About James Marshall Moorsom
Lived 1837 – 1918 (aged 80). James Marshall Moorsom was a British politician.
James Marshall Moorsom (16 November 1837 – 26 March 1918) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Son of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom and grandson of Admiral Robert Moorsom, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Trafalgar, he was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Henry Whatley Tyler.
Moorsom served only three years in the House of Commons, until his defeat at the 1895 general election.
Moorsom was father of Raisley Stewart Moorsom, whose daughter Sasha married the sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington; their son is the journalist Toby Young.
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British politician (1837–1918)
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James Marshall Moorsom was born on 16 November 1837.
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James Marshall Moorsom died on 26 March 1918.
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