UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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James Emerson

Born: 7 April 1804

Died: 6 March 1869

1st Baronet - 14 February 1867

Knighted - 1845

son of William Emerson

son of Sarah Arbuthnot

husband of Letitia Tennent

Belfast Royal Academy

Trinity College, Dublin

Lincoln's Inn (1831 -)

Secretary to the Board of Control	1841
Parliamentary Secretary, Poor Law Board	1852
Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade	1852	1867

21 December 1832	Belfast	Whig	723	50.92
17 January 1835	Belfast	Conservative Party	773	54.94
5 August 1837	Belfast	Conservative Party	901	49.07
8 March 1838 Petition - James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast were unseated, and James Tennent and George Dunbar were declared elected.
10 July 1841	Belfast	Conservative Party	927	53.03
1 August 1842 Petition - James Tennent and William Johnson were unseated and a new writ was issued.
19 August 1842	Belfast	Conservative Party	859	76.49
5 January 1852	Lisburn	Conservative Party	Unopposed
10 July 1852	Lisburn	Conservative Party	Unopposed
22 November 1852 Resignation of Sir James Tennent.