McCulloch, John Ramsay

b. 1789-03-01

d. 1864-11-11

John Ramsay McCulloch, comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, was born at Whithorn, Wigtownshire, on 1 March 1789. McCulloch was a prominent and prolific economist and statistician; as well as lecturing in Edinburgh and London he published innumerable articles and books, including his most important work, A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation (London: A. & R. Spottiswoode, 1832).1

In 1838, he became comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which was responsible for supplying the Public Offices at home and abroad with stationery. McCulloch held this position until his death on 11 November 1864.2

1. Phyllis Deane, McCulloch, John Ramsay, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
2. Ibid.

Mentions of this person in the documents

McCulloch, John Ramsay to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 26 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10972, 175.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 6 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12508, 333.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 6 February 1862, CO 305:19, no. 1266, 554.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 18 February 1862, NAC RG7:G8C/3, 25.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

McCulloch, John Ramsay