James Brand

James McQueen Brand, FRGS (January 31, 1822 – May 12, 1897) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Early life Brand was born on January 31, 1822, in Dumfries, Scotland. He was a son of John Brand (1781–1840), a merchant, and Jean (née McQueen) Brand of the Parish of Crawford, Scotland. His maternal grandmother was Elizabeth (née Baillie) McQueen of Clydesdale and his mother was a first cousin of Mrs. Welsh, the mother of Jean Baillie Welsh, who married Thomas Carlyle. His was a relative of Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, the Governor of Queensland and of Bombay. He was educated at the Dumfries Academy, before entering the office of his uncle, a West Indian merchant in London, as a young man.