James Murray McCullochAge: 89 years1768–1857
- Name
- James Murray McCulloch
- Given names
- James Murray
- Surname
- McCulloch
| Birth | 13 April 1768 28 27 |
| Birth of a brother | David McCulloch 1769 (Age 8 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Ross McCulloch 31 July 1770 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ross McCulloch 1771 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Alexander McCulloch 23 February 1772 (Age 3 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | Alexander McCulloch 6 March 1772 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert McCulloch 3 May 1772 (Age 4 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Robert McCulloch 4 May 1772 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Janet McCulloch of Kirkclaugh 1773 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert McCulloch 13 July 1775 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth McCulloch 1776 (Age 7 years) |
| Education | 'I was twice at school, in the gay town o’ Dumfries, And nearly all my scholastic learning did here begin and cease Three-score and ten years ago, in the Kirkgate, I went to school...' 1778 (Age 9 years) |
| Occupation | James went to sea at the age of 14 in 1782. He spent three months in the coasting trade as a seaman and, in that capacity, spent the following nine months on a voyage to Oporto. In 1783 he made his first voyage to India and China in the ‘Contractor’. 1782 (Age 13 years) |
| Occupation | In 1791, perhaps as the result of his studies under the scientific Thomas White, he rose to be 3rd Mate and made his third voyage to India in the Consborne’. 1791 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall 3 January 1794 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a sister | Penelope McCulloch 17 May 1794 (Age 26 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Penelope McCulloch 1794 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward McCulloch 22 June 1796 (Age 28 years) |
| Occupation | In 1793, he was Chief Mate of the ‘Queen’ and in 1796 he purchased jointly with Messrs Caldcleugh and Boyd of London the command of the ‘Walter Boyd’ and his prospects seemed rosy. In this ship he is recorded as sailing to Calcutta on the 25th April 1796. 1796 (Age 27 years) |
| Residence | On his return to England in 1798, James, partly owing to bad health, and partly to his succession to the estate, retired from the service of the East India Company and settled at Ardwall. It was an obviously foolish decision and James often regretted it. 1798 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Christian Robison — View this family 19 September 1803 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Agnes Mcculloch 6 August 1804 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | David McCulloch 27 June 1806 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Walter McCulloch 21 November 1807 (Age 39 years) |
| Occupation | In 1807 James was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for the Stewartry by Thomas, Earl of Selkirk and in 1814, was appointed by the Commissioners of Supply to be the convener of a committee to examine, with representatives of other counties... 1807 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Janet McCulloch 4 March 1809 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Edward McCulloch 30 July 1810 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | James Robison McCulloch 20 June 1812 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Alexander McCulloch 15 February 1814 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Christina McCulloch 30 December 1815 (Age 47 years) |
| Residence | James found by 1815 that he could no longer afford the life of a country gentleman, and was compelled to seek some remunerative employment. 1815 (Age 46 years) |
| Residence | The family therefore moved into Edinburgh in that year and in October James was living at 13 Frederick Street: the following March the family was at 26 Charlotte Square, and in February 1817 at 2 Melville Street. March 1816 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Janet McCulloch 22 June 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Christina McCulloch 9 July 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a son | Edward McCulloch 10 July 1816 (Age 48 years) |
| Residence | February 1817 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Janet McCulloch 17 May 1817 (Age 49 years) |
| Residence | In May they moved to 5 Shandwick Place, which James appears to have rented for two years as he only bought the house in 1819. The family remained there till their return to Ardwall in 1828. May 1817 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Robert McCulloch 28 November 1818 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert McCulloch 28 January 1819 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Christina McCulloch 13 March 1820 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a son #12 | Edward McCulloch 27 March 1821 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #13 | Penelope Elizabeth McCulloch 5 September 1825 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | David McCulloch 17 October 1825 (Age 57 years) |
| Residence | The crisis came in 1830. James tried to make a composition but failed, and, being in danger of imprisonment for debt, was compelled to take advantage of the law of cessio bonorum, a legal device contrived to mitigate the extremely harsh treatment of debtor 1830 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a son | James Robison McCulloch 18 November 1840 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Agnes ‘Nancy’ McCulloch 1840 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Christina McCulloch 1 August 1841 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alexander McCulloch November 1843 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth McCulloch 1848 (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Gordon Brown — Janet McCulloch — View this family 23 April 1850 (Age 82 years) |
| Residence | Relationship: Head 1851 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a wife | Christian Robison 19 March 1853 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Agnes Mcculloch 8 July 1854 (Age 86 years) |
| Death | 2 December 1857 (Age 89 years) |
| Burial | December 1857 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
David McCulloch 2nd of Ardwall Birth: Ardwall Death: 3 January 1794 — Scotland |
| mother |
Janet Corsane Birth: 15 March 1741 — Meikleknox |
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Marriage: April 1761 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Agnes ‘Nancy’ McCulloch Birth: 1763 23 21 Death: 1840 — London, London, England |
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15 months elder brother |
Edward McCulloch Birth: 6 April 1764 24 23 — Ardwall Death: But Edward, unfortunately, especially so for his brother James, was not destined for long to enjoy his retirement and the life of a country laird. He was killed by a fall from his horse when returning from Kirkcudbright, on 22 June 1796. — 22 June 1796 — Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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21 months elder sister |
Penelope McCulloch Birth: 1765 25 23 Death: 17 May 1794 |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert McCulloch Birth: March 1767 27 25 Death: 3 May 1772 — Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
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13 months himself |
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21 months younger brother |
David McCulloch Birth: 1769 29 27 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death: In August Sir Walter recorded in his Journal995 that ‘David McCulloch is extremely ill - a paralytic stroke, I fancy’. He died on 17th October of that year and Sir Walter recorded, ‘The death of Mrs. Scott’s brother, Mr. David McCulloch, has put them... — 17 October 1825 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
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19 months younger brother |
Ross McCulloch Birth: 31 July 1770 30 29 — Ardwall Death: 1771 |
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19 months younger brother |
Alexander McCulloch Birth: 23 February 1772 32 30 — Kirkclaugh Death: November 1843 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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3 years younger brother |
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18 months younger sister |
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Christian Robison Birth: 1780 — Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland Death: 19 March 1853 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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Marriage: 19 September 1803 — Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
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11 months daughter |
Agnes Mcculloch Birth: 6 August 1804 36 24 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death: 8 July 1854 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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23 months son |
David McCulloch Birth: 27 June 1806 38 26 — Ardwall Death: David was in the midst of preparations for his retirement from India and return home, when he was suddenly taken ill and died on 20 September 1858. He was buried in the Scottish Cemetery in Bombay. — 20 September 1858 — Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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17 months son |
Walter McCulloch Birth: 21 November 1807 39 27 — Ardwall Death: In February 1892 he had a bad fall: when recovering from it he got a chill followed by bronchitis, and on 25 March he passed peacefully away in his eighty fifth year. — 25 March 1892 — Ardwall |
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15 months daughter |
Janet McCulloch Birth: 4 March 1809 40 29 Death: 22 June 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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17 months son |
Edward McCulloch Birth: 30 July 1810 42 30 Death: The last of the three who were carried away within three weeks of each other in the summer of 1816 by an epidemic, it is said, of diphtheria. The other two were his sisters, Janet and Christina, and all three are buried in St. Cuthbert’s Kirkyard in Edinbu — 10 July 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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23 months son |
James Robison McCulloch Birth: 20 June 1812 44 32 Death: James did not survive long and his brief but hectic career came to an end at Kingston on 18 November 1840 when he died of yellow fever. — 18 November 1840 — Kingston, Jamaica |
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20 months son |
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22 months daughter |
Christina McCulloch Birth: 30 December 1815 47 35 Death: 9 July 1816 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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17 months daughter |
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18 months son |
Robert McCulloch Birth: 28 November 1818 50 38 Death: 28 January 1819 |
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15 months daughter |
Christina McCulloch Birth: 13 March 1820 51 40 Death: 1 August 1841 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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1 year son |
Edward McCulloch Birth: 27 March 1821 52 41 Death: 16 January 1864 — Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
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4 years daughter |
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| Note | In later days, in one of his poems, James spoke of his childhood with his brothers and sisters at Ardwall. It was a poem written while he lay, a debtor, in the Canongate Gaol, and described a meeting between him and the ghost of his long since departed sister, Penelope. It was perhaps inspired by the fact that Penelope’s grave was only a stone’s throw from the prison. Together, they happily recalled their early days, when ‘We, in childhood roam’d thro’ Ardwall woods; Or, bath’d in Solway’s briny floods, Or, our limbs in summer day did lave, In lovely Fleet’s pellucid wave; Or gather’d Ardwall’s fragrant flowers, To deck our fog-form’d rustic bowers. When shells, or pebbles, we gather’d off the beach, Or nuts from hazel bough, high as young arms could reach.’ |
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