James Kenyon (1846 – 25 February 1924)[1] was an English woollen manufacturer[2] and Conservative Party politician from Bury in Lancashire.
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Kenyon was the second son of James Kenyon and his first wife Margaret (née Whittaker) of Crimble, near Heywood in Lancashire.[2] He was educated at Bury Grammar School and at Liverpool Collegiate Institution.
He was a prosperous woollen manufacturer with a large factory in Bury. He became a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Lancashire, a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, and was chairman of the Liverpool Storage Company.[2] His residence was listed in 1901 as Walshaw Hall, Bury,[2] which later became a residential care home.[3]
In 1875 he had married a German born Elise Genth, a classically trained musician from Burnage.[2] They had four sons who assisted in running the business: James died from illness as a reult of WWI, Charles became a successful actor/manager in London and Myles played cricket for Lancashire.
He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for borough of Bury,[4] having stood unsuccessfully in nearby Heywood at the 1885 election.[5]
He was re-elected in Bury in 1900,[4] but resigned his seat in the House of Commons two years later, by the procedural device of becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 29 April 1902.[6]
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| Preceded by Henry James |
Member of Parliament for Bury 1895 – 1902 |
Succeeded by Sir George Toulmin |