James Knox (British politician)

John James Knox (3 April 1790 – 9 July 1856) was an Irish Tory politician from an aristocratic family based near Dungannon in County Tyrone. After a career as an officer in the British Army, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the 1830s as the Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Dungannon.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Hon. Thomas Knox
    Member of Parliament for Dungannon
    1830–1837
    Succeeded by
    Thomas Knox
    as Viscount Northland


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