Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne

British politician (1926-2019)

Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet, DL, FRICS (18 February 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a British farmer and aristocrat. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2018, and sat as a crossbencher.


The Lord Northbourne

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
5 November 1982 – 4 September 2018
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byWalter James, 4th Baron Northbourne
Succeeded byRupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
Personal details
Born
Christopher George Walter James

(1926-02-18)18 February 1926
Died8 September 2019(2019-09-08) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish
Children4
ParentsWalter James, 4th Baron Northbourne
OccupationFarmer, businessman, and peer

He died on 8 September 2019 at the age of 93.[1]

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