James Stuart Menteath
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Sir James Stuart Menteath of Closeburn and Mansfield FRSE DL (1792-1870) was a Scottish advocate and eminent amateur geologist.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1G-G2H ]{{dead link|date=June 2018}}
Life
He was born at Closeburn Castle in 1792 the son of Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath and Ludivina Loughnan.{{cn|date=January 2023}} He was educated at Rugby School. He trained as an advocate in 1816 and then studied as a barrister-at-law and served at the Middle Temple in London.The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, vol. 14
In 1837, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to geology. His proposer was Patrick Neill.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He served as the Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire. He also had business interests in the limestone deposits of New Cumnock.{{cite web|url=https://newcumnockhistory.com/limeworks/mansfield-lime-works/|title=Mansfield Lime Works|date=29 March 2016|publisher=}}
He was created a baronet on the death of his father in 1847.
He died on 27 February 1870 at Mansfield House in Ayrshire.
Family
He was grandson of his namesake Rev James Menteath.
In 1846 he married Jane Bailey, daughter of Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet. They had no children.The Solicitors Journal and Reporter, 5 March 1870
The baronetcy passed to his nephew, James Stuart Menteath of the 17th Lancers.
Publications
- A Geology of the Snowdon Range
- The Geology of Nithsdale (1828)
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Category:People from Dumfries and Galloway
Category:Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:19th-century Scottish landowners
Category:People educated at Rugby School
Category:Members of the Middle Temple
Category:19th-century Scottish businesspeople
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