James Christie Traill (1826 – 6 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Life

The son of James Traill senior (1794–1873), a Metropolitan police magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley, he was born in 1826 at

Walworth, Surrey Walworth () is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross. Major streets in Walworth include the Old ...

. George Balfour Traill was his younger brother. He matriculated at

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

in 1845, graduating B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852,. A student of the Inner Temple, Traill was

called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

in January 1853. In 1873 he inherited from his father the family estate in

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

, Ratter and Hobbister. He was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of

Caithness Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...

in April 1875, in addition to serving as a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for the county. Traill died at

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

in February 1899.

Cricketer

While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1848. The following year he made two further first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at

Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...

and Canterbury in 1849. Traill scored 19 runs in his three first-class matches, in addition to taking 4 wickets. His brothers, George and William, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law

William Hartopp William Wrey Hartopp (22 April 1836 – 20 July 1874) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Life Hartopp was the son of the politician Edward Bourchier Hartopp and his wife, Honoria Gent. He was educated at Eton Colleg ...

Works

*''A Letter to ... the Marquis of Blandford, on the management of Church property'' (1856) *''The New Parishes Acts, 1843, 1844, & 1856'' (1857)

Family

Traill married in 1857 Julia Lambarde, second daughter of William Lambarde of Sevenoaks. Two of their sons, James William (1858–1917) and John Murray (1865–1914), were killed in World War I.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Traill, James 1826 births 1899 deaths English people of Scottish descent People from Walworth Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark Alumni of St John's College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Gentlemen of Kent cricketers Members of the Inner Temple English barristers English justices of the peace Deputy Lieutenants of Caithness 19th-century English lawyers Cricketers from Surrey