James Farquharson Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant, (13 February 1862 – 30 January 1933
), known as Sir James Remnant, 1st Baronet, from 1917 to 1928, was a British
Conservative politician.
Biography
Remnant was the son of Frederick William Remnant of
Southwold,
Suffolk
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. He was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
, established = (Royal Charter)
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school
, religion = Church of E ...
and at
Magdalen College, Oxford
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(1880–83), and was
called to the Bar
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at
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1886. From 1892 to 1901 he represented Holborn in the
London County Council
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as a
Moderate, and was chairman of the Theatres Committee of the council.
He was elected unopposed to the
House of Commons at a
by-election in March 1900 as the
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Holborn
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The area has its roots ...
, a seat he held until 1928.
He never held ministerial office but was a member of the Select Committee on Taxation of Land Value (Scotland) in 1904, of the Royal Commission on Canals and Inland Navigation from 1906 to 1910, of the Select Committee on Police Day of Rest from 1908 to 1909, of the
Home Office Committee on Conditions and Pay of Police in 1919 and of the Rating Machinery Committee in 1924. Remnant was created a Baronet, of
Wenhaston
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History
Roman coins, pottery and building materials unearthed in local fields indicate the existenc ...
in the
County of Suffolk
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, in July 1917 and following his retirement from the House of Commons, on 26 June 1928 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk.
Remnant married in 1892 Frances Emily Gosling, daughter of Robert Gosling.
He died in January 1933, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son
Robert
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. Lady Remnant died in 1944.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
External links
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1862 births
1933 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1900–1906
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