James Henry Martin

[1] His father James Martin was born in Gillingham, Kent in 1799 and during the 1870s and 1880s, he was Joint Principle Surveyor of Lloyds Register.

[1] Prior to 1861, James Henry Martin worked for Phillips, Shaw & Lowther, owners of the clipper ships like Ariel and Titania.

During his period with the partnership, James Henry Martin concentrated on the running of the office and securing of cargo.

[citation needed] James Henry Martin retired from the business during the mid-1880s due to a psychotic breakdown; Walter Johnson had the task of taking him to a mental home in Scotland.

[citation needed] Whilst the extent of James Henry Martin's illness is unknown, he is listed in the 1891 English census living with his children in Lewisham, London.