James Rust (1798 – 24 July 1875)[1] was a British Conservative politician.
Rust was first elected Conservative MP for Huntingdonshire at a by-election in 1855—caused by the succession of William Montagu to 7th Duke of Manchester.
He was again elected at the 1857 general election, although the vote unusually resulted in a triple return with his fellow incumbent Conservative MP Edward Fellowes securing the same number of votes as the Whig cricketer John Heathcote.
[2] Rust held the seat until the 1859 general election when he did not stand.
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