James Tomkinson

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James Tomkinson MP, circa 1910

James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910)[1] was an English landowner and Liberal Party politician.

Tomkinson at the House of Commons Steeplechase in a photograph taken shortly before his death from a fall.

Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887.[2] In 1895, he unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals[3] but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe, holding the seat until his death in April 1910.[4] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cheshire in 1901,[5] became Second Church Estates Commissioner in 1907, and member of the Privy Council in November 1909.[6][7][8]

In 1871 Tomkinson married Emily Frances Palmer, a daughter of Sir George Palmer, 3rd Baronet and his wife Emily Elizabeth Holford.[6]

Tomkinson died 10 April 1910 from injuries sustained in a fall while participating in the House of Commons Steeplechase.[9]

Descendants

  • Charles William Tomkinson (1877–1939)[6]
  • James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson (1879–1961)[6]
  • Jane Lindsay Tomkinson, who in 1935 married Herbert Ingram, later Sir Herbert Ingram (1912–1980)[10]
  • Henry Archdale Tomkinson (1881–1937) (Brigadier Tomkinson), manager of the royal Racing and Breeding Studs[11]

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25680. p. 1222. 8 March 1887. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  3. ↑ Tomkinson of Willington Hall collection at catalogue details from The National Archives for records held by the Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service, accessed 29 August 2008
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 231 His agent was Thomas Darling, grandfather of George Darling, later Labour-Coop MP for Sheffield Hillsborough. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27392. p. 9176. 31 December 1901.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Rt. Hon. James Tomkinson at thepeerage.com, accessed 29 August 2008
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28006. p. 2002. 22 March 1907. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28311. p. 8661. 23 November 1909. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  9. ↑ Staff (May 1910). "The late Mr. James Tomkinson, M.P.". Baily's Magazine. XCIII: 389–392. 
  10. ↑ 'INGRAM, Sir Herbert, 3rd Bt cr. 1893', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2007) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 30 August 2008
  11. ↑ 'TOMKINSON, Brigadier Henry Archdale', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2007) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 30 August 2008

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Ward		 Member of Parliament for Crewe
1900 – 1910 		Succeeded by
Walter McLaren
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Francis Dicken Brocklehurst		 High Sheriff of Cheshire
1887 		Succeeded by
Baron William Henry Von Schröder
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