| James Dunlop | |
| Birth Name: | James William Dunlop |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Death Place: | St Boswells, Scotland |
| School: | Cheltenham College |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Amatyears1: | - |
| Repyears1: | 1875 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Colonel James Dunlop (1854-1923) was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]
Dunlop played for West of Scotland.[2]
He was capped once for Scotland on 8 March 1875.[3]
Dunlop was in the Royal Horse Artillery, entering the army in 1875. He rose through the ranks:- Captain in 1884; Major in 1892; Lieutenant - Colonel in 1900; and finally Colonel in 1904. He took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879–80; the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886–87; and the Second Boer War in 1901–02.[4]
Dunlop was unmarried.[4]
He was half-brother to Colin Dunlop of Lockerbie House, Dumfriesshire. His father was Colin Robert Dunlop of Fullarton House, Lanarkshire. His mother, Ann Maxwell Black, was a daughter of James Black of Craigmaddie.[5]
His ancestors included John Dunlop of Garnkirk, Cadder who was a burgess of Glasgow in 1631. Dunlop of Garnkirk's brother received a baronetcy, now extinct. Another ancestor was Colin Dunlop of Carmyle, who was Provost of Glasgow in 1770. Dunlop of Carmyle's grandson was Colin Dunlop of Tollcross, M.P. for Glasgow in 1835.[5]