James Carmichael also owned the building firm James Carmichael Ltd in Trinity Road Wandsworth Common.
He was a generous benefactor and gifted £40k in his lifetime to the Bolingbroke Hospital and on death gifted much of his estate to charitable organisations including the Congregational Chapel in Streatham. He also gifted sums to staff of his firm and his chauffeur
Image by Walter Stoneman NPG x166387 © National Portrait Gallery, London