Rt. Hon James Parker Smith, 4th of Jordanhill,MP

Biographical Summary

SMITH OF JORDANHILL, JAMES PARKER. 30/08/1854-30/04/1929. Ref: 2632. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Rt Hon, PC(1904).
• Place of Birth: London.
• Place of Death: Brooks's Club, London.
• Profession: Barrister-at-Law.
• Appointments Held: Barrister 1880; MP1890-1906 Partick; Fellow & Warden 1915-20, Winchester College, Cambridge; Director, Union Bank of Scotland.
• Schools and Tutors: Winchester College School, Hampshire.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA (Cantab).
• Marital Status: Married (1882) Louisa Hamilton.
• Mother: Susan Emma Parker.
• Father: Archibald Smith, FRSE, 1813-72.
• Other Family: Grandson of James Smith, FRSE 1782-1867.
• References: Who Was Who 3; Proc Roy Soc. Edin. 49, 1928-29, 371-2.
• Date of Election: 07/03/1921.
• Proposers: Frederick Orpen Bower, Ralph Allan Sampson, Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Sir James A Ewing (Candidates List 1921).
• Notes: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Joseph Chamberlain, 1900-1903.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 861