Constituency : Stockport 1847-64
James was another cotton baron from Manchester. He had risen from humble beginnings as a clerk to having his own firm. James was a Congregationalist. He was active in municipal politics and was a founder of the borough of Manchester and was its mayor in 1842-3. He was heavily involved in the Anti-Corn Law League and a natural choice to inherit Richard Cobden's seat when he chose to represent West Riding instead in 1847.
James did not speak in the House.
He died in office in 1864 aged 69.
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