Monday, 21 April 2014
484 Edward James
Constituency : Manchester 1865-7
Edward came out second in the Manchester contest which was the usual dogfight between four Liberal candidates. He replaced James Turner who wasn't standing again. John Bright's son Jacob came third.
Edward was the son of a Manchester merchant and was educated at Oxford. He served two years in a warehouse before becoming a barrister.
Despite his background Edward was a Palmerstonian. He spoke occasionally on legal subjects and parliamentary reform and opposed giving a third seat to Manchester.
He died of typhoid in Paris in 1867 aged 60.
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