James Dunlop (rugby union)

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James Dunlop
Birth nameJames William Dunlop
Date of birth(1854-10-16)16 October 1854
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death20 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)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- West of Scotland ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1875 Scotland 1 (0)

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

Contents

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]

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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. 1 2 "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.


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