James Deas (engineer)

He was born on 30 October 1827 in Edinburgh the son of James Deas (1794–1856) from Leslie in Fife and his wife, Elizabeth Cairns.

From 1841 he was apprenticed to the civil engineer, John Miller, at 1 Brandfield Place.

Soon after James junior became Chief Engineer to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.

In 1869, aged only 42, he was appointed Chief Engineer to the Clyde Navigation Trust in succession to John Ure.

[3] James died of a heart attack on 29 December 1899 whilst eating lunch at Daniel Brown's Restaurant at 79 St Vincent Street in Glasgow.