JAMES, John (2 son of John James of Redbrook Newland, Gloucs.) b. 1806; ed. at Queen’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; R. of Rawmarsh, Yorkshire 1831–43; V. of Pinhoe, Devon 1844; P.C. of Tor-Mohun and Cockington, Devon 1844–8; V. of Headington Quarry, Oxf. 1851–3; R. of Avington near Hungerford 1853–79; author of A comment upon the collects 1824,16 ed. 1866; Christian watchfulness in the prospect of sickness 1839, 2 ed. 1840; A harmonized summary of the four gospels 1853; The happy communicant 1849, 2 ed. 1883. d. Highfield, Lydney, Gloucs. 16 Dec. 1886.
JAMES, John Angell (eld. son of John James, draper, d. 1812). b. Salisbury st. Blandford, Dorset 6 June 1785; apprentice to a draper at Poole 1798; ed. at Gosport acad. 1802; pastor Carr’s lane chapel, Birmingham 11 Jany. 1805 to death, rebuilt the chapel at cost of £11,000, 1819 and erected six other chapels as offshoots of his congregation; chairman of board of education Spring Hill coll. (now Mansfield coll. Oxf.) 1838 to death; a projector of the Evangelical alliance May 1842; presented with £500 on jubilee of his pastorate 1855 which he made nucleus of a pastors’ retiring fund; D.D. of Glasgow univ.; D.D. of Princeton coll. New Jersey; author of The Sunday school teacher’s guide 1816; Christian charity explained or the influence of religion upon the temper 1828, many editions; The anxious enquirer after salvation 1834 many editions, translated into Welsh, Gaelic and Malagasy; Collected Works 17 vols. 1860–64. d. 283 Hagley road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1 Oct. 1859. G. Redford’s True greatness, A memoir (1860); R. W. Dale’s Life and letters of J. A. James 2 ed. (1861), portrait; Drawing room portrait gallery 3 ser. (1860), portrait; S. Couling’s History of temperance movement (1862) 312–14; R. K. Dent’s Birmingham (1880) 362, portrait.
JAMES, John Haddy (son of a merchant at Bristol). b. Exeter 6 July 1788; ed. at Exeter gram. sch.; apprentice to B. W. Johnson surgeon 1805, and to Mr. Patch 1806–8; studied at St. Bartholomew’s 1808–12; M.R.C.S. 1811, hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; assist. surgeon first life guards 27 Oct. 1812, placed on h.p. 30 July 1816; present at Waterloo and in garrison in France; surgeon Devon and Exeter hospital, Aug. 1816 to 1858; a general practitioner in Cathedral close, Exeter 1816 to death; president Exeter meeting of Provincial medical and surgical assoc. 1842; sheriff of Exeter 1826, mayor 1828; one of the few surgeons who tied the abdominal aorta for aneurism of the internal iliac; author of Observations on some of the general principles and treatment of inflammation 1821; Chloroform versus pain and paracentisis of the bladder above the pubes 1870. d. Southernhay, Exeter 17 March 1869. Register and Mag. of Biography, May 1869 pp. 402–404; Medical Times, i 369–71 (1869).
JAMES, John Hutchison (son of John James, Wesleyan minister, d. 1832). b. Macclesfield 1 Jany. 1816; Wesleyan M. minister in London 1839–42, 1854–7, 1871–7, in Sheffield 1860–2 and at many other places; D.D.; assist. tutor Hoxton coll. 1838–9; governor of Wesleyan coll. Sheffield 1862–8; sec. of conference 1870 and president 1871; author of A false witness unmasked 1847; A sermon on the Russian war 1854. d. suddenly at res. of Bickford Smith, M.P., Trevarno, Helston 26 Sep. 1891. I.L.N. lix 157, 158 (1871), portrait.
JAMES, Sir John Kingston, 1 Baronet (son of Francis James). b. 28 April 1784; a wine and West India merchant in Dublin; sheriff of Dublin 1812, alderman 25 June 1817 to 1840, lord mayor 1821–22 and 1840–41; knighted by marquess Wellesley 29 Dec. 1821; cr. a baronet 19 March 1823; a director of bank of Ireland to death; M.R.I.A. d. 9 Cavendish row, Rutland sq. Dublin 28 Jany. 1869. Reg. and mag. of biog., i 200 (1869).
JAMES, John Polglase. b. 1791; entered Madras army 1806; lieut. col. 45 Madras N.I. 1833; col. 32 Madras N.I. 3 Nov. 1844 to 1853; col. 20 Madras N.I. 1853 to death; commanded Hydrabad subsidiary force 11 Jany. 1848 to 26 Jany. 1852; brigadier general northern division 16 Feb. 1852 to death. d. George st. Devonport 5 July 1854.
JAMES, Maria. b. Wales 11 Oct. 1793; emigrated to U.S. of America 1803 when she learnt English; lived at domestic service in the Garrison family of Dutchess county, N.Y.; author of Wales and other poems. New York 1839. d. Rhinebeck, N.Y. 11 Sep. 1868. Appleton’s American Biog. iii 399 (1887); Griswold’s Female poets of America, Stoddard’s ed. (1874) pp. 66–8.
JAMES, Paul Moon. b. Exeter 1780; manager of Galton’s bank at Birmingham, afterwards a partner; manager of the Birmingham banking company 1829; managing director of Manchester and Salford bank 10 Mosley st. Manchester, Aug. 1836 to death; author of Poems 1821. d. Summerville, Pendleton 13 July 1854. R. W. Procter’s Memorials of bygone Manchester (1880) 12–20.
JAMES, Thomas (eld. son of rev. Thomas James, preb. of Worcester, d. 1804). b. 1781 or 1782; barrister G.I. 23 Nov. 1810, bencher 1834 to death; practised as conveyancer. d. 21 Burton crescent, London 5 Oct. 1853.
JAMES, Thomas (2 son of Thomas James of Croydon). b. Croydon, Feb. 1809; ed. at Eton, univ. of Glasgow and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; assist. master Charterhouse 1832; chap. to Bp. of Peterborough; V. of Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire 23 May 1838 to death; V. of Theddingworth, Leics. 1842 to death; hon. canon of Peterborough, Sep. 1852 to death; rural dean Dec. 1853 to death; author of Æsop’s Fables, a new version 1848, 3 ed. 1858; The history and antiquities of Northamptonshire 1864. d. Theddingworth 18 Oct. 1863.