Person:James Scarlett (2)

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James Wright Scarlett
b.1854 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
d.1937 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
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  1. James Wright Scarlett1854 - 1937
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Jan 1886
  1. Robert Lindsay Scarlett1888 - 1979
  2. Jane Waters Scarlett1891 -
  3. James Thomas Scarlett1892 - 1935
  4. Anna Maria Scarlett1894 -
  5. John Henry Scarlett1897 -
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Name James Wright Scarlett
Gender Male
Birth? 1854 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotlandnow in East Lothian
Marriage 27 Jan 1886 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandto Marion Wilson
Death? 1937 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

Took over the market garden business from his father and further increased the holdings. 56 acres of the Sweethope Estate were leased and later James and his brother Thomas purchased the entire estate including the mansion. James and his family moved in to the Sweethope mansion.

Various crops, vegetables and fruit, were grown throughout the year, most of which was sold at Waverley Market in Edinburgh.

He served as a Midlothian County Councillor, Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the Inveresk School Board and acted as Session Clerk in the Free Church in Musselburgh as well as a keen member of the Scottish Horticultural Association.

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