James Stuart Menteath
Sir James Stuart Menteath of Closeburn and Mansfield FRSE DL (1792-1870) was a Scottish advocate and eminent amateur geologist.[1]
Life
[edit]He was born at Closeburn Castle in 1792 the son of Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath and Ludivina Loughnan.[citation needed] He was educated at Rugby School. He trained as an advocate in 1816 and then studied as a barrister-at-law and served at the Middle Temple in London.[2]
In 1837, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to geology. His proposer was Patrick Neill.[3]
He served as the Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire. He also had business interests in the limestone deposits of New Cumnock.[4]
He was created a baronet on the death of his father in 1847.
He died on 27 February 1870 at Mansfield House in Ayrshire.
Family
[edit]He was grandson of his namesake Rev James Menteath.
In 1846 he married Jane Bailey, daughter of Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet. They had no children.[5]
The baronetcy passed to his nephew, James Stuart Menteath of the 17th Lancers.
Publications
[edit]- A Geology of the Snowdon Range
- The Geology of Nithsdale (1828)
References
[edit]- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, vol. 14
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Mansfield Lime Works". 29 March 2016.
- ^ The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, 5 March 1870
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