Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle

Sir James Key Caird, 1st Baronet (7 January 1837 – 9 March 1916) was a Scottish jute baron and mathematician.

[2] The elder Caird was one of the first textile manufacturers to weave cloth composed of jute warp and weft.

The Dundee Advertiser reported that Caird was a good employer who ran an efficient business which was also "a model of comfort for the workers".

[citation needed] James Caird made a substantial fortune from his business interests and reinvested much of it in his home city.

[2] In 1902 Caird offered £18,500 to the directors of the Dundee Royal Infirmary so they could erect a hospital for the treatment of cancer.

The largest of the ship's boats, the James Caird, in which six of Endurance's crew made their epic small-boat voyage of 700 nautical miles (1,300 km; 810 mi) from Elephant Island to South Georgia, was named in appreciation of Caird's contribution.

Caird died at his Perthshire estate, Belmont Castle near Meigle, which he had purchased after the death of its previous owner Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

He is buried with his father in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh just west of the central roundel, under a modest stone.