Background
The son of Thomas Wallace, of Asholme, Northumberland, attorney-at-law, Wallace was called to the Bar in 1757.
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James Wallace
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Career
In 1778, he was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales and in 1780 Attorney General. He died in 1783 and was buried in Exeter Cathedral. On 8 January 1767 Wallace married Elizabeth, only daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Simpson, Esquire, of Carleton Hall, Cumberland, and they had two children, Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, and Elizabeth (1770–1792), who died unmarried.
Membership
13th Parliament of Great Britain. 14th Parliament of Great Britain]
In 1770, he was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Horsham in Sussex.
