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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.
[1] [15] He was president of the Clan Lamont Society, [1] [15] and senior member of the Highland Society of London. [6] He was created a baronet on 16 July 1910. [1] [2] He died at Knockdow on 29 July 1913, at the age of 85, after a prolonged illness. [1] [2] His son Norman succeeded him, but never married, and the baronetcy became extinct on ...
Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet of Larbert and Mansfield (c. 1740 – 17 February 1805) was a Scottish banker who served three consecutive terms as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Sir James Stirling, dressed as Lord Provost, with a view of Edinburgh Tolbooth behind The grave of Sir James Stirling, Greyfriars Kirkyard
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 Mallinson, 5th Baronet, of Walthamstow (born 22 April 1970) is a British Indologist, writer and translator. He is Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford , [ 1 ] and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on the history of medieval Hatha yoga .
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 Roberts (1848–1935) was a Yorkshire industrialist and businessman. He was born at Lane Ends in the parish of Oakworth, Yorkshire on 30 September 1848. [1] [2] He was one of eleven children of a weaver who became a tenant farmer. His parents were illiterate but determined that their children would receive an education [3] Sir James ...
Sir James Smyth, 1st Baronet (c. 1686 – 28 February 1717) was a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the only son of Alderman Sir James Smyth, a London draper and Lord Mayor of London , 1684–85, by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Arthur Shirley of Isfield , Sussex .