Frank James (MP)
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Frank James
He was the fifth son of John James of Walsall, Staffordshire. He was educated at Handsworth, near Birmingham and King's College London.[1]
By 1885 he was living at Aldridge, near Walsall and was proprietor of James's Foundry, Walsall and President of the Walsall Chamber of Commerce.[1] He was also chairman of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company and a director of the Staffordshire Joint Stock Banking Company.[1]
James was a
He had a very brief parliamentary career as
James was a prominent freemason. He joined St Matthew's Lodge, Walsall in 1844, and was Provincial Grand Secretary of Staffordshire Province from 1860 to 1865, and Deputy Provincial Master in 1873. At the time of his death he was believed to be the oldest and longest-serving mason in the world,[2] and possibly the first British member of parliament to have reached the age of 100.
James was twice married: to Ann Wells Ingram of Birmingham in 1844, and to Mary Holland in 1859.[1][2]
Frank James died at his home at Penkridge, Staffordshire in March 1924, aged 102.[2]
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