1047 James Paulton

Constituency  :  Bishop  Auckland  1885-1910

James  was  the  first  MP   for  the  new  seat  of  Bishop  Auckland.

James  was  the  son  of  a  newspaper  editor  who'd  been  active  in  the  Anti-Corn  Law  League. He was  educated  at  London  International  College  And  Cambridge. He  trained  as  a  barrister but  became  a  journalist. He  was  war  correspondent  for  the  Manchester  Examiner  in  Egypt  in  1884, reporting  on  the  battle  of  El  Teb.

James  favoured  the  evacuation  of  Egypt  as  soon  as  practically  possible. He  also  supported  amendments  to  the  public  rights  of  way  law  to  make  establishing  them  easier  and  less  costly.

James  became  private  secretary  to  Hugh  Childers  during  Gladstone's  brief  third  ministry. He  was  assistant  private  secretary  to  Asquith  from  1893  to  1895.

James  stepped  down  before  the  January  1910  election.

He  died  in  1923  aged  66.