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Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 1796 – 31 December 1878), was a Scottish opium trader and taipan. Born in Shiness, Lairg , Sutherland, Scotland, he was the son of Captain Donald Matheson. [1]
6 days ago · SEYMOUR, CT (WFSB) - A man from Newtown was arrested by Seymour police on child pornography and voyeurism charges. They arrested 47-year-old James Matheson on Thursday. Details about the case were ...
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir James Matheson, one of the founders of the Jardine Matheson trading empire and the owner of the Isle of Lewis. He was a controversial figure who introduced many improvements to the island but also faced riots and reforms.
James Matheson. NOT Vivaldi's "Spring". Watch on. Gloria Cheng plays James Matheson's CHAPTER I: In which our hero dies and encounters Palestrina,...
Jardine, Matheson & Co (JM & Co) was founded in Canton in July 1832 by Scots William Jardine and James Matheson. Following the end of the East India Company’s trading monopoly with China, Jardine Matheson sent its first private shipments of tea to England in 1834.
In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century.
The portraits of James Matheson and his nephew Alexander show examples of men who became very wealthy through trade during the time of the British empire. Their trade was centred on China and India.
