Sir James Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baronet (21 September 1833 – 18 September 1912) was a Scottish businessman who was the 576th

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. He was born in

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, the second son of William Ritchie, a landed proprietor, of Rockhill House,

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, head of the firm of William Ritchie & Son of London and Dundee, East India merchants, jute spinners, and manufacturers. His younger brother would be ennobled as

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. James became a partner in his father's business, based in London. He became an alderman of the City of London, served as

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for 1896–97, and was knighted in 1897. He was elected

for 1903–04, and was created a baronet, of Highlands,

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, on the Isle of Wight, on 15 December 1903. In 1858, he married Lydia Rebecca Lemon, daughter of James Lemon. They had two sons and seven daughters. He died at Shanklin on 18 September 1912, at which point the baronetcy expired, despite having living male heirs. His eldest son, James William Ritchie, was created a baronet in his own right in 1918 "to regularize an informality in the previous title."

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