as a solicitor or to be selected for Marylebone. He practised as a paralegal for the rest of his life but was in poor financial circumstances, and eventually relied on charity. In popular culture Edwin James served as a basis of the character Stryver in Charles Dickens's 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities. References Bibliography Obituaries The Times, 7 March 1882, p.10 col.D Daily News, 7 March 1882, p.5 Solicitors' Journal, 26 (1881–2), 301 Law Times, 18 March 1882, p.358 By James James, E. J. (1842) The Act for the Amendment of the Law in Bankruptcy — (1858) The Speech of E. James in Defence of S. Bernard — (1867) The Bankrupt Law of the United States — (1872) The Political Institutions of America and England About James [Anon.] (1859) Illustrated London News, 30 April 429 [Anon.] (1861a) "The fall of Mr Edwin James", Saturday Review, 13 April 358–359 [Anon.] (1861b) "Edwin James on the Trent Affair", Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, 8 February 253 [Anon.] (1861–2) Law Magazine, new series, 12:263–86 [Anon.] (1862a) "The disbarmment of Edwin James, Esq. Q.C.", Solicitors' Journal and Reporter, 14 December 103 [Anon.] (1862b) "The Inner Temple benchers – Disbarment of Edwin James Q.C.", Law Magazine and Review, 12:266; 13:335–45 [Anon.] (1862c) Annual Register, 140–43 — rev. Metcalfe, E. (2004) "James, Edwin John (1812–1882)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 Dec 2007 , pp75–86 External links 1812 births 1882 deaths English barristers English male stage actors UK MPs 1859–1865 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politics of the City of Westminster American lawyers English King's Counsel Disbarred lawyers Members of the Inner Temple English emigrants to the United States