Authorised form of name | Caird; Sir; James (1816 - 1892) |
Dates | 1816 - 1892 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Stranraer |
Date of birth | 29 July 1816 |
Place of death | Queen's Gate Gardens, London |
Date of death | 09 February 1892 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Highgate Cemetery, London |
Research field | Agriculture |
Statistics |
Activity | Education: Edinburgh University Career: Commissioned by Sir Robert Peel to report on the agricultural state of Ireland (1846); Speciall Commissioner of the Times to report on the affect of Free Trade on agriculture (1850); MP for Dartmouth (1857-1859); MP for Stirling (1859-1865); Director, Land Department of the Board of Agriculture (1859-1891); one of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales Honours: CB 1870; KCB 1882 Memberships: Scottish Statistical Society (President 1880-1881)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 03/06/1875 |
Relationships | Son of James Caird of Stranraer |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1891-1892 vol 50 pp xiii-xiv Notes: DNB gives birth date as June 1816 |
Code | NA6442 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1875/19 | Caird, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/10/264 | Letter from James Caird, 8 Queen Gate Gardens, to [William Spottiswoode], Treasurer of the Royal Society | 7 June 1875 |
MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |