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James Innes (Edinburgh Encyclopædia Contributor)
James Innes may refer to: * James Innes (author) (born 1975), British author * James Innes (Canadian politician) (1833–1903), Canadian journalist and politician * James Innes (British Army officer, died 1759) (1700–1759), British provincial officer * James Innes (Virginia) (1754–1798), Virginia attorney general, politician and Continental Army officer * James Innes-Ker, 5th Duke of Roxburghe (1736–1823) * James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe (1816–1879) * James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (1839–1892) * James Dickson Innes (1887–1914), British painter * James John McLeod Innes (1830–1907), British soldier * James Rose Innes Sir James Rose Innes (8 January 1855 – 16 January 1942) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1914 to 1927 and, in the view of many, its greatest ever judge. Before becoming a judge he was a member of the Cape Parliament, the Cape Colony ... (1855–1942), Cape Colony politician and South African judge See also * James Enni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes (author)
James Alexander Seymour Innes (born 1 September 1975) is a British entrepreneur, author of several best-selling career help books and founder of the James Innes Group. Early life Innes was educated at Ashdown House preparatory boarding school in East Sussex, Horris Hill preparatory school in Berkshire and was subsequently awarded a Foundation Scholarship to Charterhouse, the elite independent boarding school in Godalming, Surrey. Career Innes created the first company in the James Innes Group in 1998. He retired from his role as CEO of the James Innes Group in 2014 and currently holds the position of Chairman. He is the author of five best-selling careers books which have been translated into languages including Korean, and Vietnamese. Media work Innes has been featured in numerous newspapers over the years including leading titles such as The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Express, The Mirror, Reveal and TES, as well as various magazines, such as Psychologies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes (Canadian Politician)
James Innes (February 1, 1833 – July 16, 1903) was a Scottish-born journalist, businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1896 as a Liberal member. He was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, the son of Alexander Innes and Elsbeth Fordyce, taught school in Scotland for five years and arrived in Canada West in 1853. He was a reporter for the ''Globe'' and ''British Colonist'' in Toronto and the ''Morning Banner'' in Hamilton. In 1861, he became the editor for the Guelph ''Advertiser''. He became co-owner of the '' Guelph Weekly Mercury'' in 1862. In 1873, he merged that paper with the ''Advertiser'' to form the ''Guelph Mercury and Advertiser''. Innes married Helen Gerrard in 1873. He served on the local board of education and became chairman in 1882. Innes was also president of the Dominion Life Assurance Company and helped form the Guelph Junction Railway. He died of pneumonia in Sydney, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes (British Army Officer, Died 1759)
James Innes ( – 5 September 1759) was an American military commander and political figure in the Province of North Carolina who led troops both at home and abroad in the service of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Innes was given command of a company of North Carolina's provincial soldiers during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and served as Commander-in-Chief of all colonial soldiers in the Ohio River Valley in 1754 during the French and Indian War. After resigning his commission in 1756, Innes retired to his home on the Cape Fear River. A bequest made by Innes upon his death led to the establishment of Innes Academy in Wilmington, North Carolina. Early life and emigration Innes was born around 1700 in the Scottish Highlands.Marker D-90: James Innes , North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, N.C. Dept. of Cultural R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes (Virginia)
James Innes (1754 August 2, 1798) was an American attorney, officer in the American Revolutionary War and politician. The second Attorney General of Virginia after independence, he served a decade before resigning for health reasons. He also served in the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Ratification Convention at various times representing Williamsburg or nearby James City County. Early life Born in 1754 in Caroline County, Colony of Virginia, British America, to the former Catherine Richards and the Rev. Robert Innes. Although his mother was born in Virginia, his father had graduated from Oxford University before emigrating from Scotland to the Virginia colony, and accepted a position as rector (Anglican clergyman) in Caroline County. Innes received a private education locally, then followed in his elder brother Harry Innes's path and traveled to the colonial capital, Williamsburg to attend the College of William & Mary, where he read law with George Wythe. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes-Ker, 5th Duke Of Roxburghe
James Innes-Ker, 5th Duke of Roxburghe (born James Innes; 10 January 173619 July 1823) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Innes, 5th Baronet (–1762), and Anne Drummonda Grant (1711–1771). His grandfathers were Sir Harry Innes, 4th Baronet, who represented the Parliament of Scotland constituency of Elginshire from 1704 to 1707, and Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet, a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire and Elgin Burghs. Upon his father's death in 1762, he succeeded to the Innes Baronetcy. Dukedom of Roxburghe Through the Innes family, he was a descendant of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and in 1812 established his claim to the vacant Dukedom of Roxburghe. The fight for the succession of the title encompassed seven years of constant litigation; according to one biography, "seldom have the lawyers met with a richer harvest. The courts of Edinburgh and London have revelled in conflicting claims, and the House of Lords h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke Of Roxburghe
James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe, KT (12 July 1816 – 23 April 1879) was a Scottish peer. Early life Innes-Ker was the only surviving child of the 5th Duke of Roxburghe and the former Harriet Charlewood (–1855). Before his parents' marriage in 1807, his father was widowed from his marriage to Mary Wray, eldest daughter of Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet. After his father's death in 1823, his mother remarried to Lt. Col. Walter Frederick O'Reilly CB of the Royal African Corps on 14 November 1827. His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Charlewood of Windlesham in Surrey and his paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Innes, 5th Baronet and Anne (née Grant) Innes. In 1823, at the age of seven, he inherited his father's titles. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Career In 1840, he was a Knight of the Thistle. He also served as Lieutenant General of the Royal Company of Archers, a governor of the National Bank of Scotland and Lord Lieutenant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes-Ker, 7th Duke Of Roxburghe
James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (5 September 1839 – 23 October 1892), became Duke of Roxburghe on the death of his father, James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe. Early life He was born on 5 September 1839 to James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe and Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, Susanna Dalbiac, Duchess of Roxburghe, only child of James Charles Dalbiac, Sir Charles Dalbiac. His mother was one of Queen Victoria's staff until she died in 1895. His elder sister was Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker, who married Grant-Suttie baronets, Sir James Suttie, 6th Baronet. His younger siblings were Lady Charlotte Isabella Innes-Ker, wife of George Russell, and Lord Charles John Innes-Ker, who married Blanche Mary Williams (a daughter of Col. Thomas Peers Williams). Career He served as a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency), Roxburghshire fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dickson Innes
James Dickson Innes (27 February 1887 – 22 August 1914) was a Welsh painter, mainly of mountain landscapes but occasionally of figure subjects. He worked in both oils and watercolours. Style Of his style, art historian David Fraser Jenkins wrote: "Like that of the fauves in France and the expressionists in Germany, the style of his work is primitive: it is child-like in technique and is associated with the landscape of remote places." Biography James Dickson Innes was born on 27 February 1887 in Llanelli, in south Wales. His father, John Innes, who had come from Scotland, was an historian and had an interest in a local brass and copper works; his mother was of Catalan descent. He had two brothers, Alfred and Jack. His parents sent him to be educated at Christ College, Brecon. Afterwards he studied at the Carmarthen School of Art (1904–05), from where he won a scholarship to the Slade School of Art in London (1905–1908). His teachers at the Slade included Henry Tonks a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James John McLeod Innes
Lieutenant General James John McLeod Innes (5 February 1830 – 13 December 1907) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in British India to Scottish parents, Innes was educated privately, then at Edinburgh University and at Addiscombe Military Seminary, military academy of the East India Company where he was awarded the Pollock Medal. He was commissioned into the Bengal Engineers in 1848 and, after further training, he arrived in India in November 1850. When the Indian Mutiny began in May 1857 he was at Lucknow, where he helped to defend the city throughout its siege. After the evacuation of Lucknow in November 1897, he served in military operations in Oudh State. Innes was a 28 year old lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny on 23 February 1858 at Sultanpore, India, where he was awarded Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rose Innes
Sir James Rose Innes (8 January 1855 – 16 January 1942) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1914 to 1927 and, in the view of many, its greatest ever judge. Before becoming a judge he was a member of the Cape Parliament, the Cape Colony's Attorney-General, and a prominent critic of Cecil John Rhodes. His grandson was Helmuth James ''Graf'' von Moltke, a prominent opponent of the Third Reich. Early life Innes was born in Grahamstown in 1855. His father was James Rose Innes, CMG, the Cape Colony's Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, whose own father (also James Rose Innes) had emigrated to the Cape from Scotland in 1822 to establish a school in Uitenhage that eventually became Muir College, the oldest boys' school in South Africa, later becoming the Cape's first Superintendent-General of Education. His mother was Mary Anne Fleischer, sister-in-law to Gordon Sprigg and granddaughter to Robert Hart of Glen Avon, the founder of Somerset East, who had landed at the Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
