Sir James Reynolds, 1st Baronet
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Colonel Sir James Philip Reynolds, 1st Baronet DSO
(17 February 1865 – 12 December 1932) was an English
businessman and Conservative Party
politician.
Reynolds was born in Woolton
, Liverpool
and was educated at Ushaw College
and Fort Augustus Abbey
. He was a senior partner in the firm of Reynolds & Gibson, cotton brokers, of Liverpool. Commissioned into the 1/3rd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
(Territorial Force
), he commanded it in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order
(DSO) in 1917.
He was elected at the 1929 general election
as Member of Parliament
for Liverpool Exchange
, following the retirement of the Conservative MP Sir Leslie Scott
. He was re-elected in 1931
, and died in office in 1932, aged 67.
Reynolds was knighted
in the 1920 New Year Honours and created a Baronet
, of Woolton
in the County of Lancaster, in 1923. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire
for 1927.
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
(17 February 1865 – 12 December 1932) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
businessman and Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician.
Reynolds was born in Woolton
Woolton
Woolton is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located at the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Hunts Cross, Allerton and Halewood. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,836.-History:...
, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and was educated at Ushaw College
Ushaw College
Ushaw College was a Roman Catholic seminary near Durham, England that closed in 2011. Ushaw was the principal seminary in the north of England for the training of Catholic priests.-History:...
and Fort Augustus Abbey
Fort Augustus Abbey
Fort Augustus Abbey, properly St. Benedict's Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland, was a Benedictine monastery, from late in the nineteenth century to 1998.-History:...
. He was a senior partner in the firm of Reynolds & Gibson, cotton brokers, of Liverpool. Commissioned into the 1/3rd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Royal Field Artillery
The Royal Field Artillery of the British Army provided artillery support for the British Army. It came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery in 1924....
(Territorial Force
Territorial Force
The Territorial Force was the volunteer reserve component of the British Army from 1908 to 1920, when it became the Territorial Army.-Origins:...
), he commanded it in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
(DSO) in 1917.
He was elected at the 1929 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1929
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as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Liverpool Exchange
Liverpool Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool Exchange was a borough constituency within the city of Liverpool in England, centred around Liverpool Exchange railway station. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.The...
, following the retirement of the Conservative MP Sir Leslie Scott
Leslie Scott (UK politician)
Sir Leslie Frederic Scott, KC, PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a senior judge....
. He was re-elected in 1931
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
, and died in office in 1932, aged 67.
Reynolds was knighted
Knight Bachelor
The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in the 1920 New Year Honours and created a Baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
, of Woolton
Woolton
Woolton is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located at the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Hunts Cross, Allerton and Halewood. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,836.-History:...
in the County of Lancaster, in 1923. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire
High Sheriff of Lancashire
The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown, in England and Wales...
for 1927.