James Cornish
{{Short description|British politician}}
James Cornish (25 August 1792{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1858 |publisher=Harrison}} – 7 September 1865) was a British politician.
Cornish lived near Totnes in Devon, where he followed his father in becoming a solicitor, the two then forming a partnership. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in Totnes, winning a seat. He stood down by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds in 1834. In 1852/53, he served as Sheriff of Devon.{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament |volume=1 |date=1976 |publisher=Harvester Press |location=Hassocks |isbn=0855272198 |page=90}}
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{{succession box|title=High Sheriff of Devon|years=1852–1853|before=Richard Durant|after=Edmund Gennys}}
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Category:Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Totnes