James Caird (politician)
Sir James Caird KCB FRS PC (1816 – 9 February 1892) was a Scottish agricultural writer and politician.
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. He toured American, and Canada.[1]
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.[1]
He was appointed a CB in 1869 and promoted to KCB in 1882.[1]
Works
- English Agriculture in 1850-51 (London, 1852)
- Caird, James (1878). The Landed Interest and the Supply of Food (1 ed.). London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Retrieved 21 August 2015. via Internet Archive
Notes
- 1 2 3 Leadan 1901.
References
- Leadam, Isaac Saunders (1901). "Caird, James". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Caird
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Sir Thomas Herbert |
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1857–1859 |
Succeeded by Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley |
Preceded by Sir James Anderson |
Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs 1859–1865 |
Succeeded by Laurence Oliphant |