Sir James Caird PC, KCB, FRS (1816 – 9 February 1892) was an agricultural writer and politician.
Born at Stranraer, he was educated at Edinburgh High School and University of Edinburgh. He was Member of Parliament for Dartmouth from 1857–59 and for Stirling Burghs from 1859-65.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865, President of the Royal Statistical Society, 1880-2 and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1889. He was senior member of the Land Commission in 1882. He was director of the land department of the Board of Agriculture from 1889-91.
He was appointed a CB in 1869 and promoted to KCB in 1882.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Herbert |
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1857 – 1859 |
Succeeded by Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley |
| Preceded by Sir James Anderson |
Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs 1859 – 1865 |
Succeeded by Laurence Oliphant |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Brassey |
President of the Royal Statistical Society 1880–1882 |
Succeeded by Robert Giffen |