Background
MANN, James Robert was born on March 9, 1823. Son of Major-General Cornelius Mann, Royal Engineers.
MANN, James Robert was born on March 9, 1823. Son of Major-General Cornelius Mann, Royal Engineers.
Privately; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Entered Royal Engineers as Lieutenant 1840, and retired, full pay, as Major-General 1873. Served in Nova Scotia, Canada, Mauritius, and West Indies. Surveyor-General and Member of Legislative Council of Mauritius, 1856-1860.
Commanding Royal Engineers in Jamaica, 1865.
Director of Public Works, Jamaica, and Member of Legislature of that island, 1866-S6. Administered the government of that colony, 1877. C. M.G. 1881; late Royal Engineers.
Club: United Service.
Spouse 1848, Caroline Boyd,daughter of Doctor James Geddes, of Montreal, Canada.