James Campbell Irons FRSE SSC (1840-1910) was a Scottish lawyer, historical author and amateur geologist.
James Campbell Irons FRSE SSC (1840-1910) was a Scottish lawyer, historical author and amateur geologist.
He was born in Dundee on 24 April 1840 the son of David Irons and Mary Bonella. [1] His father was a grocer and tobacconist living and working at 59 Overgate in Dundee. [2] He trained as a lawyer in Edinburgh and in 1864 he was appointed Depute Town Clerk of Leith. He was admitted to the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland in 1867 and practised law in the firm of Irons Roberts & Co SSC in Leith, then in the city of Edinburgh as J. Campbell Irons & Co.
In 1870 he was working as a lawyer in Leith at 19 Charlotte Street (now known as Queen Charlotte Street). He was then living at 6 Haddington Place, a relatively opulent Georgian flat near the top of Leith Walk. [3] In 1892 he had offices at both 22 York Place in Edinburgh's First New Town plus 10 Bernard Street in Leith, whilst living at 9 Windsor Street in Edinburgh's East End. [4] He was solicitor in Scotland for the War Office, the education Department and the Prison Commissioners. [5]
In 1898 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Beatson Bell, John Sturgeon Mackay, James Geikie and Peter Guthrie Tait. [6]
In 1909 his offices moved to 19 Dundas Street.
He died on 9 September 1910 and is buried in Rosebank Cemetery in north Edinburgh, just north of the Christian Salvesen monument.
He married Eliza Anne Blackwell (1841-1901) on 4 September 1867 and had five sons, two of whom became lawyers.
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