Skip to content
226,923 profiles ranked

Sir James Ramsden

British businessman (1822-1896) · Executives · Died at 74

Sir James Ramsden was a British mechanical engineer, industrialist, and civic leader, who played a dominant role in the development of the new town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the historic county of Lancashire. He served five successive terms as mayor on its first achieving municipal borough status, from 1867 onwards.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sir James Ramsden is read about 3 times a day, in 2 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 31 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Media & music

About this person

Category
Executives
Type
Executive
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1822 to 1896 · aged 74