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James Stuart Menteath

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Closeburn Castle

Sir James Stuart Menteath of Closeburn and Mansfield FRSE DL (1792-1870) was a Scottish advocate and eminent amateur geologist.[1]

Life

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He was born at Closeburn Castle in 1792 the son of Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath and Ludivina Loughnan.[citation needed] He was educated at Rugby School. He trained as an advocate in 1816 and then studied as a barrister-at-law and served at the Middle Temple in London.[2]

In 1837, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to geology. His proposer was Patrick Neill.[3]

He served as the Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire. He also had business interests in the limestone deposits of New Cumnock.[4]

He was created a baronet on the death of his father in 1847.

He died on 27 February 1870 at Mansfield House in Ayrshire.

Family

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He was grandson of his namesake Rev James Menteath.

In 1846 he married Jane Bailey, daughter of Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet. They had no children.[5]

The baronetcy passed to his nephew, James Stuart Menteath of the 17th Lancers.

Publications

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  • A Geology of the Snowdon Range
  • The Geology of Nithsdale (1828)

References

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  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, vol. 14
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Mansfield Lime Works". 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, 5 March 1870