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Walter Henry James, 2nd Baron Northbourne (25 March 1846 – 27 January 1923), was a British peer and Liberal politician.〔Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors) (1990) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'', New York: St Martin's Press〕 James was the son of Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne. He attended Oxford University, and won a blue at tennis in 1868. He won his doubles match, but lost the singles to Cambridge University's Arthur Kinnaird. He was elected to the House of Commons for Gateshead in 1874, a seat he held until 1893 when he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. Lord Northbourne married Edith Emeline Mary, daughter of John Newton Lane, in 1868. Their second son the Hon. Cuthbert James was a Conservative politician. Northbourne died in January 1923, aged 76, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Walter. Lady Northbourne died in 1929. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter James, 2nd Baron Northbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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