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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.
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (/ ˈ b æ r i /; 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London , where he wrote several successful novels and plays.
Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Baronet (8 September 1623 – 26 October 1650) [1] was an English politician, lawyer and baronet. He was the only son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet and Dorothy Boynton, daughter of Sir Francis Boynton. [ 2 ]
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet GCB PC (1 June 1792 – 25 October 1861) was a British statesman, who notably served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the eldest son of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, by Lady Catherine, eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Galloway .
The first merchant ship that James served onboard was a coastal trading vessel operating out of Bristol, though historian Charles Rathbone Low claimed that by 1738 James, by now at the age of sixteen, had entered into the Royal Navy as a cabin boy. [2] After a few years, James left the navy and became a sea captain, sailing a merchant ship ...
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 .
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. He served as Sheriff of Devon in 1767–8. He was created a baronet in 1795.
Sir James Riley Holt Hutchison, 1st Baronet, DSO, TD, JP (10 April 1893 – 24 February 1979) was a British army officer, company director and politician. He was the son of a Scottish shipowner and spent his commercial life in the same field and as a director of shipbuilders, but fought in both World Wars during a long military career.