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John Charles Horsey James
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Birth | | Date: 30 January 1841
Place: Rome, Italy |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived WA July 1875 |
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Parents | | Son of Reverend JH James, rector of Avington, Berkshire, England, and Theodosia Mary Tennant |
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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 |
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Death | | Date: 3 February 1899
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Church of England Cemetery
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Educated Rugby, 1854–1860
Exeter College, Oxford, 1860–1864 |
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Occupation | | Public servant |
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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 |
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House | | MLC |
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Date Elected | | 9 June 1887 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by John James |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1888 |
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Electorate | | Nominated |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- Nominated MLC 9 June 1887–4 January 1888
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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 |
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Qualifications | | Legal qualification |
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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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