James Matheson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Matheson
British politician and merchant
Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1796
Place of Birth: Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 31-Dec-1878
Profession: politician, entrepreneur
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About James Matheson
- Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 1796 – 31 December 1878), was a Scottish Tai-Pan.
- Born in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, he was the son of Captain Donald Matheson.
- He attended Edinburgh's Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh.
- He and William Jardine went on to co-found the Hong Kong-based trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson & Co.
- that became today's Jardine Matheson Holdings.
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