Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/West, James (1)
West, James, s. Richard, of St. Swithin's, London, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 11 March, 1719-20, aged 15; B.A. 1723, M.A. 1726, bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1728, bencher 1761, recorder of Poole, and of St. Albans 1758, high steward 1759, president of the Royal Society, joint-secretary of the Treasury 1741-62, M.P. St. Albans 1741-62, Boroughbridge 1768, until his death 2 July, 1772.