James Henry Coyne, FRSC (October 3, 1849 – January 5, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and historian.
[1] During the Fenian raids of 1866, Coyne joined the St. Thomas Rifles (or 1st Volunteer Militia Rifle Company at St. Thomas which formed the 25th Elgin Battalion of Infantry and now as 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgin's)) and served in three campaigns in London, Port Stanley, and Sarnia.
In 1877, he joined the University company of the Queen's Own Rifles, where he remained a member until his graduation in 1870.
[2] In 1906 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served as its president from 1926 to 1927.
[1] His son, James Bowes Coyne, was a lawyer and judge in Manitoba.