Person Caird; Sir; James (1816 - 1892) Caird James Sir 1816 - 1892 British Male Stranraer 29 July 1816 Queen's Gate Gardens, London 09 February 1892 Burial: Highgate Cemetery, London

8 Queens Gate Gardens, London (1875); Cassencary, Creetown (1875)

Agriculture Statistics 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) Son of James Caird of Stranraer Fellow 03/06/1875 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1891-1892 vol 50 pp xiii-xiv Notes: DNB gives birth date as June 1816 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 29 Jul 1816 - 9 Feb 1892 NA6442 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4ed6896a-3ed1-48f6-8992-2f6ebd0ca37b