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James Clark Bunten (engineer)

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James Clark Bunten
In The Sketch, 9 March 1898
Born(1838-01-23)23 January 1838
Glasgow, Scotland
Died9 July 1901(1901-07-09) (aged 63)
Richmond, England
OccupationEngineer
Spouse
Jessie Maclure
(m. 1865)
Children1

James Clark Bunten (1838–1901) was a British engineer born in the Scottish city of Glasgow, who went on to be a partner in the Anderston Foundry and chairman of the Caledonian Railway.

Biography

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James Clark Bunten was born on 23 January 1838, the son of Mr. Robert Bunten, a merchant of Glasgow, and his wife Agnes, née Clark.[1][2] He served an apprenticeship at the Anderston Foundry in Glasgow, and went on to become a partner and the manager of the foundry.

He married Jessie Maclure on 1 June 1865, and they had one daughter.[1]

The works at Anderston were extended under his management, and a large foundry and machine shop was also established at Middlesbrough, in north-eastern England. The Anderston Foundry was heavily involved in the manufacture of railway equipment, and, on 10 May 1881, Bunten was appointed a director of the Caledonian Railway, one of Scotland's principal railway companies.[2] In 1897 he was appointed chairman of that company, a role he retained until 1901. Besides his roles with the Anderton Foundry and the Caledonian Railway, he was also a director of the Bank of Scotland and Director of the Bank of Scotland and a member of the Scottish Board of the Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Company.[3]

James Clark Bunten died, aged 63, on 9 July 1901, at Richmond in Surrey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, ed. (1899). Armorial Families (Third ed.). Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack. p. 127. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "What the Railways are Doing". The Railway Magazine. Vol. I. July–December 1897. p. 87. Retrieved 3 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "James Clark Bunten". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 4 January 2021.