Sir James Ritchie, 1st Baronet

Sir James Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baronet (21 September 1833 – 18 September 1912) was a Scottish businessman who was the 576th Lord Mayor of London.[1][2]

Sir James Ritchie, 1st Baronet
In The Sketch, 11 November 1896
Born(1833-09-21)21 September 1833
Angus, Scotland
Died18 September 1912(1912-09-18) (aged 78)
Shanklin, England
Occupation(s)Businessman, politician
Spouse
Lydia Rebecca Lemon
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(m. 1858)​
Children9

He was born in Angus, the second son of William Ritchie, a landed proprietor, of Rockhill House, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, head of the firm of William Ritchie & Son of London and Dundee, East India merchants, jute spinners, and manufacturers. His younger brother would be ennobled as Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee.

James became a partner in his father's business, based in London. He became an alderman of the City of London, served as Sheriff of London for 1896–97, and was knighted in 1897.[3] He was elected Lord Mayor of London for 1903–04, and was created a baronet, of Highlands, Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, on 15 December 1903.[4]

In 1858, he married Lydia Rebecca Lemon, daughter of James Lemon. They had two sons and seven daughters. He died at Shanklin on 18 September 1912, at which point the baronetcy expired, despite having living male heirs.[5] His eldest son, James William Ritchie, was created a baronet in his own right in 1918 "to regularize an informality in the previous title."[6]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3350. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. "Obituary: Sir James T. Ritchie". The Times. 19 September 1912. p. 9.
  3. "No. 26934". The London Gazette. 1 February 1898. p. 577.
  4. "No. 27623". The London Gazette. 4 December 1903. p. 8021.
  5. "Death of Sir James Ritchie". Birmingham Post. 19 September 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 24 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "New Year Honours – The Official Lists, New Peers And Baronets, Long Roll Of Soldiers". The Times. 1 January 1918. p. 7.

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Ritchie, Charles Thomson". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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