James Majendie
British politician
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James Henry Alexander Majendie (1871 – 12 January 1939)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
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In August 1897 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Essex.[2]
He was elected to the House of Commons at the general election in October 1900, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at a by-election in May 1900.[3]
In the 1901 Census of London Majendie is listed as a 29-year-old Member of Parliament living at 3, Queens Arms Gate, Westminster, London with his wife Beatrice and two sons.[4]
He did not contest the 1906 general election.[3]
In 1912 Majendie, described as a Gentleman of no occupation and living at Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham in Essex was declared bankrupt[5][6][7] In 1914 another Bankruptcy petition was raised against him by two money lenders.[8]
Majendie died in the Kerrier Registration district of Cornwall on 12 January 1939 aged 68.[9]
