About James Hastings Duncan
Lived 1855 – 1928 (aged 72–73). James Hastings Duncan was a British politician.
Sir James Hastings Duncan (1 March 1855 – 31 July 1928) was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Otley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, regaining a seat which had been held by Liberals from 1885 until a narrow Conservative victory in 1895.
Duncan held the seat until the constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1918 general election,
He was knighted in 1914.
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Who was James Hastings Duncan?
British politician (1855-1928)
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James Hastings Duncan was born in 1855.
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James Hastings Duncan died on 31 July 1928.
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James Hastings Duncan was a politician.
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