James Wylie was born in Rushvale, County Antrim and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin. He was called to the Bar and eventually became Judge of the Supreme Court and Judicial Commissioner of the Land Commission. During the First World War he served in the British army and was Prosecutor at the trial of some of the participants in the 1916 rising. He competed at Equestrian events at the Dublin Horse Show and was Chairman of the Racing Board in 1945. He was Vice-Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Society during the Second World War.

Born:	1875
Died:	1955