Constituency : Edinburgh 1874-82
James unseated fellow Liberal John Miller in coming second at Edinburgh.
James was the son of a papermaker and philnthropist .His older brother Charles was a former MP for the city. James's penchant for pranks did not please his father.
James was a keen huntsman , angler and yachtsman.
James resigned his seat in 1882 due to ill health.
James suffered from depression in later life and perceived himself as cold and unsympathetic. He was chairman of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for the Insane.
He died in 1895 aged 79.
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