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{{Infobox Person
| name = J. J. Bell-Irving
| birth_name = James Jardine Bell-Irving
| birth_date = 24 December 1859
| birth_place = Roxburghshire, Scotland
| death_place = London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|06|08|1859|12|24|df=yes}}
| parents = John Bell-Irving
Mary Jardine
| spouse = Eva Gertrude-Piercy
(1890-1936)
| children =2
| occupation = businessman
| relatives = John Bell-Irving
(brother)
}}

James Jardine Bell-Irving (24 December 1859 – 8 June 1936) was a Scottish businessman in Hong Kong and China and member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Son of John Bell-Irving and Mary Jardine, niece of Dr. William Jardine and sister of Sir Robert Jardine, James Jardine was born at St Mungo, [[Kirkbank,], //#1'>1], Scotland on 24 December 1859 in the family of the Jardine Matheson & Co., one of the largest trading firms in the Far East. He arrived in China in 1881 and became a partner at the company in 1887. He became a director of company for from 1887 to 1902 and also numerous public companies, including the chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.[2]

He was appointed as unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1892, 1893, 1896 and 1901 and became the first of the two unofficial members in the Executive Council of Hong Kong in 1896 and again in 1901, until he retired from public and business services and returned to England in 1902.

After going back to England, he lived at Minto House, Hawick and Rokeby, Barnard Castle, and bought the Makerstoun property on the River Tweed near Kelso afterward. He died in London on 8 June 1936.[2]

He married Eva Gertrude Piercy, daughter of Benjamin Piercy in Hong Kong in 1890 and had two daughters:

  1. Ethel Mary (born 4 October 1891) married Ian Maitland, 15th Earl of Lauderdale&91;3&93;
  2. Eva Margaretta (born 20 July 1893)

See also

  • List of Executive Council of Hong Kong unofficial members 1896–1941

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-Irving-44 |publisher=Wickitree}}
2. ^{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=9 June 1936|page=1|title=Old H. K. Taipan is dead}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p7863.htm#i78627|title=Ethel Mary Bell-Irving|work=The Peerage}}
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12 : 1859 births|1936 deaths|Hong Kong entrepreneurs|Scottish businesspeople|Hong Kong people of Scottish descent|Scottish expatriates in Hong Kong|Scottish expatriates in China|Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong|Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Jardine Matheson Group|Chairmen of HSBC|People from Kelso, Scottish Borders

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