Q:Facts:   - party: whig liberal    - monarch: victoria victoria    - predecessor: george alexander hamilton lord lovaine      - birth date: 3 june 1805    - caption: a gordon , published in '' the pursuit of reason : portrait the economist 1843 -- 1993 '' . the portrait was of presented to mrs wilson in 1859 , by the royal james scottish academy . wilson by sir john wilson    - order: financial the board of trade secretary to the treasury paymaster-general and vice-president of    - death date: 11 august 1860 3 june 1805    - spouse: elizabeth preston    - term end: 21 february 1858 12 august 1859    - name: james wilson    - death place: calcutta , india    - birth place: hawick , roxburghshire , scotland    - successor: george alexander hamilton hon. william cowper    - primeminister: the palmerston earl of aberdeen the viscount palmerston the viscount    - citizenship: united kingdom    - nationality: scottish    - alma mater: none    - imagesize: 200px    - term start: 5 january 1853 18 june 1859    - image: james wilson by sir john watson-gordon . jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james wilson -lrb- businessman -rrb- .
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james wilson -lrb- 3 june 1805 -- 11 august 1860 -rrb- was a scottish businessman , economist , and liberal politician who founded `` the economist '' weekly and the chartered bank of india , australia and china , which merged with standard bank in 1969 to form standard chartered .