Joseph Caulfield James
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English language
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teacher from Birkenhead
Birkenhead
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, England
England
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. He was the principal tutor to Prince Vajiravudh of Siam
Vajiravudh
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...
, who later became king of Siam
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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Royal Tutor
Caulfield James, an Englishman of IrishIrish people
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descent, arrived in Bangkok in 1887 for a position teaching English at Assumption College
Assumption College, Thailand
Assumption College is a private boys only Catholic school in Bangkok, Thailand.- History :Assumption College traces its history to 1885. when Father Emile August Colombet, a French missionary priest, opened his school in Bangkok. In those days before free public schools, Colombet realised many...
. After a short period there, he was engaged inside the Grand Palace as the full-time English tutor to three princes; Prince Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...
, Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
Field Marshal Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok, , was the fortieth child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra....
and Prince Nandiyavat Svasti
Prince Nandiyavat Svasti
Prince Nandiyavat Savastivatana was a member of the Thai Royal Family and grandson to King Rama IV.As a young man, Prince Nandiyavat graduated from Worcester Academy in 1927....
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Caulfield James accompanied Prince Nandiyavat Svasti
Prince Nandiyavat Svasti
Prince Nandiyavat Savastivatana was a member of the Thai Royal Family and grandson to King Rama IV.As a young man, Prince Nandiyavat graduated from Worcester Academy in 1927....
to Europe. For some years, James continued to be one of the tutors in the Grand Palace, and in 1898, he was appointed headmaster of the Rajakumari College inside the Grand Palace.
Royal Bangkok Sports Club
After leaving his royal duties, a sporting man by choice; Caulfield James became Honorary Secretary of the Bangkok Gymkhana Club. In 1901, the Bangkok Gymkhana Club developed into the present-day Royal Bangkok Sports Club.With the help of Caulfield James, the Royal Bangkok Sports Club emerged from being a purely horse-racing club to the broader sporting club that it is to this day. He eventually became Chairman and then Honorary Vice President of the club in 1912 to 1915.