James Clark Bunten (1838–1901) was a British engineer born in the Scottish city of Glasgow, who went on to be a partner in the Anderston Foundry and chairman of the Caledonian Railway. James Clark Bunten was the son of Mr. Robert Bunten, a merchant of Glasgow, and was born in 1838. He served an apprenticeship at the Anderston Foundry in Glasgow, and went on to become a partner and the manager of the foundry. The works at Anderston were extended under his management, and a large foundry and

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was also established at Middlesbrough, in north-eastern England. The Anderston Foundry was heavily involved in the manufacture of railway equipment, and, in May 1881, Bunten was appointed a director of the Caledonian Railway, one of Scotland's principal railway companies. In 1897 he was appointed chairman of that company, a role he retained until 1901. Besides his roles with the Anderton Foundry and the Caledonian Railway, he was also a director of the Bank of Scotland and Director of the Bank of Scotland and a member of the Scottish Board of the Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Company. James Clark Bunten died, aged 63, on 9 July 1901, at

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in Surrey.

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