Sir Frederick Ernest James OBE (10 September 1891 – 18 January 1971) was a British colonial administrator, businessman and Liberal Party politician.
[1] James was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the son of Rev.
George Howard James of Letchworth, and his wife, Agnes Mary Blomfield.
From 1928–41 he was political adviser to British interests in South India.
[4] He was Liberal candidate for the new Sudbury & Woodbridge division of Suffolk at the 1950 General Election and came third; He did not stand for parliament again.