Sir James Walker, 2nd Baronet

Sir James Robert Walker, 2nd Baronet JP, DL (19 October 1829 – 12 June 1899)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

He was the son of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet[2] and his first wife Mary Denison.[3] Walker was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1851 and a Master of Arts in 1860.[4] In 1883, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1]

Walker, who sometime served with the Yorkshire Hussars,[5] was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley between 1860 and 1865[6] and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1888.[4] 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.[4]

On 23 June 1863, Walker married Louisa Susan Marlborough Heron-Maxwell, third daughter of Captain Sir John Heron-Maxwell, 6th Baronet at St James's Church, Piccadilly.[7] They had nine children.[3] Walker was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son James Heron.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  2. Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, Volume 4
  3. 1 2 "The National Archives". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Debrett, John (1893). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage. London: Oldhams Press. p. 556.
  5. 1 2 "ThePeerage - Sir James Robert Walker, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  6. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Beverley". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  7. Sylvanus, Urban (1863). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Henry and James Parker. p. 101.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Edwards
Ralph Walters
Member of Parliament for Beverley
1860 1865
With: Henry Edwards
Succeeded by
Henry Edwards
Christopher Sykes
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Walker
Baronet
(of Sand Hutton)
1883 1899
Succeeded by
James Heron Walker


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