UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 October 1828

Died: 18 August 1911

1st Baron James of Hereford - 5 August 1895

Knighted - September 1873

Member of Privy Council - 1885

son of Frances Gertrude Bodenham

son of Philip Turner James

Cheltenham College

Inner Temple (- 1852)

Solicitor General	September 1873	November 1873
Attorney General	20 November 1873	17 February 1874
Attorney General	3 May 1880	9 June 1885
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	4 July 1895	8 August 1902

18 November 1868	Taunton	Liberal Party	890	59.65
8 March 1869 Petition - election of Edward Cox declared void. Henry James was declared duly elected after a scrutiny. Two petitions against Barclay were withdrawn. A subsequent petition was lodged against Henry James but the Court ruled that a petitioner who had been seated on petition could not afterwards be petitioned against.
September 1873 Resignation of Henry James on appointment as Solicitor-General.
14 October 1873	Taunton	Liberal Party	899	52.54
31 January 1874	Taunton	Liberal Party	Unopposed
31 March 1880	Taunton	Liberal Party	1,000	49.70
3 May 1880 Resignation of Sir Henry James on appointment as Attorney-General.
8 May 1880	Taunton	Liberal Party	Unopposed
25 November 1885	Bury	Liberal Party	3,976	51.22
1 July 1886	Bury	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed
6 July 1892	Bury	Liberal Unionist Party	4,070	55.67