Sir James was born in 1917, the only child of Max Christian Hamilton Colyer-Fergusson and Edith Jane, née White Miller. As a boy Sir James lived at
Ightham
Mote and was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. Sir James served
in the 1939-45 war and was taken prisoner in 1940. He entered the service of former
Great Western Railway Traffic Dept in 1947 and later the Operating Department
of the Western Region of British Railways. He was Personal Assistant to
the Chairman of British Transport Commission in 1957; Passenger Officer in SE
Division of Southern Region of BR in1961; Parly and Public Correspondent BRB in
1967 and Deputy to Curator of Historical Relics, BRB, 1968. After a short illness Sir James Colyer-Fergusson died on the 9th January 2004. Sir James took an active interest in the work of the Trust and the Trustees and staff are proud to carry on the work he started as a fitting and permanent memorial to his generosity and philanthropy.
