Henry James Sir, H.E.
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Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1803 | Born, Cornwall. |
| 1825-1826 | R.E. (Royal Engineers) 2nd Lieutenant 1826. |
| 1827 | Appointed to Ordnance Survey (geological work interested him). |
| 1845 | Appointed local Superintendent of Geological Survey of Ireland (on recommendation of Col. Colby). |
| 1846 | Resigned. |
| 1846 | Transferred to Admiralty, sent to Portsmouth as Superintendent of constructional works in dockyard. Promoted to Captain. |
| 1847 | Appointed Member of Commission for inquiring into application of iron in railway structures. |
| 1848 | Elected F.R.S. |
| 1850 | Returned to Ordnance Survey, divisional headquarters at Edinburgh. |
| 1851 | Appointed Associate Juror for naval architecture, ordnance etc – comprising class vii in Great Exhibition. |
| 1853 | Sent to Brussels on special service. |
| 1854 | Promoted to Brevet-Major. |
| 1854 | Director-General of Ordnance Survey. |
| 1856 | Arthur’s Seat observations to obtain mean S.G. of the earth. |
| 1857 | Appointed Director of topographical and statistical department of War Office (staff combined with Ordnance Survey and placed under James’s direction) – continued till severence of Ordnance Survey from War Department and transfer to Office of Works in 1870 |
| 1857 | Promoted to Colonel. |
| 1858 | Member of Committee appointed by Council of Geological Society to revise the Greenough Geological Map. |
| 1860 | Knighted. James’s principal work – photozincography. Introduced at Ordnance Survey office 1859. Attracted attention abroad. |
| 1868 | Major-General. |
| 1874 | Lieut. General. |
| 1875 | Resigned from Ordnance Survey. |
| 1877 | Died at Southampton 14th June. |
Biographies and obituaries
Duncan, P.M. Obituary - Sir Henry James, F.R.S. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 34 p.34-35. 1878
Henry James (British Army officer) — Wikipedia article
James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); Knight Director General of the Ordnance Survey Royal Society past Fellows
James, Sir Henry (1803-1877) surveyor, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/14606
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GSM/DC/A/C/2/311 | H James: Letter on use of iron in railways | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/33-35 | H. James: Letter on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/35 | H. James: Letter to F. McCoy. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/82 | H. James: Letter on building stones. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/164 | R. Kane: Letter to H. James. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/185-187, 190, 210, 216-225 | H. James: Letters on his resignation. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/216 | R. Kane: Mentioned in letter of H. James. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/218 | H.T. De la Beche: Letters: Ireland. James' resignation. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/244 | H James: Letter on re-engraving maps. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/251-252 | H James: Letter on surplus maps. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/291 | H James: Letter on credits on maps. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/7/7-9 | H James: Letter on statistics of coal. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/7/329 | H James: Letter on defective maps. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/8/143,152-154,166 | H James: Letter on money for engraving. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/11/37 | H James: Mentioned in letter of T. Colby. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/11/130 | H James: Letters on his resignation. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/11/135 | H James: Annual Report, 1845-46. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/16/20-21 | H James: Letter on mineral districts to be mapped | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/25/24-25 | H James: Letter on vertical sections. |