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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
In 1790 Chatterton married Rebecca Lane (died 17 February 1838), daughter of Abraham Lane of Cork, by whom he had five children. Their first son, Sir William Abraham Chatterton (5 August 1794 – 1855), married on 3 August 1824, Henrietta-Georgiana, only child of the Reverend Lascelles Iremongor, Prebendary of Winchester.
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
James Anderson was the eldest son of John Anderson, the founder of Fermoy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Mr. James Semple, of Waterford.He was created a baronet on 22 March 1813, of Fermoy in the County of Cork, [2] [1] for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father.
Sir James Caldwell, 4th Baronet, Count of Milan (c.1720 – February 1784) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and author. [1] Caldwell was the son of Sir John Caldwell, 3rd Baronet and Anne Trench. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1737 and was made a freeman of Derry in 1741.
Sir James Harington (1542–1614) of Ridlington, Rutland, was an English politician. He was the third son of Sir James Harington of Exton, Rutland and Lucy Sidney of Penshurst [ 1 ] and educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ's College, Cambridge .
James Smyth was born about 1686, and matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, on 16 September 1702 aged 16. He succeeded to his father's estate in December 1706, and was created a baronet on 2 December 1714. He was Sheriff of Sussex, 1714–15. [1] He married Mirabella, daughter of Sir Robert Legard, Master in Chancery. She died on 21 February ...