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| name = Sir James Macdonald Dunnett<br />
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}}<br />
| image = James Macdonald Dunnett.jpg<br />
| caption = Portrait by [[Walter Stoneman]], 1934<br />
| office = Reforms Commissioner of the {{avoid wrap|Government of India}}<br />
| term_start = 1930<br />
| term_end = 1936<br />
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| birth_date = 1877<br />
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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1953|1877}}<br />
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| occupation = Civil servant<br />
| education = {{ubl|[[University of Edinburgh]]|[[Christ Church, Oxford]]}}<br />
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'''Sir James Macdonald Dunnett''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1877–1953) was a civil servant in the [[Indian Civil Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir James Macdonald Dunnett - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp131937/sir-james-macdonald-dunnett |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.npg.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="University of Edinburgh, Graduates' Association-1953" /><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Dunnett was born in 1877 in [[Kilmarnock]], to William Dunnett, a minister.<ref name="www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk" /> He attended [[Kilmarnock Academy]], and then [[University of Edinburgh]] from which he graduated with an MA with honours in mathematics,<ref name="University of Edinburgh, Graduates' Association-1953">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oy4jAQAAIAAJ&q=%22James+Macdonald+Dunnett%22+-wikipedia |title=University of Edinburgh Journal |date=1953 |publisher=University of Edinburgh, Graduates' Association |language=en}}</ref> before studying at [[Christ Church, Oxford]].<ref name="www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Kilmarnock Academy: Former Pupils |url=https://www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk/cm-content/files/Former%20pupils%20master%20(002).pdf |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
After passing the entrance exam in 1900, he entered the Indian Civil Service where. In 1901 he became the assistant commissioner for the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], and from 1930 to 1936 the [[Reforms Commissioner]] of the [[Government of India]].<ref name="www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk" /> In 1922 he was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Indian Empire]]. He was made a [[Knight Bachelor|knight bachelor]] in 1932<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_c9AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22James+Macdonald+Dunnett%22&pg=PA11&article_id=4867,684470 |title=The Glasgow Herald |publisher=The Glasgow Herald |language=en}}</ref> and a [[Commander (order)|Knight Commander]] of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1934.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=3560 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4 JUNE, 1934 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34056/page/3560/data.pdf |journal=London Gazette}}</ref> His final civil service appointment was in Britain as 1940 as Assistant Secretary in the [[Scottish Office|Scottish Department of Health]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<br />
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He married Annie Sangster, with whom he had four children, their second son being Sir [[James Dunnett]], a notable UK civil servant.<ref name="www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk" /><br />
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