Constituency : Mid-Derbyshire 1885-1909
James won the new seat of Mid-Derbyshire.
James was the son of a Jewish lace manufacturer in Nottingham. He was educated privately He became a director of the family firm. He joined Nottingham Town Council in 1876 and was at one time president of the Nottingham Chamber of Commerce. He took charge of committees on technical schools and the Castle Museum.
James was an art collector and bequeathed paintings to the Castle Museum. James did not appreciate street music and made several attempts to outlaw the "organ grinding nuisance".
In 1897 the Earl of Crawford described James as "whip of the advanced radicals, epicure, flatfooted and Ishmaelite".
He died in 1909 aged 57.
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