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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.
He was born in Edinburgh in 1740 or early in 1741, the son of Alexander Stirling, and his wife Jane Muir, daughter of James Muir of Lochfield in Perthshire.Although sometimes stated as the son of a cloth merchant, more contemporary records state he was the son of a fish merchant standing on the Royal Mile at the head of Marlin's Wynd, now the site of the Tron Kirk.
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 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 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
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 Somerville, 1st Baronet (c. 1698 – 16 August 1748) [1] was an Irish politician. He was the only son of Thomas Somerville and his wife Sarah King, daughter of James King. [ 2 ] In 1729, Somerville entered the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Dublin City , representing the constituency until his death in 1748. [ 3 ]
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.