Sir James Worsley, 5th Baronet

[1] His father had moved to Hampshire from the family's traditional home at Appuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight.

He was returned unopposed with his cousin Henry at the 1705 English general election and voted for the Court candidate as Speaker on 25 October 1705.

He was returned again at the 1708 British general election, and though classed as a Tory, he voted for the naturalization the Palatines in 1709, and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710.

He joined the October Club and in 1711 was listed as a ‘worthy patriot’ who detected the mismanagements of the previous administration.

[4] Worsley succeeded his cousin the 4th Baronet in the baronetcy on 29 July 1747 but not to Appuldurcombe House, which went in trust for his son.