Men-at-the-Bar/James, Henry

by Joseph Foster

James, Sir Henry, Q.C., M.P., attorney-general 1873–4 and since 1880, president (ex-officio) of Bar Committee since Jan., 1884, member (ex-officio) of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, "postman" in the court of exchequer 1867–9, solicitor-general Sept. to Nov., 1873, M.P. Taunton since 1869, educated at Cheltenham Coll. and member of council, knighted 12 Dec., 1873, a student of the Middle Temple 12 Jan., 1849, lecturer's prizeman 1850–1, called to the bar 16 Jan., 1852, Q.C. 23 June, 1869, bencher 27 Jan., 1870 (youngest son of Philip Turner James, of Hereford, surgeon); born 30 Oct., 1828.

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