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, BA 1813, MA 1816. m. 26 Feb. 1818, Frances, da. of William Calton Rutson, 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
JP; Dep. Lt. sheriff Cumb. 1827 – 28.
Main residences: 15 Regent Street, London; Barrock Lodge, Lowe Hesket, Cumberland.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
