James Dunlop (rugby union)

James Dunlop

Birth name	James William Dunlop
Date of birth	(1854-10-16)16 October 1854
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death	20 November 1923(1923-11-20) (aged 69)
Place of death	St Boswells, Scotland
School	Cheltenham College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - West of Scotland () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1875 Scotland 1 (0)

Colonel James Dunlop (1854-1923) was a Scotland international rugby football player. ^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Dunlop played for West of Scotland. ^[2]

International career

He was capped once for Scotland on 8 March 1875. ^[3]

Military career

Dunlop was in the Royal Horse Artillery, entering the army in 1875. He rose through the ranks:- Captain in 1884; Major in 1892; Lieutenant - Colonel in 1900; and finally Colonel in 1904. He took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879–80; the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886–87; and the Second Boer War in 1901–02. ^[4]

Family

Dunlop was unmarried. ^[4]

He was half-brother to Colin Dunlop of Lockerbie House, Dumfriesshire. His father was Colin Robert Dunlop of Fullarton House, Lanarkshire. His mother, Ann Maxwell Black, was a daughter of James Black of Craigmaddie. ^[5]

His ancestors included John Dunlop of Garnkirk, Cadder who was a burgess of Glasgow in 1631. Dunlop of Garnkirk's brother received a baronetcy, now extinct. Another ancestor was Colin Dunlop of Carmyle, who was Provost of Glasgow in 1770. Dunlop of Carmyle's grandson was Colin Dunlop of Tollcross, M.P. for Glasgow in 1835. ^[5]

References

1. "James William Dunlop". ESPN scrum.
2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
3. "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
4. "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.