James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant

James Farquharson Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant, (13 February 1862 – 30 January 1933 ), known as Sir James Remnant, 1st Baronet, from 1917 to 1928, was a British Conservative politician.

Biography Remnant was the son of Frederick William Remnant of Southwold, Suffolk. He was educated at Harrow School and at Magdalen College, Oxford (1880–83), and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1886. From 1892 to 1901 he represented Holborn in the London County Council as a Moderate, and was chairman of the Theatres Committee of the council.

He was elected unopposed to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1900 as the member of parliament (MP) for Holborn, a seat he held until 1928. and following his retirement from the House of Commons, on 26 June 1928 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk.

Remnant married in 1892 Frances Emily Gosling, daughter of Robert Gosling. He died in January 1933, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Robert. Lady Remnant died in 1944.