Surname: Smail Forename(s): James b. 1 November 1828. d. 22 January 1905. Nationality: Scottish.
Banker, company secretary, and poet. Pseudonym: “Matthew Gotterson.” Born in Jedburgh.
Married Margaret Boa in 1855. The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for the poem “Spring,” published on 21 February 1880, lists Smail as
a Banker from Galashiels (NLS Dep 341/369). Biographical information: <https://www.rbs.com/heritage/people/james-smail.html>
(20 June 2019). (AC)