| Authorised form of name | James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); surveyor |
| Dates | 1803 - 1877 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rose-in-Vale, near St Agnes, Cornwall, England |
| Date of birth | 08 June 1803 |
| Place of death | His residence in Southampton, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 14 June 1877 |
| Activity | Education:
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Career:
Officer in Royal Engineers; 2nd Lieutenant (1826); appointed to the Ordnance Survey (1827); Local Superintendent, Geological Survey of Ireland (1843); Captain (by 1848); Director of Admiralty Engineering works, Portsmouth (by 1848); Director General, Ordnance Survey (1854-1875); Lieutenant Colonel (1854); Colonel (1857); Major General (1868); Lieutenant General (1874)
Honours:
Kt 1860
Memberships:
FGS of London and Dublin; MRIA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1848 |
| Relationships | Son of John James of Truro and his wife Jane, daughter of John Hosken of Carines; married Anne, daughter of Major General Watson, Royal Engineers |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/45145602409901360525 |
| Royal Society code | NA2879 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| EC/1848/08 | James, Sir Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AP/37/5 | Growth of Land Shells | 4 February 1854 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| MS/744 | Papers of Sir Henry James | 1850-1875 |
| PT/53/10 | Paper, 'On the deflection of the plumb line at Arthur's Seat and the mean specific gravity of the earth' by Lieutenant Colonel [Henry] James | 7 February 1856 |
| PT/53/11 | Paper, 'On the figures, dimensions and mean specific gravity of the earth as derived from the ordnance survey of Great Britain and Ireland' by Lt Colonel [Henry] James | [1856] |
| MOB/064 | Henry James's Model of Arthur's seat | 1856 |
| RR/6/81 | Referee's report by William Hallowes Miller, on a paper 'Abstract of the results of the comparisons of the standards of length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, India, Australia, made at the ordnance Survey Office, Southampton' by Henry James and Alexander Ross Clarke | nd [1867] |
| RR/6/78 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Abstract of the results of the comparisons of the standards of length of England, France, Belgium, Prussia, Russia, India, Australia, made at the ordnance Survey Office, Southampton' by Henry James and Alexander Ross Clarke | 13 February 1867 |
| MS/744/1 | Correspondence of Sir Henry James Knight Director General of the Ordnance Survey, from various authors | 1835-1868 and nd. |
| PT/53/10/1 | Manuscript, 'On the deflection of the plumb line at Arthur's Seat and the mean specific gravity of the earth' by Lieutenant Colonel [Henry] James | 7 February 1856 |
| PT/53/10/2 | Plate, contoured plan of Arthur's Seat by unknown mapmaker | [1856] |
| PT/53/10/3 | Plate, 'Sections through Arthur's Seat' by unknown artist | [1856] |
| PT/53/11/1 | Manuscript, 'On the figures, dimensions and mean specific gravity of the earth as derived from the ordnance survey of Great Britain and Ireland' by Lt Colonel [Henry] James | [1856] |
| PT/53/11/2 | Plate, 'Chart of the world' by unknown mapmaker | [1856] |
| MC/5/261 | Letter from H [Henry] James, Ordnance Map Office, Southampton, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 15 October 1856 |
| MC/6/90 | Letter from J [John] Cameron, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 8 June 1860 |
| MC/6/100 | Letter from J [John] Cameron, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 31 July 1860 |
| MC/7/75 | Letter from Henry James, Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 23 May 1864 |
| MC/7/77 | Letter from W [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London, to Colonel Sir H [Henry] James | 27 May 1864 |
| MC/7/195 | Letter from Henry James, Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Ofce, Southampton, to Professor W H [William Hallowes] Miller, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society | 4 April 1865 |
| MC/7/318 | Letter from Henry James, Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 4 April 1866 |
| MC/8/114 | Letter from T [Thomas] Archer Hirst, the Athenaeum, to [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 November 1867 |
| MC/8/252 | Letter from Henry James, Colonel Royal Engineers, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 October 1868 |