Person Burnes; James (1801 - 1862) Burnes James 1801 - 1862 British Male Montrose, Scotland 09 October 1801 Manchester 19 September 1862

Surgeon Education: AM; MD; LL.D Glasgow (1834 Career: Service with artillery and infantry in India, surgeon to residency at Cutch India (1824; in Scinde from 1827; left Cutch on sick leave (1833), travelling home by overland route; Physician General of Bombay Army; Secretary to Medical Board 1841, Superintending Surgeon 1846; retired 1849 form Medical Board, on grounds of ill health and left India in that year. Freemason, entered, initiated, passed and raised in August 1834 at the Lodge St Peter No 120, Montrose, Forfarshire, in the presence of his father, James Burnes Senior and his brother Alexander Burnes. Memberships: FRCPE; Royal Asiatic Society (Bombay Branch) Brother of Sir Alexander Burnes FRS (1834); Had three sons. Fellow 02/04/1835 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: Frederick William Hope has signed certificate twice References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010 page 13 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 'Visit to the Court at Scinde' Edinburgh, 1831; 12 Feb 1801 - 19 Sep 1862 NA7550 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b015d780-a00c-4f8c-a3d6-2927cb46a105