(06/08/1862-30/08/1943).
He was born in Bunbury. He was the son of Robert Henry (farmer) and Ann Bishop (maiden name Allnutt). James married on 26/02/1889 in Perth Church of England to Amy Edith Stone (17/03/1868-1955). Amy was the daughter of William Alfred and Emily Elizabeth (maiden name Ashton). Their children were H. E. Vernon, Francis James (1891-1903), Hubert Ernest (1893-) and Harold Mervyn (1895-). Clerk of Works York in 1887 and a Clerk at the Perth Bank in 1889. He was a Major in the Perth Co. of Western Australia Rifle Volunteers 1885.