James Redfoord Bulwer

James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer MA, QC, JP (22 May 1820 – 4 March 1899) was an English lawyer and a Member of the British Parliament.[1] He was also a cricketer, and played seven first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1841 and 1845.[2]

James Bulwer
Personal information
Full nameJames Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer
Born(1820-05-22)22 May 1820
Dublin, Ireland
Died4 March 1899(1899-03-04) (aged 78)
Temple, London
Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2017

Bulwer was an MP supporting the Conservative Party: he represented Ipswich during the period of the Disraeli government from 1874 to 1880,[3] and Cambridgeshire from 1881 to 1885.[4]

References

  1. J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: James Bulwer". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 445. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "James Bulwer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 163. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. Craig, op. cit., page 358
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Wyndham West and
Sir Hugh Adair, Bt.
Member of Parliament for Ipswich
18741880
With: John Cobbold
Thomas Cobbold from 1876
Succeeded by
Thomas Cobbold and
Jesse Collings
Preceded by
Benjamin Rodwell and
Sir Henry Brand and
Edward Hicks
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
18811885
With: Edward Hicks
Sir Henry Brand to 1884
Arthur Thornhill from 1884
Constituency abolished


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