James Herman De Ricci

{{Short description|Politician}}

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|order1 = 4th

|office1 = Attorney General of Fiji

|monarch1 = Seru Epenisa Cakobau

|governor1 = Sir Hercules Robinson
Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon

|term_start1 = 1875

|term_end1 = 1876

|predecessor1 = Sydney Burt

|successor1 = Joseph Garrick

|birth_date = 15 March 1847

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|spouse = Hélène Levi Montefiore

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James Herman De Ricci (15 March 1847 – 1900){{cite book|title=Fiji : our new province in the South Seas / by J.H. De Ricci|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/813019 |year=1875 |access-date=14 September 2015}} was Attorney General of Fiji from 1875 to 1876. He is remembered, among other things, as the author of Fiji (Our New Province in the South Seas).{{cite book|title=Fiji (Our New Province in the South Seas)|isbn=978-1478260912 |last1=De Ricci |first1=J. |date=3 September 2012 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform }}

The son of Herman Robert De Ricci, he was married to Hélène Levi Montefiore (1857-1932), daughter of Edouard Levi Montefiore and Emma Cahen d'Anvers. They had a son, Seymour Montefiore Roberto Rosso, and a daughter, Alice.{{cite web|title=Hélène Levi Montefiore|url=http://www.geni.com/people/James-de-Ricci/6000000018807873344?through=6000000018807933090|website=Geni| date=15 March 1847 |access-date=21 September 2015}}

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{{s-bef| before= Sydney Burt}}

{{s-ttl| title=Attorney-General of Fiji | years=1875-1876}}

{{s-aft| after=Joseph Garrick}}

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