Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet
Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet,
Bourne was the son of Peter Bourne of Hackinsall, Lancashire, and Heathfield, Liverpool, and his wife Margaret Drinkwater, daughter of James Drinkwater of Bent, Lancashire. He was educated at
Bourne stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Wexford Borough in 1841. At the 1865 general election Bourne was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Evesham. He held the seat until 1880.[1]
He was made a baronet, of Hackinsall Hall, in the parish of Stalmine, and of Heathfield, in the parish of Childwell, both in the County Palatine of Lancaster, on 10 May 1880.[3] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1881 Birthday Honours.[4]
In 1841, Bourne married Sarah Harriet Dyson, daughter of Thomas Fournis Dyson of Willow Hall, Yorkshire, and of Everton, near Liverpool. They had children. He died at the age of 69, at his home of Heathfield House in Wavertree near Liverpool, and his son succeeded him briefly in the baronetcy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary". The Times. 15 March 1882. p. 8.
- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
- ^ "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2786.
- ^ "No. 24976". The London Gazette. 24 May 1881. p. 2674.
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