Sunday, 29 December 2013
374 James White
Constituency : Plymouth 1857-9, Brighton 1860-74
James arrived in July 1860 replacing the deceased George Pechell at Brighton.
James was a London merchant engaged in trade with China and a city alderman. He was a Radical who had been defeated at Plymouth in 1859.
James spoke against army flogging and for a reduction in army expenditure. He was an enthusiastic supporter of retrenchment measures and wanted the annual estimates scrutinised by an all-party finance committee. He opposed grants for religious purposes.
James was defeated in 1874.
He died in 1883 aged 73.
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