James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey (4 April 1846 – 21 November 1936) was a coal mining

Coal mining

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 magnate from Durham

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 and a British

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 Liberal Party

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 politician.

He was elected as Member of Parliament

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 for Chester-le-Street

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 at the 1885 general election

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, and held the seat until the 1906 election

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. He was created a Baronet in 1893 and then elevated to the peerage as Baron Joicey

Baron Joicey

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 in 1906.

He was Chairman of the family mining company James Joicey & Co Limited, (founded by his uncle James Joicey in about 1831 and incorporated in 1886), which operated several collieries in the West Durham coalfield including pits at Beamish

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 and Tanfield

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.

From 1887 his seat was Longhirst Hall near Morpeth, Northumberland. In 1906 he bought the Ford Castle

Ford Castle

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 estate, Ford, Northumberland

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  and in 1908 the Etal Castle

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estate, Etal

Etal

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, Northumberland

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, both of which remain in the ownership of the Joicey family.

He was succeeded by his son James.
The current James Joicey is the 5th Baron of Chester-le-Street, and the Heir Apparent is his son, The Hon, William James Joicey (b. 1990)

Baron Joiceys in choronological order

• James Joicey (1846 - 1936)
• James Arthur Joicey (1880 - 1940)
• Hugh Edward Joicey (1881 - 1966)
• Michael Edward Joicey (1925 - 1993)
• James Michael Joicey (1953 - )

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