The James Baronetcy, of Park Farm Place in

Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Elt ...

in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 August 1778 for the naval commander

William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ...

. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1792.

James baronets, of Park Farm Place, Eltham (1778)

Sir William James, 1st Baronet Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet (5 September 1721 – 16 December 1783) was a Welsh naval officer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons representing West Looe from 1774 to 1783. James is best known for his career ...

(c. 1721–1783) *Sir Edward William James, 2nd Baronet (c. 1774–1792)

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{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain 1778 establishments in England