Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet

Sir James Knott, 1st Baronet (31 Jan 1855 – 8 Jun 1934)[1] was a shipping magnate and Conservative Party politician in the north-east of England.

He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1906 general election in the Tyneside division of Northumberland.[2] At the January 1910 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the two-seat constituency of Sunderland,[3] along with Samuel Storey (who had been MP for the constituency from 1881 to 1895). Storey was an "Independent Tariff Reform" candidate (i.e. opposed to Free Trade), but his candidacy had the full support of the local Conservative association and his return of election expenses was made jointly with Knott,, who was the official Conservative candidate.[3] They both stood down because of ill-health at the general election in December 1910.

He was made a baronet in 1917, of Close House, Northumberland.[4]

Several institutions in the north-east of England are named after him.

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 363. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  3. ^ a b Craig, op. cit., page 197
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages: K

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Summerbell
James Stuart		 Member of Parliament for Sunderland
January 1910 – December 1910
With: Samuel Storey		 Succeeded by
Frank Walter Goldstone
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Close House, Northumberland)
1917 – 1934		 Succeeded by
Thomas Garbutt Knott