Family and Education
b. 19 Dec. 1745, 3rd s. of Rev. William Trail, minister of Abercrombie, Fife, and bro. of Henry Trail. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1763, LLB 1771; M. Temple 1772, called [I] 1780 English bar 1782. m. 15 Jan. 1798, Clarissa Catherine, da. of Sir James Porter, ambassador to the Porte, sis. of George Porter, s.p.
Offices Held
Clerk of pleas at Charleston, S. Carolina 1771; dep. inspector of plays and groom of privy chamber 1781; private sec. to chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] 1794 – 95; gent. in attendance on Prince Augustus Frederick Sept. 1800 – June 1802; commr. for inquiry into management of public affairs in Ireland May 1804 – Aug. 1806; under-sec. civil dept. [I] Aug. 1806 – d.; ranger of Phoenix Park Oct. 1806 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Hadleigh, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
TRAIL, James (1745-1808)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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