Constituency : Malton 1857-68
James was a wealthy manufacturer who bought a large estate near Boroughbridge.
Malton was a pocket borough in the gift of Earl Fitzwilliam making James a placeman. He had previously stood for Hull in 1847.
James stepped down when Malton was reduced to a single seat in 1868.
He died in 1877 aged 63.
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