Friday, 30 January 2015

752 James Yeaman



Constituency : Dundee  1873-80

James  came  out  top  of  three  Liberals  contesting  the  right  to  succeed  George  Armitstead. He  was  Provost  of  Dundee  from  1869  to  1872.

James  was  a  merchant  involved  in  Arctic  trading.

In  1874  James  spoke  in  favour  of  improving  workers' housing  in  London.

At  some  point  in  the  1874-80  Parliament  James  decided  to  contest  the  next  election  as  a  Conservative. He  was  defeated.

He  died  in  1886  aged  70.


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