981 James Cropper

Constituency : Kendal  1880-85

James  took  over  at  Kendal  after  the  death  of  John  Whitwell.

James  was  a  paper  manufacturer  from  Liverpool.

James's  parliamentary  contributions  were  largely  on  foreign  affairs.

James  was  defeated  in  1885. In  1888  he  became  the  first  chairman  of  Westmorland  County  Council.

He  died  in  1900  aged  77.