Sir James Robert Walker, 2nd Baronet, of

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JP, DL (19 October 1829 – 12 June 1899) was a British

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politician. He was the son of James Walker, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Denison. Walker was educated at

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and graduated with a

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in 1851 and a

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in 1860. In 1883, he succeeded his father as

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. Walker, who sometime served with the

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, was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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between 1860 and 1865 and

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in 1888. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and justice of the peace of the North Riding as well as a justice of the peace of the East Riding of Yorkshire. On 23 June 1863, Walker married Louisa Susan Marlborough Heron-Maxwell, third daughter of Captain Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 6th Baronet at

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. They had nine children. Walker was succeeded in the

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by his oldest son James Heron. In 1890 he bought

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, north of

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, from

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* 1829 births 1899 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Deputy lieutenants of the North Riding of Yorkshire High sheriffs of Yorkshire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 302 Yorkshire Hussars officers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub