Name James Caird | ||
The james caird at dulwich college
Sir James Caird KCB FRS PC (1816 – 9 February 1892) was a Scottish agricultural writer and politician.
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- The james caird at dulwich college
- A replica of shackleton s boat james caird arrives at the south georgia museum
- Life
- Works
- References
A replica of shackleton s boat james caird arrives at the south georgia museum
Life
Born at Stranraer, he was educated at Edinburgh High School and University of Edinburgh. He was Member of Parliament for Dartmouth from 1857–59 and for Stirling Burghs from 1859-65.
He was a free-trade farmer. In 1849, he wrote High Farming as the best Substitute for Protection. In 1850 he wrote The Plantation Scheme: Or, the West of Ireland as a Field of Investment. He toured American, and Canada.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865, President of the Royal Statistical Society, 1880-2 and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1889. He was senior member of the Land Commission in 1882. He was director of the land department of the Board of Agriculture from 1889-91.
He was appointed a CB in 1869 and promoted to KCB in 1882.