Lord James of Hereford, who died of heart failure at
Epsom in his eighty-third year, had won distinction as an advocate and subsequently as a law officer in two Liberal administra- tions before the crisis of his career was reached in 1886. He then proved his disinterested patriotism by refusing the offer of the Lord Chancellorship from Mr. Gladstone in order to fight the cause of the Union along with the other great Liberal Unionist leaders of whom Mr. Chamberlain is now the sole survivor. A weighty and persuasive speaker, he rendered invaluable services in this great campaign, and was equally convincing at a later date in combating the fallacies of Tariff Reform. His keen intellect remained unimpaired to the close of his life, and he was frequently in request of late years as arbitrator in important disputes.
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