James Henry Callander (18 August 1803 – 31 January 1851), of Craigforth,

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, was a Scottish politician.

Background

Callander was the eldest son of Colonel George Callander of Craigforth, son of Sir James Campbell Callander and Elizabeth MacDonnell, daughter of the 5th Earl of Antrim. His mother was Elizabeth Erskine.

Career

Callander was the 5th Callander Laird of Craigforth,

, and 16th Laird of Ardkinglas,

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. He sat as Member of Parliament for

from 1832 to 1835.

Family

Callander married firstly his cousin Jane Plumer Erskine (1818–1846), daughter of

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and Frances Cadwalader, on 29 August 1837.thepeerage.com James Henry Callander
/ref> They had three daughters: * Fanny Jane Callander. * Mary Hermione Callander, who married Charles Sartoris; and secondly George Henry Dawkins, of

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. *

Janey Sevilla Callander Janey, Lady Archibald Campbell ( Janey Sevilla Callander; 18 March 1846, Craigforth House, Stirlingshire – 15 July 1923, Coombe Hill Farm, Norbiton) was a Scottish theatre producer and society hostess. Life One of three daughters of James ...

, a theatre producer who married Lord Archibald Campbell, brother of

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, on 12 January 1869. Their son

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became the 10th Duke. After his first wife's death in 1846 Callander married as his second wife Charlotte Edith Eleanora Campbell (1827-1849), daughter of John George Campbell of Ardpatrick, Argyll, on 1 July 1847. They had two sons * George Frederick William Livingston-Campbell-Callander, who succeeded to Craigforth and Ardkinglas. * Henry Barrington Callander of Ardchyline. Callander died in January 1851.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Callander, James 1803 births 1851 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 People educated at Eton College