James Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington

Who was James Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington?

James Thomas Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington, known as Sir James Woodhouse, from 1895 to 1918, was an English Liberal politician.

Woodhouse was the son of James Woodhouse of Flamborough, Yorkshire. He served as Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1895 to 1906 and was also a Railway and Canal Traffic Commissioner from 1906 to 1921 and Chairman of the Losses under Defence of the Realm Commission from 1915 to 1921. He was knighted in 1895 and on 19 January 1918 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Terrington, of Huddersfield in the County of York.

Lord Terrington married Jessie, daughter of Walter James Reed, in 1876. They had two children: Harold and Horace. Lord Terrington died in February 1921, aged 68, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Harold. Lady Terrington died in 1942.