James MacBain


Sir James MacBain KCMG , was a politician in colonial Victoria , President of the Victorian Legislative Council.

MacBain was the youngest son of Smith MacBain, of Invergordon, Rossshire, Scotland, and was born at Kinrhive in that county in 1828. He served a business apprenticeship in Inverness. In 1853 he married Jessie Smith, youngest daughter of William Smith, of Forres, and sister of the late Duncan Smith, manager of the Oriental Bank Corporation at Bombay.

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