Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne
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Walter Charles James, 1st Baron Northbourne (3 June 1816 – 4 February 1893), known as Sir Walter James, 2nd Baronet, from 1829 to 1884, was a British Member of Parliament.
James was the son of John James, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, and grandson of Sir Walter James, 1st Baronet. He succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy in 1829 and in 1837 he was elected to the House of Commons for Kingston upon Hull as a Tory, a seat he held until 1847. He acquired Betteshanger House in Kent in 1850 and commissioned George Devey to oversee extensions and alterations to the house.
He served as High Sheriff of Kent for 1855.[1] He was a friend of William Ewart Gladstone and in 1884, during Gladstone's second term as Prime Minister, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Northbourne, of Betteshanger in the County of Kent.[2] From at least 1882 James was the lord of the manor of Langdon.[3]
Lord Northbourne married Sarah Caroline, daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, in 1841. She died in 1890. Lord Northbourne survived her by three years and died in February 1893, aged 76. He was succeeded in his titles by his son Walter.
Ancestry
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References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21660. p. . 9 February 1855.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25411. p. . 4 November 1884.
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Kent 1882, pp. 306, 307
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter James
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull 1837–1847 With: William Wilberforce 1837–1838 William Hutt 1838–1841 Sir John Hanmer 1841–1847 |
Succeeded by Matthew Talbot Baines James Clay |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Northbourne 1884–1893 |
Succeeded by Walter Henry James |
Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Baronet (of Langley Hall) 1829–1893 |
Succeeded by Walter Henry James |
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