Frederick Ernest James

Sir Frederick Ernest James OBE (10 September 1891 – 18 January 1971) was a British colonial administrator, businessman and Liberal Party politician.[1]

Background

James was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the son of Rev. George Howard James of Letchworth, and his wife, Agnes Mary Blomfield.[2] In 1919, he married Eleanor May Thackrah CBE. They had no children. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Léopold I and the OBE in 1919 and was knighted in 1941.[3]

Career

James served in the European War from 1914–18. He was General Secretary of the YMCA in Calcutta India from 1920–28. He was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1924–28. From 1928–41 he was political adviser to British interests in South India. He was a member of the All India Legislative Assembly from 1932–45.[4] He was Liberal candidate for the new Sudbury & Woodbridge division of Suffolk at the 1950 General Election and came third;

General Election 1950: Sudbury and Woodbridge[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hon. John Hugh Hare 23,599 48.3 N/A
Labour Roland Hamilton 19,062 39.0 N/A
Liberal Sir Frederick Ernest James 6,219 12.7 N/A
Majority 4,537 9.3 N/A
Turnout 84.5 N/A
Conservative win

He did not stand for parliament again.[6]

gollark: Trump doesn't even cover it up.
gollark: > Earning tons of money through a job that indirectly exploits developing nations and then donating some part of that money to a charity that helps developing nations is probably a net negative for these nations.How do most jobs go around exploiting developing nations? Also, IIRC the figures are something like one life saved per few hundred/thousand $, so I doubt it.
gollark: There seem to be lots of "elites" who are basically *fine*, except you don't hear about them because people only go on about "SOME ELITES DID BAD THINGS".
gollark: > In capitalism, being selfish and ruthless tends to give you more profit and thus economical power. That's why most of the elite are bad, while so many of the poor have good hearts. Though the pressure to survive also ruins and corrupts the poor.Have you never heard of positive-sum stuff? Have you actually *checked* this in any way or are you just pulling in a bunch of stereotypes?
gollark: Newtonian ethics and all.

References
  1. "Obituary: Sir Frederick James". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 19 January 1971. p. 14.
  2. 1901 England Census
  3. "JAMES, Sir Frederick Ernest", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014, accessed 31 December 2014
  4. The Times House of Commons 1950
  5. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  6. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
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