Sir James Bell, 1st Baronet, DLJP (1850 – 1929) was a Scottish shipping owner and coal-exporter who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1892 to 1896.
He was born in Glasgow on 16 January 1850, the son of John Bell, a collector of customs. In 1890 he lived at 7 Marlborough Terrace in Glasgow.[1]
He was a senior partner of Bell Brothers & McLelland, shipowners, usually using D & W Henderson Ltd as their builder, mainly using the Meadowside shipyard.
Bell served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1892 to 1896. In his role as Lord Provost he was most notable for adding electricity to the city streets, officially switching on the first street lights in 1893. He also improved the city sewage treatment and organised a new park, now known as Bellahouston Park.[2] For his service, he was created a baronet as "Baronet of Marlborough Terrace" by Queen Victoria in 1895.[3]
A serious yachtsman he entered the Americas Cup in 1887 with his yacht "Thistle" but was unsuccessful.
The yacht was designed by George Lennox Watson and built by D & W Henderson in the winter of 1886/7. The ship was captained by John and Charlie Barr. It lost out to the American yacht "Volunteer". It was then returned to Europe and sold to Kaiser Wilhelm II for personal use under the name "Meteor". It was broken up in 1921.[8]
james, bell, baronet, 1850, 1929, scottish, shipping, owner, coal, exporter, served, lord, provost, glasgow, from, 1892, 1896, contents, life, yachting, family, artistic, recognition, referenceslife, edit, nbsp, montgreenan, house, born, glasgow, january, 1850. Sir James Bell 1st Baronet DL JP 1850 1929 was a Scottish shipping owner and coal exporter who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1892 to 1896 Contents 1 Life 2 Yachting 3 Family 4 Artistic Recognition 5 ReferencesLife edit nbsp Montgreenan House He was born in Glasgow on 16 January 1850 the son of John Bell a collector of customs In 1890 he lived at 7 Marlborough Terrace in Glasgow 1 He was a senior partner of Bell Brothers amp McLelland shipowners usually using D amp W Henderson Ltd as their builder mainly using the Meadowside shipyard Bell served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1892 to 1896 In his role as Lord Provost he was most notable for adding electricity to the city streets officially switching on the first street lights in 1893 He also improved the city sewage treatment and organised a new park now known as Bellahouston Park 2 For his service he was created a baronet as Baronet of Marlborough Terrace by Queen Victoria in 1895 3 He served as Honorary Colonel of the 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers from 7 October 1893 to 3 December 1902 4 5 In 1905 he lived at Montgreenan House near Kilwinning 6 He died at Montgreenan in 1929 7 nbsp Bell s yacht Thistle Yachting editA serious yachtsman he entered the Americas Cup in 1887 with his yacht Thistle but was unsuccessful The yacht was designed by George Lennox Watson and built by D amp W Henderson in the winter of 1886 7 The ship was captained by John and Charlie Barr It lost out to the American yacht Volunteer It was then returned to Europe and sold to Kaiser Wilhelm II for personal use under the name Meteor It was broken up in 1921 8 He was Vice Commodore of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club 2 Family editHis wife Helen Findlay of Hallhill died in 1909 Their son was killed at the Battle of Bakenlaagte in the Boer War Their son John Bell 1876 1943 became 2nd Baronet of Marlbourough Terrace in 1929 on his father s death Artistic Recognition editHe was portrayed in office by Hubert von Herkomer 9 References edit Glasgow Post Office Directory 1890 a b Sir James Bell Retrieved 2 July 2018 London Gazette page 4969 No 26658 https www thegazette co uk London issue 26658 page 4969 Army List No 27500 The London Gazette 2 December 1902 p 8369 Glasgow Post Office Directory 1905 James Bell Grace s Guide Retrieved 2 July 2018 Brett Gallery Thistle s 1887 Challenge for the America s Cup 28 January 2017 Retrieved 2 July 2018 Sir James Bell b 1850 Lord Provost of Glasgow 1892 1896 Art UK Retrieved 2 July 2018 Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet of Marlborough Place 1895 1929 Succeeded byJohn Bell nbsp nbsp This Scottish biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir James Bell 1st Baronet amp oldid 1191169358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
