James Stuart Menteath
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He was born at Closeburn Castle in 1792 the son of Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath and Ludivina Loughnan.[citation needed] He was educated at Rugby School. He trained as an advocate in 1816 and then studied as a barrister-at-law and served at the Middle Temple in London.[2]
In 1837, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to geology. His proposer was Patrick Neill.[3]
He served as the Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire. He also had business interests in the limestone deposits of New Cumnock.[4]
He was created a baronet on the death of his father in 1847.
He died on 27 February 1870 at Mansfield House in Ayrshire.
