Sir James Bailey, JP, DL (10 November 1840 – 12 October 1910)[1] was a British businessman and Conservative politician who served from 1895 to 1906 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Walworth in South London.

According to the parish register,[3] he was baptized there on 12 March 1843, son of William Bailey, a labourer, and Sarah (née Dunthron).

[7] He won his seat in the House of Commons at his first attempt, in a by-election in June 1895 following the death of the Liberal MP William Saunders.

[8] Bailey married firstly, in 1869, Catherine Smith (d. 1892) of Benson, Oxfordshire; and secondly, in 1896, Lily Fass of Queen's Gate Gardens.

; commander Battlecruiser Squadron (United Kingdom) 1934–1936; lived 1882–1942), and three daughters, Alice, Augusta Dunthorne Bailey (1872–1949) who married Vivian Nickalls (1871-1947), and Marie Elizabeth.

[4] He was knighted on 18 December 1905,[12] and died five years later, aged 69, at his London home, 58 Rutland Gate, leaving an estate valued at £245,000.