1246 Sir James Carmichael

Constituency  : Glasgow  St  Rollox  1892-5

James  took  over  from  James  Caldwell  , the  Liberal  Unionist  who  had  defected  back  but decided  to  contest  Glasgow  Tradeston  instead. He  defeated  the  Liberal  Unionist  Hugh  Elliott by  1,356  votes.

James   was  the  son  and  heir  of  a  Scottish baronet. He  was  educated  at  Radley  College   and  became  a  civil  servant, beginning  in  the  Admiralty. He  was  private  secretary  to  a  number  of  prominent  Liberals, William  Hutt, Hugh  Childers  and  finally  Gladstone  himself. He  contested  Northamptonshire  North  in  1885  and  Northamptonshire  South  in  1886.

James's  parliamentary  interventions  were  on  Scottish  affairs.

James  was  defeated  in  1895  due  to  the  unhelpful  intervention  of  an  I.L.P. candidate.

James  was  an  art  collector.

He  died  in  1902  aged  57.