James Caird

Education

Born at Stranraer, he was educated at Edinburgh High School and University of Edinburgh.

Career

He was a free-trade farmer. In 1849, he wrote High Farming as the best Substitute for Protection. He toured American, and Canada.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865, President of the Royal Statistical Society, 1880-1882 and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1889.

He was director of the land department of the Board of Agriculture from 1889-1891. He was appointed a Central Bank in 1869 and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1882.

Works

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  • English Agriculture in 1850-51 (1852 )

    (Originally published in 1852. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • English Agriculture in 1850-51. With a new introduction by G.E. Mingay. Second Edition.
  • English Agriculture in 1850-51 (Classic Reprint) by James Caird (2016-07-31)
  • English Agriculture in 1850-51 (Paperback)--by James Caird 2010 Edition
  • English Agriculture in 1850-51 (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century) by James Caird (2011-02-17)
  • (English Agriculture in 1850-51 ) Author: James Caird Feb-2011
  • English Agriculture in 1850-51 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)--by James Caird 2015 Edition
  • English agriculture in 1850-51 (Reprints of economic classics)

Membership

Royal Society; 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was Member of Parliament for Dartmouth from 1857-1859 and for Stirling Burghs from 1859-1865. He was senior member of the Land Commission in 1882.