James Parker-Smith ( 1854-1929 ) of Jordonhill, Glasgow, Scotland, was born in London. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained his Master of Arts degree and later became a Fellow. He was the Director of the Union Bank of Scotland and was made the Warden of Winchester College, a post he occupied from 1915-1920 . Parker-Smith held the position of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Joseph Austen Chamberlain ( 1900-1903 ), and was the MP for the Partick Division of Lanarkshire ( 1890-1906 ). His published works include: The causes of the Union with Ireland (1887) and Preferential voting: the transfer of superfluous votes (1884).
Sources: Who Was Who, Vol. III, 1929-1940 ed. 1958.
From the guide to the Papers of James Parker-Smith, 1854-1929, warden, Winchester College, 1915-1920, 1927-c.1930, (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department)
