James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson 1st Bart. (1796 - 1878)

Born 17 Nov 1796 in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland

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Died 31 Dec 1878 at age 82 in Mentone, France

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Biography

Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson of the Lews, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish Tai-Pan. Born in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, He was the son of Captain Donald Matheson. He attended Edinburgh's Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh. He and William Jardine went on to co-found the Hong Kong-based trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson & Co. that became today's Jardine Matheson Holdings. He passed away in 1878 in Mentone, France.

In 1843, he married Mary Jane Perceval, the daughter of Michael Henry Perceval, illegitimate son of assassinated British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, Commissioner of the Port of Quebec from 1826 and a member, from Spencer Wood, of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. The Mathesons had no children and the baronetcy became extinct. The Lewis estate passed to his widow and subsequently to his nephew Donald and great-nephew Colonel Duncan Matheson.

Sources

• History of the Mathesons. With genealogies of the various branches. By Alexander MacKenzie ; edited, largely re-written, and added to by Alexander Macbain. Stirling : Aeneas Mackay, 1900. [Printed by William Mackay, Inverness.] With plates, including a portrait, and illustrations. Mackenzie, Alexander, 1838-1898. Eneas Mackay (Firm) 1900. p. 142-143
• James Matheson. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Matheson; Sir; Nicholas James Sutherland. Royal Society catalogue
• Person Page - 45828. The Peerage. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. Darryl Lundy. Wellington, New Zealand.