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General First nameJames Cleland
LastnameBurns
GenderMale
CountryScotland
Date of birth1864-02-14
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death1919-08-16
Place of deathGlasgow, Scotland

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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burns,_3rd_Baron_Inverclyde

James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde, was the second son of John Burns, the first Lord Inverclyde, and Emily Arbuthnot (1840-1901), and grandson of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, a founder of the Cunard Line. James Burns succeeded to the title of Baron Inverclyde on the death of his elder brother, George Burns, in 1905.

James, Lord Inverclyde, was descended from a long line of prominent Glaswegians. One great-grandfather, Dr Burns, was minister of the Barony Parish for sixty-nine years, from 1770, while another, Dr Cleland, was a magistrate of the city, and in 1807 laid the foundation stone of Saint George’s Church. His grand-uncle, James, and his grandfather, Sir George Burns, Bart., were founders not only of the service of Irish steamers and of the West Highland service, but of the Cunard Line. His father, Sir John Burns, Bart., had the public services of his house recognised with a peerage in 1897 and became the first Lord Inverclyde.

James Burns was born at Glasgow in 1864, and educated at Repton. He was the principal director of the shipping business of Messrs. G. & J. Burns, Limited, and took a strong interest in everything connected with shipping. He was President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom in 1899. In 1900, he became Chairman of the Glasgow Shipowners’ Association, and was an Honorary Member of the Advisory Committee on New Lighthouse Works to the Board of Trade.

He was a director of the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., and of the Clydesdale Bank Ltd. He was a member of the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd’s Register, a representative of Glasgow on the London General Committee of Lloyds’ Register, and a director of the Clyde Steamship Owners’ Association. He was an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects and of the Scottish Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders.

He was also involved in the religious and philanthropic life of the city. He became Prime Warden Shipwright of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in 1919, dying in office. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman. He was Commodore of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, Vice-Commodore of the Royal Northern Yacht Club and the Royal Highland Yacht Club, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. After Christopher Furness, 1st Baron Furness died in November 1912, Lord Inverclyde acquired his steam yacht Emerald and renamed her Beryl. However, she was destroyed by fire in Gare Loch in December 1913.

He was President of the Scottish Hockey Association, and took a leading part in bringing the game into vogue in Scotland. He distinguished himself as a cricketer and lawn tennis player, and, as President of the Lorne Curling Club, taking a rink to Carsbreck Bonspiel every winter.

He owned the estate of Wemyss Bay, and had as his residence there, Castle Wemyss. In addition to the ground belonging to his own house of Hartfield at Cove, he leased the shooting on Rosneath Moor above from the Duke of Argyll. Lord Inverclyde was Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire, and a Justice of the Peace for the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and the County of the City of Glasgow. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery of the Territorial Force on 27 March 1909

He married on 2 April 1891, Charlotte Mary Emily, youngest daughter of Mr Robert Nugent-Dunbar of Machermore Castle, Newton Stewart, and had two daughters, Emily and Muriel, and a son, John Alan Burns, who succeeded him.

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