1095 James Ellis

Constituency  : Bosworth  1885-92

James  won  the  new  seat  of  Bosworth.

James  was  from  Leicestershire  where  he  was  educated  at  a  Quaker  school. He  owned  granite  quarries  and  was  a  merchant  in  stone. He  chaired  the  Leicester  School  Board. In  !881  he  became  chairman  of  the  South  Leicestershire  Liberal  Association.

James  was  a  staunch  defender  of free  trade.

James  announced  he  would  be  standing  down  at  the  next  election  in  1888  but  saw  out  his  term.

He  died  in  1901  aged  82.