| Authorised form of name | West; James (1703 - 1772); politician and antiquary |
| Dates | 1703 - 1772 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 02 May 1703 |
| Date of death | 02 July 1772 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Balliol College, Oxford; BA (1723), MA (1726); Inner Temple (admitted 1721); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1738)
Career:
Travelled in France and the Low Countries; called to the Bar (1728); Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1743-1752); Joint Secretary of the Treasury (1746-1756, 1757-1762); MP for St Albans (1741-1768); MP for Boroughbridge (1768-death); Recorder of Poole (1746-death); Recorder of St Albans (1758-1760); High Steward of St Albans (1759-death); Trustee of the British Museum; Treasurer of the Inner Temple (1768); had a large library and collection of coins, medals, plate and curiosities; his manuscripts were sold to Lord Shelburne and are now in the British Library and some of his books are now in the Bodleian Library
Memberships:
FSA (1726); Spalding Society (1729)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1727 |
| Proposer | Simon Degge |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1730; Treasurer 1736-1768; VP 1741-?, 1751-?, 1760-1768; PRS 1768-1772 |
| Relationships | Son of Richard West, gent, of St Swithin's, London, and Prior's Marston, Warwickshire, and his wife, Mary Russell of Strensham, Worcestershire; married Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Stevens, Timber Merchant, of Southwark and Eltham, Kent |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; LI; Sedgwick
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1772, p343 (obituary)
London Magazine 1772, p345 (obituary) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/46572341 |
| Code | NA240 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| AB/1/2/1/130 | Letter to James West from Mr Robertson | 15 August 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/24 | An Accompt of Moneys received for James West by admission fees and in lieu of giving bond for the payment of annual contributions and by bonds taken up and also by annual contributions by Francis Hauksbee | 1756 - 1757 |
| AB/1/2/1/134 | Letter to James West from William Sleigh | 20 October 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/29 | An Account of Moneys Received on account of the Royal Society and paid to James West Esq by Francis Hauksbee | 1760 - 1761 |
| AB/1/2/1/67 | Receipt for money received by Charles Morton from Mr West, Treasurer | 19 November 1764 |
| AB/1/2/1/37 | Receipt for books purchased by James West | 1760 |
| AB/1/2/3/30 | An Account of Moneys Received on account of the Royal Society and paid to James West Esq by Francis Hauksbee | 1760-1761 |
| AB/1/2/1/123 | Letter from Mr Kirkby to James West | 8 January 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/16 | Moneys paid to and for James West by Francis Hauksbee | 1754 |
| AB/1/2/3/20 | An Account of Money's received for J West by Francis Hauksbee | 22 November 1751 - 22 November 1752 |
| AB/1/2/1/131 | Letter to James West from Mr James Frederick | 5 September 1768 |
| AB/1/2/1/119 | Letter from Mr Kirkby Comber to James West | 19 January 1767 |
| AB/1/2/3/23 | An Accompt of Moneys received for James West by admission fees and in lieu of giving bond for the payment of annual contributions and by bonds taken up and also by annual contributions by Francis Hauksbee | 1756 - 1757 |
| AB/1/2/1/126 | Letter to James West from William Huddesford | 28 March 1768 |
| AB/1/2/4/7 | Note of Royal Society payments sent by Mr da Costa to James West | 13 March 1766 |
| AB/1/2/1/125 | Letter to Mr West from Dr Hill | 17 January 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/19 | An Account of Moneys Received for James West Esq by Francis Hauksbee | 1750 - 1751 |
| AB/1/2/1/61 | Sold for the President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society by order of James West esq their attorney £400 Reduced Bank Annuities at 90 1/8 | 1 February 1763 |
| AB/1/2/1/6 | Letter from George Ballard, Campden to James West Esq, Member of Parliament, Lincolns Inn Fields, London | 28 September 1754 |
| AB/1/2/1/129 | Letter to James West from William Sleigh | 30 June 1768 |
| AB/1/2/1/71 | Letter to James West from William Russell | 13 December 1764 |
| AB/1/2/1/59 | Order of Council for James West to pay the balance in his hands to the new Treasurer Samuel Wegg | 6 December 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/18 | An Account of Moneys Received for James West Esq by Francis Hauksbee | 1749 - 1750 |
| AB/1/2/2 | James West's Miscellaneous Papers | 1720-1770 |
| AB/1/2/1/109 | Receipts since 28 November 1767 | 1768 |
| AB/1/2/3/25 | An Account of Moneys Received for James West Esq by Francis Hauksbee | 1757 - 1758 |
| AB/1/2/1/132 | Letter to James West from William Watson | 15 October 1768 |
| AB/1/2/1/92 | Letter from Dr Hill to James West | 27 November 1766 |
| AB/1/2/3/37 | An account of monies paid for James West by Francis Hauksbee | 27 November 1761 - 27 November 1762 |
| AB/1/2/4/36 | Abstract of Mr da Costa's Account with James West Esq | 1766 |
| AB/1/2/1/106 | Letter from Lord Morton, Brook Street to James West | 8 December 1767 |
| AB/1/2/1/127 | Letter to James West from William Sleigh, Hatton Garden | 4 June 1768 |
| AB/1/2/1/66 | Letter from James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, Brook Street to James West | 6 October 1764 |
| AB/1/2/1/105 | Letter from Lord Morton, Brook Street to James West, Kings Street, Covent Garden | 1 December 1767 |
| AB/1/2/1 | James West's financial papers | 1751-1769 |
| AB/1/2/1/120 | Letter from Thomas Ancell, Cockpit to James West | 20 December 1767 |
| MM/10/137 | Note concerning transaction mentioned in Nevil Maskelyne's letter to James West, 17 August 1761, of thirty pounds to Charles Hutchinson, Governor of St Helena. | 1762 |
| MM/10/136 | Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, St Helena, to James West | 17 August 1761 |
| NLB/11/750 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Director, National Portrait Gallery, 20 Great George Street, S.W. | 1 October 1895 |
| L&P/5/277 | Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, 1771' from T Barker to James West | 18 January 1772 |
| AB/1/2/1/73 | Letter from Emanuel Mendes Da Costa to James West | 17 October 1765 |
| AB/1/2/1/70 | Letter from Emanuel Mendes da Costa to James West | 8 December 1764 |
| L&P/2/28 | Letter, 'Notes as to an enclosure' from James West to the Royal Society | 25 January 1750 |
| L&P/5/207 | Letter, 'Of a bird from the East Indies' from George Edwards to James West | 1771 |
| L&P/5/179 | Letter, 'Of the annual overflow of the Nile' from Thomas Gale to James West | 30 March 1770 |
| L&P/5/247 | Letter, 'Of the height of his rain gauge' from Thomas Barker to James West | 4 June 1771 |
| L&P/5/80 | Letter, 'Asks the advice of the Royal Society on the protection of the cathedral from the lightning' from the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral to James West | 6 March 1769 |
| L&P/5/113 | Letter, 'Of sepulchral inscriptions and carved figures discovered at Bonn in 1755' from John Strange to James West | 10 July 1769 |
| AB/1/2/1/128 | Letter to James West from Mr J Robertson | 28 June 1768 |
| MM/4/17 | Letter from Martin Folkes, President, Royal Society, on the appointment of Vice-Presidents | 1751 |
| MS/391/126 | Power of deputy, issued by James Burrow, President of the Royal Society, to James West | 8 November 1768 |
| L&P/5/231 | Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, Rutland' from Thomas Barker to James West | 22 March 1771 |
| AP/4/11/2 | Unpublished diagrams, earth and lines of latitude by [Joseph Mead] | 5 August 1771 |
| MM/20/51 | Newspaper cuttings on the Royal Society | 1732-1739, 1820 |
| AP/4/11 | Unpublished paper, 'An inquiry into the supposed alteration of the axis of this earth' by Capt Joseph Mead | 5 August 1771 |
| AP/4/11/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An inquiry into the supposed alteration of the axis of this earth' by Capt Joseph Mead | 5 August 1771 |
| L&P/5/196 | Letter, 'Twenty cases of compound interest' from John Robertson to James West | 1770 |
| L&P/5/164 | Letter, 'An account of some very perfect and uncommon specimens of Spongiae' from John Strange to James West | 16 November 1769 |