Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet
Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet (25 December 1842 – 17 April 1915) was a
Baronet on 20 June 1898, of Bryngwyn (Bryngwyn Manor, near Wormelow Tump), Herefordshire. He was a senior partner of the family timber and shipbuilding company, Pollok, Gilmour and Company.[1]
The Rankin Constitutional Club, in Corn Square, Leominster, is named after him.
Personal
Born on 25 December 1842, he was the eldest son of
Robert Rankin (1801–1870), a timber merchant and shipowner, and his wife Ann, née Strang (1812–1875).[2] He earned a first-class degree in the Natural Science Tripos at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
On 12 January 1865, he married Annie Laura, the daughter Christopher Bushell J.P. (1810–1886) and Margaret née Easton of Hinderton Hall, Cheshire.[3] He had four sons and four daughters. His Baronetcy was created in 1898.
See also
References
Bibliography
- John Rankin, A history of our firm: being some account of the firm of Pollok, Gilmour and Co. and its offshoots and connections, 1804–1920, publ. 1921
External links
- "England and Wales Census, 1881 for James Rankin" at familysearch.org
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir James Rankin
- Sir James Rankin (1842–1915), Bt, portrait painted in 1907 by Herman Herkomer
- Portraits of Sir James Rankin at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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