William Rhodes James (d. c.1847) married Caroline Pope (fl.1814-1855). The children of the marriage included Herbert (1822-1909), William Rhodes, Montagu (1830-1854), and Thomas (d.1850). Herbert James married Mary Emily Horton, daughter of Admiral Joshua Sydney Horton, and became rector of Livermere, near Bury St. Edmonds. They had four children, Sydney Rhodes (1855-1934), who married Linda Hoare, Herbert Ellison Rhodes (1857-1939), Grace Caroline Rhodes (c.1860-1936), who became Mrs. Woodhouse in 1910, and Montague Rhodes (1862-1936), who became a biblical scholar, antiquary and palaeographer.
James Family: Correspondence
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.7480
- Dates of Creation
- 1835-1918
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 2 archive box(es) 2 boxes
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Presented by the executors of the late Dr M.R. James, 1954.
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