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in which Dilke was accused of adultery with his brother's wife's sister. James and Russell, with disastrous consequences, advised Dilke not to go into the witness box saying there was insufficient evidence to convict him. The judge agreed, but decided Mrs Crawford's confession was sufficient to award
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Lord James of Hereford died unmarried in August 1911, aged 82. By his mistress Alice, whom he refused to marry, daughter of Robert Hardwicke (d.1874) of London, he left a daughter Alice Henland (1868–1936), who married Lt. Col. George Talbot Lake Denniss, Royal Wilts. Regt. The barony became extinct
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her husband a divorce, resulting in an apparently contradictory verdict: that she had committed adultery with Dilke, but he had not with her! Their advice has been called "some of the worst professional advice that any man can ever have received". At a second hearing instigated by the
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in 1886, but he declined it and the knowledge of the sacrifice he had made in refusing to follow his old chief in his new departure lent great weight to his advocacy of the Unionist cause in the country. He was one of the leading counsel for
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in 1880 James resumed this office. He was responsible for introducing the Corrupt Practices Act 1883 and guiding it through parliament. In 1885 he was sworn of the
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by Gladstone, a post he held until the government fell the following year. He received the customary
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is in the National Portrait Gallery. Lord James (Sir Henry James at the time) was also president of
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during the 1890s, during which time a championship trophy was awarded in his honour.
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between 1873 and 1874 and 1880 and 1885. However, he broke with Gladstone over
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heard in March 1869. He held the seat until 1885, when he was returned for
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contributions in Parliament by Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
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thepeerage.com Henry James, 1st and last Baron James of Hereford
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at the time of his promotion. When Gladstone returned as
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Unionists. On 11 August 1902, he was appointed to the
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Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
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Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies
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Portraits of Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
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In 1895 he was raised to the peerage as 1002: 780:James of Hereford, Henry James, 1st Baron 1437:Solicitors general for England and Wales 1066:Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford 1017: 964: 944: 924: 891: 851: 774: 527: 414:Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford 1432:Attorneys general for England and Wales 1011:The Golfing Annual 1892-1893, Volume VI 871: 831: 669:Attorney General to the Prince of Wales 632:in the Crawford divorce case alongside 14: 1354: 1026:The Golfing Annual 1892-1893, Volume V 1023: 1008: 1462:Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster 1387:People educated at Cheltenham College 757: 695:movement, adhering to the section of 272:4 July 1895 – 11 August 1902 1306:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 755: 753: 751: 749: 747: 745: 743: 741: 739: 737: 689:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 470:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 260:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 24: 1028:. London: Horace Cox. p. 138. 1013:. London: Horace Cox. p. 129. 550:on 16 January 1852. He joined the 532:Sir Henry James, MP, "Nervous" by 444:lawyer and statesman. Initially a 25: 1473: 1077:National Portrait Gallery, London 1054: 1024:Duncan, Scott David, ed. (1892). 1009:Duncan, Scott David, ed. (1893). 861:. 16 December 1873. p. 5936. 734: 601:In September 1873 James was made 212:3 May 1880 – 9 June 1885 1427:UK MPs who were granted peerages 1102:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1059: 881:. 19 December 1873. p. 849. 762: 706: 703:as a Knight Grand Cross (GCVO). 652:. 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From 1895 to 1902 he was 140:Sir William Vernon Harcourt 68:Lord James of Hereford, by 10: 1478: 542:James was admitted to the 538:, Vanity Fair 7 March 1874 524:Legal and political career 41:The Lord James of Hereford 1334: 1329: 1322: 1312: 1303: 1295: 1290: 1280: 1271: 1263: 1253: 1244: 1236: 1226: 1217: 1209: 1204: 1194: 1175: 1167: 1153: 1138:Alexander Charles Barclay 1119: 1111:Alexander Charles Barclay 1107: 1100: 818:Williamson, J.B. 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Index

Lord James of Hereford
The Right Honourable
GCVO
PC
KC

Bassano
Solicitor-General
Victoria
William Ewart Gladstone
Sir George Jessel
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Attorney-General
Sir John Coleridge
Sir John Burgess Karslake
Sir John Holker
Sir Richard Webster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Edward VII
The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
The Viscount Cross
Sir William Walrond, Bt
British
Liberal
Liberal Unionist
Alma mater
Cheltenham College
GCVO
PC

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