James_Dunlop_(rugby_union)
James Dunlop (rugby union)
Scotland international rugby union player
Colonel James Dunlop (1854-1923) was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]
| Birth name | James William Dunlop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1854-10-16)16 October 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 November 1923(1923-11-20) (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St Boswells, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Cheltenham College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Dunlop played for West of Scotland.[2]
International career
Dunlop was in the Royal Horse Artillery, entering the army in 1875. He rose through the ranks:- Captain in 1884; Major in 1892; Lieutenant - Colonel in 1900; and finally Colonel in 1904. He took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879–80; the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886–87; and the Second Boer War in 1901–02.[4]
Dunlop was unmarried.[4]
He was half-brother to Colin Dunlop of Lockerbie House, Dumfriesshire. His father was Colin Robert Dunlop of Fullarton House, Lanarkshire. His mother, Ann Maxwell Black, was a daughter of James Black of Craigmaddie.[5]
His ancestors included John Dunlop of Garnkirk, Cadder who was a burgess of Glasgow in 1631. Dunlop of Garnkirk's brother received a baronetcy, now extinct. Another ancestor was Colin Dunlop of Carmyle, who was Provost of Glasgow in 1770. Dunlop of Carmyle's grandson was Colin Dunlop of Tollcross, M.P. for Glasgow in 1835.[5]
- "James William Dunlop". ESPN scrum.
- Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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