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James Goodson

James Goodson

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For the United States Army Air Force fighter ace, see James A. Goodson.

James Goodson (1818 – 14 May 1895)[1][2] was a British Conservative Party politician and railways director.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, Preceded by ...

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.[3][4][1]

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.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr James Goodson
  2. [2]
    "Obituary". London Evening Standard. 17 May 1895. Retrieved 19 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. [3]
    Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. [4]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  5. [5]
    Chandler, Roy A; Edwards, John Richard, eds. (2013). British Audit Practice 1884-1900 (RLE Accounting): A Case Law Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 9781134664184. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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