Researching James Tomkins
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3104 people with the Tomkins surname? In that year Tomkins was ranked number 1315 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Some Famous People called James Tomkins
James Tomkins (rower)
James Bruce Tomkins (born 19 August 1965) is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is Australia's most awarded oarsman, having made appearances at six Olympic games (for three gold and one bronze medal); eleven World Championships (for seven world titles including one in each of the five sweep oar events); four Rowing World Cups (for two titles) and eighteen state representative King's Cup appearances – the Australian blue riband men's VIII event, (for fifteen victories, ten as stroke). Tomkins is one of only five Australian athletes and four rowers worldwide to compete at six Olympics. From 1990 to 1998 he was the stroke of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as the Oarsome Foursome.
Source: James Tomkins (rower), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
James Tomkins (MP)
James Tomkins (c. 1569 – 7 October 1636) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629.
Tomkins was the eldest son of Richard Tomkins of Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire, educated at Gloucester Hall, Oxford (1583) and trained in the law at the New Inn and the Middle Temple (1589). He succeeded his father in 1603, inheriting the manors of Monnington and Garnestone, a considerable domain south of Weobley.
He was appointed for life to the Herefordshire bench in 1605 as a Justice of the Peace and as High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1606–07. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Leominster and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626. Tomkins was instrumental in restoring the franchise to the borough of Weobley in 1628, when his son William was returned. Tomkins himself was re-elected MP for Leominster in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Tomkins was much esteemed as a country gentleman and noted debater in the House of Commons. He married Anne, the daughter and co-heiress of James Boyle of Hereford; they had five sons (three of whom predeceased him) and a daughter.
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