Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

John Charles Horsey James

Parliamentary Service

House

MLC

Party

Date Elected

9 June 1887

Electorate

Nominated

Service

Electorates

Nominated MLC 9 June 1887–4 January 1888

Private Member's Bills

Year Retired/Resigned

1888

Personal Information

Birth date

30 January 1841

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Death date

3 February 1899

Cause of death

Place of death

Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Church of England Cemetery

Arrived in WA

Arrived WA July 1875

Parents

Son of Reverend JH James, rector of Avington, Berkshire, England, and Theodosia Mary Tennant

Marriage and Family

Married 16 September 1885, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Rebecca Catherine Clifton, (born 13 October 1852 and died 4 May 1901), daughter of Charles Hippuff, Registrar-General, and Maria Glynn Children: four sons and three daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Educated Rugby, 1854–1860
Exeter College, Oxford, 1860–1864

Occupation

Public servant

Employment History

Barrister (Inner Temple) 1866
Practised on Oxford circuit
Commissioner of Land Titles 1875(6)–1899
Master and Registrar of the Supreme Court and Registrar in Bankruptcy
Acting Police Magistrate, Perth and Resident Magistrate, Guildford from September 1887 for a time and again circa 1897–1898
Acting Puisne Judge, February 1898–January 1899

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Revised WA statutes, edited consolidated version 1896
Keen versifier and actor also yachtsman and cricketer, president Western Australian Cricket Association 1884–1899
President Swan River Mechanics Institute 1887
Steward Western Australian Turf Club 1887–1897

References

Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966-.
D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 15.
Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
J Foster, Alumni Oxoniensis, series 2 (1716–1886), I, 741
Russell, Enid. A history of the law in Western Australia and its development from 1829 to 1979, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, p. 205 and 268–269.
West Australian,4 February 1899.

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