Sir James Milles Riddell, 2nd Baronet

[1] They lived at the family estate of Strontian in Argyleshire where in 1791 Thomas Charles Hope first discovered strontium (originally called strontianite, in recognition of its finding place).

[3] In 1821 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Thomas Charles Hope.

[4] In 1828 the clachans (tied villages) of Bourblaige and Tornamona were, on the instructions of Sir James Milles Riddell, brutally cleared.

"[5] He died in Edinburgh on 28 September 1861 and is buried in St John's Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street.

[6] The grave lies in the north-west corner of the enclosure attached to the east end of the church.