That doesn't sound like the one but thanks for looking anyway, this man is proving tricky to find. He as born in 1825 in Glasgow, I have him in Stepney in 1853 but can't find him before that so don't know whether in Scotland or he or his family moved down between his birth and 1853, I also know is he father was also called James and he worked as a clerk in a shipbuilding company on the Isle of Dogs. I've looked at Scottish censuses but nobody matches up so thought they may be on the English censuses.
Thanks for your help.
Kerrie