page_title: Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle
caption_attribution_description: Bain News Service,, publisher. Sir Jas. Key Caird [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative&#160;: glass&#160;; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photograph shows Sir James Key Caird, 1st Baronet (1837-1916), a Scottish textile manufacturer, philanthropist and mathematician. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16833 Call Number: LC-B2- 3182-14
context_page_description: Sir James Key Caird, 1st Baronet was a Scottish jute baron and mathematician. He was one of Dundee's most successful entrepreneurs, who used the latest technology in his Ashton and Craigie Mills.
  Caird was noted for his interest in providing financial aid for scientific research. He was one of the sponsors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914 to 1916. The ship's boat, the James Caird, in which six of Shackleton's expedition made an epic voyage of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island to South Georgia, was named in appreciation of Caird's contribution.
context_section_description: Sir James Key Caird, 1st Baronet (7 January 1837 – 9 March 1916) was a Scottish jute baron and mathematician. He was one of Dundee's most successful entrepreneurs, who used the latest technology in his Ashton and Craigie Mills.
  Caird was noted for his interest in providing financial aid for scientific research. He was one of the sponsors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914 to 1916.  The ship's boat, the James Caird, in which six of Shackleton's expedition made an epic voyage of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from Elephant Island to South Georgia, was named in appreciation of Caird's contribution.
caption: Sir James Key Caird, circa 1910–15
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