# James Chaine > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Chaine > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Chaine.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chaine > Source revision: 1356429885 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **James Chaine** (1841 – 4 May 1885)[1] was an Irish shipping businessman and a [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))[2] politician in the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland where he represented [County Antrim](/source/County_Antrim), [Ulster](/source/Ulster) from 1874 to 1885. . The son of James Chaine of [Ballycraigy](/source/Ballycraigy) and [Carncastle](/source/Carncastle) and wife, Maria (from [Antrim Town](/source/Antrim%2C_County_Antrim)), was educated in [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath%2C_London). In 1863, he married Henrietta Creery from [Newcastle, County Down](/source/Newcastle%2C_County_Down).[3] Chaine was influential in developing the cross-channel links between [Larne](/source/Larne) and [Stranraer](/source/Stranraer), Scotland. Chaine was also known for helping link Larne Harbour with the United States of America & other inland Countys. He was the director of the Larne and Stanraer Boat Company, and was the key figure behind the building of the Port and Harbour of [Larne](/source/Larne).[4] He promoted and financed construction of railroad lines from Larne to [Ballyclare](/source/Ballyclare) and from Larne to [Ballymena](/source/Ballymena)[5] (the [Ballymena and Larne Railway](/source/Ballymena_and_Larne_Railway)). He was elected at the [1874 general election](/source/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election) as the [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Antrim](/source/Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), and held the seat until his death[2] at the age of 43 in May 1885.[1] Chaine, [James Porter Corry](/source/Sir_James_Corry%2C_1st_Baronet) and [William Ewart](/source/Sir_William_Ewart%2C_1st_Baronet) formed a minority of Irish MPs from "the world of the big business" while the majority were either landowners or descendants of the landed families.[6] Chaine himself became a major landowner by the purchase of a £64,000 estate in [Carncastle](/source/Carncastle) followed by a £22,000 estate in [Killead](/source/Killead).[5] He also owned a very large estate which was known as [Ballycraigy](/source/Ballycraigy) hence his title and was situated where the famous housing estate in [County Antrim](/source/County_Antrim) is based. Because of Chaines great contribution to the people of his constituency who came from many different backgrounds, they decided to build a monument which is situated in Larne Harbour and known as, "[Chaine Memorial Tower](https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/chaine-memorial-tower-p701091)". [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20230726234806/https://ibb.co/1d4GfvB) ## Death He died after catching a chill, which developed into [pneumonia](/source/Pneumonia).[7] His estate was valued at £62,681.[4] He was buried, in an upright position, overlooking [Larne Lough](/source/Larne_Lough), near Sandy Point.[8] The [Chaine Memorial](/source/Chaine_Memorial), a replica [Irish round tower](/source/Irish_round_tower), was built in Larne in 1888 to commemorate him.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rayment_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rayment_1-1) [Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)](https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons2.htm) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-walker_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-walker_2-1) Walker, p. 249. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-debrett-1881_3-0)** Debrette, p. 44. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-C146_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-C146_4-1) Campbell, p. 146. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-T54_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-T54_5-1) Thomson, p. 54. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Campbell, pp. 145-146. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Boyd, pp. 34-35. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Long, Bill (1997). *Bright Light, White Water. The Lighthouses of Ireland*. New Island Books, Dublin. p. 181. ## References - James Boyd (1895). [*Boyd's pictorial guide to Portrush, the Giant's causeway, and the Antrim coast*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TWRHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34). - Campbell, Fergus (2009). *[The Irish Establishment 1879-1914](https://books.google.com/books?id=9D_tQLuApVIC)*. Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-923322-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-923322-5). - [*Debrett's illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881*](https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/n105/mode/2up). London: Dean & Son. 1881. - Thomson, Frank (2001). *[The end of liberal Ulster: land agitation and land reform, 1868-1886](https://books.google.com/books?id=kqNVgAVmaZUC)*. Ulster Historical Foundation. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-903688-06-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-903688-06-X). - Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). *Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1801–1922*. Dublin: [Royal Irish Academy](/source/Royal_Irish_Academy). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-901714-12-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901714-12-7). ## External links - *[Hansard](/source/Hansard)* 1803–2005: [contributions in Parliament by James Chaine](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-james-chaine) Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Earl of Yarmouth Hon. Edward O'Neill Member of Parliament for Antrim 1874 – May 1885 With: Hon. Edward O'Neill to 1880 Edward Macnaghten from 1880 Succeeded by William Pirrie Sinclair Edward Macnaghten This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an Irish constituency is a stub. 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