Family and Education
b. 29 Mar. 1791, 1st. s. of William Evans James (d. 1795) of Clayton Square, Liverpool and Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Ashton of Woolton Hall, Lancs. educ. Eton 1808; Jesus, Camb. 4 July, migrated to Trinity Coll. 17 Nov. 1808. m. 26 Feb. 1816, Frances, da. of William Calton Rutson, cotton broker, of St. Anne’s Street, Liverpool and Allerton Priory, Lancs., 10s. (6 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. grandfa. William James to Clifton Hill Plantation, Saint Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica 1798. d. 4 May 1861.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Cumb. 1827–8.
Main residence: Barrock Lodge, Lower Heskett, Cumb.
Notes
Dates of death for William James (1735-98) and this Member are taken from H.E.M. and W.A. James, Peds. James of Culgarth (1913) and correct those given in Burke LG (1886).
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
JAMES, William (1791-1861)
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Estates
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