Paul Moon James (1780–1854) was a successful English banker, who worked in partnership with
Samuel Galton Jr. in Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. Later other members of the Galton family joined the firm, but by the early 1830s Galton & James had been absorbed by another bank. James was also a poet, and lawyer, who also served for a time as
magistrate
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of
Worcestershire
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and later as
High Bailiff
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of
Birmingham
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, England.
James was a private banker for twenty-three years before being hired to manage the
Birmingham
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Banking Company. It was at that time that he became High Bailiff of Birmingham as well. He later became managing director of the
Manchester
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and Salford Joint Stock Bank. One historian noted:
As a poet, James is considered to have made a minor contribution, but it was enough to merit notice:
He was a
Quaker
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. He married Olivia Lloyd, second daughter of
Charles Lloyd. He died at
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,
Lancashire
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.
The Gentleman's Magazine
volume XLII (1854), p. 314
Notes
External links
WorldCat page
1780 births
1854 deaths
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
19th-century British businesspeople
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