Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet

For other persons named James Rankin, see James Rankin (disambiguation).

Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet (25 December 1842 – 17 April 1915) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Leominster from 1880 to 1885, and from 1886 until the general election of 1906, losing the seat by only 28 votes to the Liberal candidate. He regained the seat in January 1910 and resigned in March 1912.

He was made a Baronet on 20 June 1898, of Bryngwyn, Herefordshire.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Blake	Member of Parliament for Leominster 1880–1885	Succeeded by Thomas Duckham
Preceded by Thomas Duckham	Member of Parliament for Leominster 1886–1906	Succeeded by Edmund George Lamb
Preceded by Edmund George Lamb	Member of Parliament for Leominster Jan. 1910–1912	Succeeded by Henry FitzHerbert Wright
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new creation)	Baronet (of Bryngwyn, Hereford) 1898–1915	Succeeded by Reginald Rankin

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