Background
KENT, James M. was born in 1872 in Newfoundland. 7/1. 1905, Annie, daughter of W. P. Walsh.
KENT, James M. was born in 1872 in Newfoundland. 7/1. 1905, Annie, daughter of W. P. Walsh.
Tullabeg; Clongowes; Bachelor of Arts Royal University of Ireland. Solicitor, Newfoundland, 1893.
Called to Bar, 1SW4; entered Newfoundland Parliament, 1904. Minister of Justice, 1907. Represented the Colony as special delegate at the negotiations at Washington, District of Columbia (United States.), 1909, wffiich resulted in the agreement between United States and Great Britain embodying the submission of outstanding questions relating to North Atlantic Fisheries to the Hague Tribunal for adjudication.
King’s Counsel, 1904.