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In 1797 James was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Westminster Volunteers. Two years later he became Captain of a company from the same regiment formed from Broadwood workers. He was also honorary Regimental Treasurer. The Volunteers were disbanded in 1802 when the threat of invasion was lifted by Britain's naval victories at the Nile and Copenhagen. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey in 1835. In 1824 he obtained a Grant of Arms. Warnham School in West Sussex was built in 1850 with money provided by James, the local vicar and others.
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