James Clark Bunten (engineer)
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James Clark Bunten | |
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.png) In The Sketch, 9 March 1898 | |
| Born | 23 January 1838 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 9 July 1901 (aged 63) Richmond, England |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse |
Jessie Maclure (m. 1865) |
| Children | 1 |
James Clark Bunten (1838–1901) was a British engineer born in the Scottish city of Glasgow, who went on to be a partner in the Anderston Foundry and chairman of the Caledonian Railway.
Biography
[edit]James Clark Bunten was born on 23 January 1838, the son of Mr. Robert Bunten, a merchant of Glasgow, and his wife Agnes, née Clark.[1][2] He served an apprenticeship at the Anderston Foundry in Glasgow, and went on to become a partner and the manager of the foundry.
He married Jessie Maclure on 1 June 1865, and they had one daughter.[1]
The works at Anderston were extended under his management, and a large foundry and machine shop was also established at Middlesbrough, in north-eastern England. The Anderston Foundry was heavily involved in the manufacture of railway equipment, and, on 10 May 1881, Bunten was appointed a director of the Caledonian Railway, one of Scotland's principal railway companies.[2] In 1897 he was appointed chairman of that company, a role he retained until 1901. Besides his roles with the Anderton Foundry and the Caledonian Railway, he was also a director of the Bank of Scotland and Director of the Bank of Scotland and a member of the Scottish Board of the Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Company.[3]
James Clark Bunten died, aged 63, on 9 July 1901, at Richmond in Surrey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, ed. (1899). Armorial Families (Third ed.). Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack. p. 127. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "What the Railways are Doing". The Railway Magazine. Vol. I. July–December 1897. p. 87. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "James Clark Bunten". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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