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James III & VIII: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: 1715 1716 John Erskine, Earl of Mar: 1716 1724 John Hay, Duke of Inverness [3] 1724 1727 James Murray, Earl of Dunbar: 1727 1747 Daniel O'Brien, Earl of Lismore: 1747 1759 John Graeme, Earl of Alford [4] 1759 1763 James Edgar: 1763 1764 Andrew Lumisden: 1764 1768 James III & VIII ...
James Edgar may refer to: James Edgar (Jacobite) (1688–1764), Scottish Jacobite official; James David Edgar (1841–1899), Canadian politician; James Edgar (entrepreneur) (1843–1909), Scottish-American founder of Edgar Department Stores and the first department store Santa Claus; James Douglas Edgar (1884–1921), English professional golfer
Edgar was well-connected; he was the godson of James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure. [2] In the Jacobite rising of 1715, Edgar was among the first to rally to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Braemar by the Earl of Mar. During the rising he served as clerk to John Hay of Cromlix. [2]
James Edgar (1843 – 1909) was a businessman who has been credited with being the one who first came up with the idea of dressing up as Santa Claus for Christmas. [1] He started the tradition in 1890 in his Brockton, Massachusetts , department store.
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Every December starting in 1890, James Edgar dressed up as Santa Claus to entertain the children of shoppers, thus becoming the first department store Santa. [1] Trains brought families from Boston and Providence to Edgar's to see Santa. In the early 1960s Edgar's was bought by Almy, Bigelow and Washburn, Inc.
James Robert Edgar (born July 22, 1946) [1] [2] is an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. [3] A moderate Republican , he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979 and as the 35th Secretary of State of Illinois from 1981 to 1991.