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James Oakes (MP)
James Henry
Porteous
Oakes
was a
British Conservative
politician
.
Oakes was
elected
Conservative MP
for
Bury St Edmunds
at a
by-election
in 1852—caused by the
appointment
of
John Stuart
as a
Vice-Chancellor
in the
Court
of Chancery—and held the
seat
until
1857
when he was
defeated
.