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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Henry_Martin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_Henry_Martin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Martin > Source revision: 1317403683 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British shipowner and entrepreneur}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = James Henry Martin | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1835|}} | birth_place = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1909|11|21|1835}} | death_place = Hastings, United Kingdom | occupation = [Shipowner](/source/Ship-owner) and [Entrepreneur](/source/Entrepreneurship) | known_for = Co-founded [Killick Martin & Company](/source/Killick_Martin_%26_Company) | spouse = {{Marriage |Louisa Barber Smith |1871 |1894 |end=died}} | children = 3 }} '''James Henry Martin''' (1835{{Spaced en dash}}21 November 1909) was a British [shipowner](/source/Ship-owner) and [entrepreneur](/source/Entrepreneurship). He founded [Killick Martin & Company](/source/Killick_Martin_%26_Company) with James Killick. During the 1870s and 1880s, he was Joint Principle [Surveyor](/source/Surveying) of [Lloyds Register](/source/Lloyds_Register). == Early life == James Henry Martin was born in [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) in 1835.{{Cite book|last=MacGregor, David R. (David Roy)|title=The China bird : the history of Captain Killick, and the firm he founded, Killick Martin & Company|date=1986|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-381-8|edition=2nd rev.|location=London|oclc=15024735}} His father James Martin was born in [Gillingham](/source/Gillingham%2C_Kent), [Kent](/source/Kent) in 1799. == Career == Prior to 1861, James Henry Martin worked for Phillips, Shaw & Lowther, owners of the [clipper ships](/source/Clipper) like [Ariel](/source/Ariel_(clipper)) and [Titania](/source/c%3ACategory%3ATitania_(ship%2C_1866)). During his period with the partnership, James Henry Martin concentrated on the running of the office and securing of cargo. In 1885, he changed its name to Shaw, Lowther and Maxton, when Peter Maxton, former [captain](/source/captain), joined the partnership. Incidentally, Maxton was friends with [Captain James Killick](/source/James_Killick) and captained two ships, '[The Lord of the Isles](/source/Lord_of_the_Isles_(clipper))' and 'Falcon' the same time Captain Killick was master of ‘[Challenger](/source/Challenger_(clipper))’ in the tea trade from China. === Killick Martin & Company === On 1 March 1861, James Henry Martin along with Captain James Killick founded the partnership [Killick Martin & Company](/source/Killick_Martin_%26_Company). The original 'Notice of Opening a [Partnership](/source/Partnership)' stated that it commenced business as ‘Ship and Insurance Brokers’. The [company](/source/company) went on to be known as Killick Martin & Company from 2 March 1862 when David William Richie became a partner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40015/page/6107/data.pdf|title=THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 NOVEMBER, 1953}} David William Ritchie's father was the Joint Principle Surveyor, Joseph Horatio Ritchie alongside James Martin. The two partners in Killick Martin & Company originally would have become acquainted via their fathers.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Killick Martin & Company went on to own and operate twenty ships between 1862 and 1879. These included the likes of ''[Challenger](/source/Challenger_(clipper))'', [Wylo](/source/Wylo_(clipper)), [Lothair](/source/Lothair_(clipper)) and [Kaisow](/source/Kaisow_(clipper)).{{Cite book |first=Lubbock |last=Basil |title=The China clippers - 1876-1944 |date=1984 |publisher=Century |isbn=0-7126-0341-7 |location=London |oclc=60012071}}{{Cite book|last=MacGregor, David R. (David Roy)|title=The tea clippers : their history and development, 1833-1875|date=1983|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-256-0|edition=2nd ed., rev. and expanded|location=London|oclc=9997008}} The company has constantly evolved and continues to trade to this day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.killickmartin.com|title=Killick Martin website|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} == Personal life and death == James Henry Martin married Louisa Barber Smith on 10 June 1871 in St. Mary's Church Lewisham and went on to have three children: James Henry Martin (born 1874), Alfred Scott Martin (born 1876) and Louisa M Martin (born 1884).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} James Henry Martin [retired](/source/Retirement) 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](/source/Scotland).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} 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](/source/Lewisham), [London](/source/London). His wife died on 5 June 1894.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} James Henry Martin died on 21 November 1909 in [Hastings](/source/Hastings), [Sussex](/source/Sussex).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} == Legacy == thumb|200px|right|House flag of Killick Martin & Company Killick Martin's House Flag is held within the [National Maritime Museum](/source/National_Maritime_Museum),{{Cite web|url=https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/1091.html|title=House flag, Martin Killick & Co - National Maritime Museum|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} and a Builder's model of Lothair in the [Hong Kong Museum of History](/source/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_History). ==Further reading== *The China Clippers by Basil Lubbock 1914. *The Tea Clippers 1833-1875 by David MacGregor (1983 enlarged and revised) {{ISBN|0 85177 256 0}} *Clipper Ships by David MacGregor (1979) {{ISBN|0852426186}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Owners/Fleet_lists/KM&Co.html Killick Martin & Company owned ships]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://www.killickmartin.com Killick Martin & Company] {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, James}} Category:19th-century British businesspeople Category:1835 births Category:1909 deaths Category:British businesspeople in shipping --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [James Henry Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Martin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Martin?action=history)). 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