[1] He was educated at Grange Parish School, before attending Aberdeen University from which he graduated 1864 with mathematical honours, gaining also the Boxill prize.

In 1869, he was appointed Acting Law Secretary of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan when Robert Mowat went on long leave to study for the bar.

Jamieson was appointed as Consul-General in Shanghai, replacing Hannen, and relieved of his position as Judge of the Supreme Court.

Hannen continued as Chief Justice and Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne was appointed as Judge to replace Jamieson.

The book, which also included Jamieson’s translations of various cases from the International Mixed Court, was published in 1921.