James Henry Skene (3 May 1812 – 3 October 1886) was a writer, traveller and British Consul at Aleppo from March 1855 to 1880.
He was born at Inverie, Scotland, the third son of James Skene of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen.
[1] After serving some years in the 73rd Regiment of Foot, he sold his commission, and settled in Greece, where he married in 1832 and began to write.
[2] In 1853 he published Anadol: the Last Home of the Faithful and The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk, Comprising Travel in the Regions of the Lower Danube in 1850 and 1851.
[4] James Henry Skene's wife Rhalou was the sister of Alexandros Rizos Rangavis (also known as Alexandre Rhangabé), the Greek author and statesman.