UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 1910, (Hon. James Schofield), engraved naming, in case of issue, extremely fine

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Senator the Hon. James Schofield, J. P. was born near Bury in Lancashire. He spent his early life in the cotton trade, and the Manchester and Liverpool Exchanges. He emigrated to Natal in 1873, settling in Richmond in business and farming. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Ixopo in 1897, being re-elected in 1902 and 1906. He held positions in the Natal Provincial Council for Ixopo in 1910, and on the Executive Committee in 1911. Elected to the Senate in May, 1914, he was founder of the Richmond Agricultural Society and for several years its President. He was a Member and Secretary of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition Commission, 1885-6, and also a Member of the Redistiburion Commission and Indian Immigration Commission.