Archibald William Henry James

Wing Commander Sir Archibald William Henry James MC (September 1893 – 5 May 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician and Air Force pioneer.

Born in Paddington, London, the son of H A James of Hurstmonceux Place, East Sussex, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

He married twice, to Bridget Guthrie (1919) with whom he had one son David and one daughter, and to Eugenia Stirling (1940) with whom he had two sons.

From 1914-1926 he served with the 3rd Hussars, the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF, rising to the rank of Wing Commander.

At the 1929 General Election, he stood as the Unionist candidate in the marginal constituency of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, but lost to Labour's George Dallas.

He stood again in Wellingborough at the 1931 General Election, when the Labour vote collapsed nationally after Labour Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald split his party by forming a National Government, and James won the seat on a swing of 16.6% of the vote.

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