway (1742–1821), RA. Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Baronet (1735–1811) (born James Hammet) of Clovelly Court in Devon, and of Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen 1793–1802.
Sir James Abercrombie, 1st Baronet (c. 1680 – 14 November 1724), of Edinburgh, was a British Army officer and Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain in 1710. Abercrombie was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton .