James Losh

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James Losh (1763 - 1833) was an eminent lawyer, reformer and unitarian in Newcastle upon Tyne and later a court recorder.

He was the first chairman of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and the vice President of the The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1799 to 1833.

He kept a diary between the years 1796-1815.

[edit] Sources

• The Worthies of Cumberland, Henry Lonsdale, published by George Routledge & sons, 1873
• William Wordsworth: The Critical Heritage, Robert Woof, published by Routledge, 2001
• The Diaries and Correspondence of James Losh. Diary, 1811-1823, published for the Society by Andrews & Co, 1962
• http://www.microform.co.uk/academic/itemdetails.php?ref=%20R00576
• http://www.seaham.i12.com/myers/m-losh.html
• http://www.litandphil.org.uk/html_pages/LP_history.html