Career
He was the principal tutor to Prince Vajiravudh of Siam, who later became king of Siam. Caulfield James, an Englishman of Irish descent, arrived in Bangkok in 1887 for a position teaching English at Assumption College. After a short period there, he was engaged inside the Grand Palace as the full-time English tutor to three princes.
Prince Vajiravudh, Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath and Prince Nandiyavat Svasti.
Caulfield James accompanied Prince Nandiyavat Svasti to Europe. Foreign some years, James continued to be one of the tutors in the Grand Palace, and in 1898, he was appointed headmaster of the Rajakumari College inside the Grand Palace.
After leaving his royal duties, a sporting man by choice. Caulfield James became Honorary Secretary of the Bangkok Gymkhana Club.
In 1901, the Bangkok Gymkhana Club developed into the present-day With the help of Caulfield James, the emerged from being a purely horse-racing club to the broader sporting club that it is to this day.
He eventually became Chairman and then Honorary Vice President of the club in 1912 to 1915. The, or as commonly known by its abbreviated initials -RBSC, is renowned as one of Thailand"s most exclusive sports facility complexes. His excellency Pong Sarasin served as its first Thai Chairman (1978-1990), implementing a number of infrastructural and organisational changes.
