James Wallace (politician)
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James Wallace (1729–1783) was an English barrister, Member of Parliament, Solicitor General and Attorney General.
Life
The son of Thomas Wallace, of Asholme, Northumberland, attorney-at-law, Wallace was called to the Bar in 1757. In 1770, he was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Horsham in Sussex. In 1778, he was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales and in 1780 Attorney General. He died in 1783 and was buried in Exeter Cathedral.[1]
On 8 January 1767 Wallace married Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson, Esquire, of Carleton Hall, Cumberland, and they had two children, Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, and Elizabeth (1770–1792), who died unmarried.[1]
References
Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by
James Grenville
Robert Pratt |
Member of Parliament for Horsham 1770–1783 With: Robert Pratt 1770–1774 Jeremiah Dyson 1774–1776 The Earl of Drogheda 1776–1780 Viscount Lewisham 1780 George Osborn 1780–1783 |
Succeeded by James Crauford George Osborn |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Solicitor General for England and Wales 1778–1780 |
Succeeded by James Mansfield |
Preceded by | Attorney General for England and Wales 1780–1782 |
Succeeded by Lloyd Kenyon |
Preceded by | Attorney General for England and Wales 1783 |
Succeeded by John Lee |