1370 James Flannery

Constituency  : Shipley  1895-1906  ( Liberal  Unionist ), Maldon 1910-22  ( Conservative )

James  took  Shipley  from  the  Lib-Lab  MP  William  Byles  with  a  majority  of  just  78.

James  was  born  in  Liverpool  and  educated  at  the  Liverpool  College  of  Science  and  Victoria  University. He  started  working  as  a  naval  engineer  and  was  soon  in  a  successful  Marine  Engineering  partnership. He  was  also  director  of  a  bank.

James  was  a  frequent  questioner  in  the  House.

James  was  knighted  in  1899.

In  1900  James  accepted  the  presidency  of  the  Railway  Clerks  Association  and  later  filled  the  same  role  for  the  Institute  of  Marine Engineers  and  the  Socirty  of  Consulting  Engineers.

James's  majority  slipped  to  just  61  in  1900.

James  was  created  a  baronet  in  1904.

James  did  not  stand  at  Shipley  in  1906  but  returned  to  Parliament  for  Maldon  in  January  1910  by  which  time  he  had  joined  the  Conservatives. He  stood  down  in  1922.

James  was  a  keen  cyclist.

He  died  in  1943  aged  91.