James Barnett was an English banker and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1806 and 1820.

Barnett was the son of Charles Barnett and his wife Bridget Clayton, daughter of Alexander Clayton. He became a banker.

Barnett was elected as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MP) for Rochester

Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...

 at the 1806 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1806

The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....

 and held the seat until 1807

United Kingdom general election, 1807

The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....

, when he did not contest the election. He was re-elected for Rochester at a by-election on 27 June 1816 but his election was declared void on 26 February 1817 because the poll had been closed early. He was elected unopposed at the subsequent by-election which was held on 6 March 1817 and held the seat until 1820, when he didn't contest the that year's general election

United Kingdom general election, 1820

The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....

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Barnett died aged around 76. His wife was named Ann. His son Charles James Barnett

Charles James Barnett

Charles James Barnett was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1837 and a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1831 to 1835....

 was a cricketer and politician.

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