James Goodson Explained

James Goodson
Office:Member of Parliament
for Great Yarmouth
Term Start:11 July 1865
Term End:11 November 1868
Alongside:Edmund Lacon
Predecessor:Edmund Lacon
Henry Stracey
Successor:Constituency disenfranchised
Birth Date:1818
Death Date:14 May 1895
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

James Goodson (1818 – 14 May 1895)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician and railways director.

Goodson was elected Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth at the 1865 general election and held the seat until 1868 until it was disenfranchised under the Reform Act 1867 for corruption.[2]

Between 1863 and 1866, Goodson was a chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company, and in February 1879, he became director of the Milford Docks Company.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary. 17 May 1895. London Evening Standard. 19 June 2019. British Newspaper Archive. subscription.
  2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book.
  3. Book: Chandler. Roy A. Edwards. John Richard. British Audit Practice 1884-1900 (RLE Accounting): A Case Law Perspective. 2013. Routledge. 9781134664184. 25 March 2018.