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See also:BURNS, See also:SIR See also:GEORGE , See also:Bart. (1795—1890), See also:English shipowner, was See also:born in See also:Glasgow on the loth of See also:December 1995, the son of the Rev. See also:John Burns. In See also:partnership with a See also:brother, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, he began as a Glasgow See also:general See also:merchant about 1818, and in 1824 in See also:conjunction with a See also:Liverpool partner, See also:Hugh Matthie, started a See also:line of small sailing See also:ships which ran between Glasgow and Liverpool. As business increased the vessels were also sailed to See also:Belfast, and steamers afterwards replaced the sailing ships. In 183o a partnership was entered into with the Mclvers of Liverpool, in which George Burns devoted himself specially to the management of the ships. In 1838 with See also:Samuel See also:Cunard, See also:Robert See also:Napier and other capitalists, the partners (McIver and Burns) started the " Cunard " See also:Atlantic line of steamships. They secured the See also:British See also:government's See also:contract for the carrying of the mails to See also:North See also:America. The sailings were begun with four steamers of about loon tons each, which made the passage in 15 days at some 81 knots per See also:hour. George Burns retired from the Glasgow management of the line in 186o. He was made a See also:baronet in 1889, but died on the 2nd of See also:June 1890 at See also:Castle See also:Wemyss, where he had spent the latter years of his See also:life.
John Burns (1829–1901), his eldest son, who succeeded him in the baronetcy, and became See also:head of the Cunard See also:Company, was created a peer, under the See also:title of See also:Baron Inverclyde, in 1897; he was the first to suggest to the government the use of merchant vessels for See also:war purposes. George See also:Arbuthnot Burns (1861—1905) succeeded his See also:father in the See also:peerage, as 2nd baron Inverclyde, and became chairman of the Cunard Company in 1902. He conducted the negotiations which resulted in the refusal of the Cunard Company to enter the See also:shipping See also:combination, the See also:International See also:Mercantile Marine Company, formed by Messrs J. P. See also:Morgan & Co., and took a leading See also:part in the application of See also:turbine engines to ocean liners.
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