James Paton (other)
James Paton may refer to: *James Paton (bishop) (1522–1596), Bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland * James Paton (editor) of Hobart, Australia * James Paton (museologist) (1843–1921), Scottish *James Paton (seaman) (1869–1917/18), Scottish-born seaman who sailed to the Antarctic * James Paton (Prince Edward Island politician) (1853–1953), Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island * James Paton (sport shooter) (born 1957), Canadian sport shooter *James Alexander Paton (c. 1885–1946), newspaper owner and politician in British Columbia See also * James Patton (other) *James A. Patten James A. Patten (1852–1928) was an Americans, American commodities speculator, financier, and politician. The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, Evanston from 1901 to 1905, Patten is best remembered as a leading financier of the Gilded Age. Biogra ...

James Paton (bishop)
James Paton (1522 – 1596) was a 16th-century Scottish cleric from Ballilisk, an estate in the parish of Muckhart, west of Kinross. As Ballilisk appears to have been a rectory serving the adjacent chapel at Muckhart his family are presumed to have included priests who served the parish in Pre-Reformation days. He matriculated at St Salvator's College, University of St Andrews on 26 November 1540. He appears to have trained in Theology and was likely a priest pre-Reformation. At the Scottish Reformation of 1560 he adopted the Protestant stance, and certainly by January 1565 is listed as minister of Muckhart parish, which was then in Perthshire. After the forfeiture of Bishop Robert Crichton in 1571, Paton became Bishop of Dunkeld in July 1572. This seems to have been arranged for him by Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, to whom Paton handed over his farm at Muckhart Mill in addition to promising the Earl a share of episcopal revenue. This later brought him into dis ...
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James Paton (editor)
''The Critic'' was a weekly newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania, from c. 1904 to 1924 or later. History In 1902 Edward Mulcahy, Minister of Lands in the Tasmanian government, sued James Paton, proprietor and editor, and Gerald Tempest Massey, printer and publisher of Hobart's "pungent" ''Clipper'' newspaper, for defamation of character, in respect of an article alleging impropriety in awarding a contract for the Strahan storm water channel. :Paton left for the goldfields of Western Australia, becoming '' Morning Herald'' representative in Bunbury, then editor of the ''Murchison Advocate'', confusingly taking the chair vacated by (the unrelated) ''John'' Paton, who had left for Johannesburg. One report says both men had been associated with the ''Clipper''. Massey disposed of ''The Clipper'' to Walter Alan Woods Walter Alan Woods (28 December 1861 – 28 February 1939) was an Australian Labor politician and journalist. He was born Walter William Head at Oakleigh, ...
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James Paton (museologist)
James Paton (15 April, 1843, Auchtergaven – 1921) was a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... museologist who played a significant role in the creation of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paton, James 1843 births 1921 deaths Scottish scientists ...
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James Paton (seaman)
James "Scotty" Paton (1869–1917) was a Scottish seaman who sailed to the Antarctic in several major expeditions between 1902 and 1917. His first venture was from 1902 to 1904 as a crewman of William Colbeck's . This expedition consisted of two voyages and was sent as a relief ship for Robert Falcon Scott's ''Discovery'' expedition. During the first voyage the ship was briefly stalled in the ice between Cape Bird and Beaufort Island. Paton took the opportunity to leave ship and jump floes a distance of one mile to 'land' of Beaufort Island, the first man to do so. This accomplishment was received with a reprimand. In 1907–1909, he was a crew member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ''Nimrod'' expedition during each of ''Nimrod's'' two southern voyages. From 1910 to 1913, he was a seaman aboard Captain Scott's ''Terra Nova'' during her two voyages between New Zealand and Cape Evans, in support of Scott's ill-fated expedition. In 1914 he joined the Ross Sea party section of Shackleton' ...
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James Paton (Prince Edward Island Politician)
James Paton (June 5, 1853 – September 16, 1935) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was 14th mayor of Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ... from 1906 to 1908, and he represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1915 to 1919 as a Prince Edward Island Conservative Party, Conservative member. Patton was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, the son of Alexander Paton, who was involved in the design and manufacture of shawls there, and Elizabeth McKechnie. After completing his education, Paton was employed in a goods and drapery business there for six years. He then came to Charlottetown, where he worked for a time for a dry goods merchant. Paton then joined the firm o ...
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