Sir James Milles Riddell, 2nd Baronet

Sir James Milles Riddell (sometimes shown as James Milne Riddell) FRSE DCL, 2nd Baronet of Ardnamurchan and Sunart (1787–1861) was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and agricultural improver.

Life
Abercromby Place in Edinburgh
The grave of Sir James Milles Riddell, St Johns, Princes Street

He was born on 3 June 1787 the son of Thomas Riddell, and his wife, Margaretta Campbell. His grandfather Sir James Riddell, 1st Baronet of Ardnamurchan and Sunart outlived his father Thomas, and on James' death in 1797 James Milles Riddell became 2nd baronet at the age of ten.[1]

They lived at the family estate of Strontian in Argyleshire where in 1791 Thomas Charles Hope first discovered strontium (originally called stronianite, in recognition of its finding place).[2]

He studied at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1820 he had a townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town at 30 Abercromby Place.[3]

In 1821 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Charles Hope.[4]

He died in Edinburgh on 28 September 1861 and is buried in St John's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.[5] The grave lies in the north-west corner of the enclosure attached to the east end of the church.

Family

In 1822 he married Mary Brooke, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 5th Baronet.[6]

They had one daughter, Mary Augusta Riddell (died 1879).[7]

On his death the baronetcy passed to Thomas Miles Riddell, a cousin.

Artistic Recognition

His portrait by Joseph Slater, Jr. was later engraved by Frederick Christian Lewis.[8]

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References
  1. Burkes Peerage: Riddell
  2. http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/about-us/history/professors/thomas-charles-hope
  3. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1820
  4. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  5. https://billiongraves.com/grave/James-Milles-Riddell-Baronet/21773847
  6. http://www.thepeerage.com/p17929.htm
  7. http://www.thepeerage.com/p17929.htm#i179285
  8. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp72250/sir-james-milles-riddell-bt


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