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About James Chance
Sir James Timmins Chance, 1st Baronet was an English industrialist, philanthropist, director of the London and North Western Railway, and an expert in lighthouse optics. He served in public office, including as a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire and Worcestershire in 1851, Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire in 1856 and for Worcestershire in 1859, and High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1868.
Everything about James Chance →- Occupation
- business magnate, entrepreneur
- Position held
- magistrate, High Sheriff of Staffordshire
- Born
- 1814, March 22, 1814
- Died
- 1902, January 6, 1902