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Henry James (British Army officer)
Major General Sir Henry James FRS MRIA RE (1803–1877) was the director-general of the Ordnance Survey, the British Government mapping agency, from 1854 to 1875. Sir Henry was described by the agency itself as "perhaps Ordnance Survey's most eccentric and egotistical Director General".〔(A brief history of Ordnance Survey ), Ordnance Survey.〕 Sir Henry spent most of his life working for the Ordnance Survey and after becoming its head he introduced the new science of photography. He also would later claim to be the inventor of the process known as Photozincography or Zinco. Sir Henry also played a part in the resolving of the battle of the scales.
==Career and early life==
Born in 1803 at Rose Vale near St Agnes, Cornwall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Fellows - Record NA2879 )〕 he was the fifth son of John James of Truro and Jane, daughter of John Hoskers. He attended a grammar school in Exeter, going on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Upon leaving he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 September 1826. He was promoted to captain in 1846 and then to Colonel in 1857.〔R. H. Vetch, rev. E. Baigent "James, Sir Henry (1803-1877) surveyor", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕
In 1827 he joined the Ordnance Survey and spent the majority of his career working for it, mainly in Ireland, though after a brief stint at the Admiralty, he eventually climbed through the ranks to take charge of the Edinburgh Office of the Ordnance Survey in 1850. His appointment to become head of the Ordnance Survey was controversial as his father-in-law Major-General Edward Watson RE aided him above two more obvious candidates.〔
He married Anne, the daughter of Major General Watson, Royal Engineers.〔
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