Henry James Sir, H.E.
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