James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910) was an English landowner and Liberal Party politician. Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887. In 1895, he unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe, holding the seat until his death in April 1910.

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  • James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910) was an English landowner and Liberal Party politician. Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887. In 1895, he unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe, holding the seat until his death in April 1910. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cheshire in 1901, became Second Church Estates Commissioner in 1907, and member of the Privy Council in November 1909. In 1871 Tomkinson married Emily Frances Palmer, a daughter of Sir George Palmer, 3rd Baronet and his wife Emily Elizabeth Holford. Their children were: Charles William Tomkinson (1877–1939) James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson (1879–1961) Jane Lindsay Tomkinson, who in 1935 married Herbert Ingram, later Sir Herbert Ingram (1912–1980) Henry Archdale Tomkinson (1881–1937), manager of the royal Racing and Breeding Studs
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  • James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910) was an English landowner and Liberal Party politician. Born in 1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1887. In 1895, he unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe, holding the seat until his death in April 1910.
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