Background
Remnant was the son of Frederick William Remnant of Southwold, Suffolk.
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James Farquharson Remnant
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He was educated at Harrow School and at Magdalen College, Oxford (1880-1883).
Career
Remnant was created a Baronet, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk, in July 1917 and following his retirement from the House of Commons, on 26 June 1928 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Remnant, of Wenhaston in the County of Suffolk. Lord Remnant married Frances Emily, daughter of Robert Gosling, in 1892. Lady Remnant died in 1944.
Membership
27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 33rd United Kingdom Parliament.
34th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1900 as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Holborn, a seat he held until 1928. He never held ministerial office but was a member of the Select Committee on Taxation of Land Value (Scotland) in 1904, of the Royal Commission on Canals and Inland Navigation from 1906 to 1910, of the Select Committee on Police Day of Rest from 1908 to 1909, of the Home Office Committee on Conditions and Pay of Police in 1919 and of the Rating Machinery Committee in 1924.
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Political Party
Conservative Party