James Barron (harbour engineer)

James Barron MICE JP (1842–1929) was a 19th/20th century Scottish engineer who specialised in harbour design in the north-east of Scotland.

He was born in Peterhead the son of Archibald Barron, a trainee mason, and his first wife, Elizabeth.

The family moved to Aberdeen and James appears there in 1861 noted as a "carpenter".

He is buried in the churchyard of St Machar's Cathedral in Old Aberdeen.

Their eldest son James Barron (b.1869) was also a civil engineer (operating in northern England).