# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-skinner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:29:16.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-skinner"
name: "James Skinner"
slug: "james-skinner"
description: "Colonel James Skinner was an Anglo-Indian military adventurer and soldier of the East India Company of British India. Prior to this, his mixed ethnicity prevented him from becoming a confirmed officer under the British crown, and he began his career as a mercenary in the Maratha cavalry, later joining the Irregular Cavalry Corps, which served the British Army when needed. When William Fraser was appointed the Commissioner of Delhi, Skinner was given the responsibility of establishing his cavalry on the outskirts of Hansi, Haryana. Around the same period, in the early 1820s, Skinner began absorbing the painters working for Fraser into his own circle."
tagline: "East India Company officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colonel_James_Skinner_CB%2C_1st_Regiment_of_Local_Horse%2C_1836.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1778"
deathDate: "1841-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             12.17716868013352
  historical:           5.784705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James Skinner (East India Company officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Skinner"
    title: "James Skinner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Skinner_(East_India_Company_officer)"
    title: "James Skinner (East India Company officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Skinner"
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    title: "ജെയിംസ് സ്കിന്നർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0_(%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%87%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0)"
    title: "ਜੇਮਜ਼ ਸਕਿੱਨਰ (ਈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਆ ਕੰਪਨੀ ਅਫ਼ਸਰ)"
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  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%90%D9%86%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%B1)"
    title: "جیمس سکِنر (ایسٹ انڈیا کمپنی افسر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump