James Clement Baxter (1 July 185727 January 1928) was an English politician and

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club chairman, and doctor of medicine. Baxter represented the

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between the years of 1906 and 1920 and was the chairman of

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James Clement Baxter was born in Liverpool,

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, England, on 1 July 1857. He was baptised at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church on 2 August 1857. His father, William Baxter, was originally from

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and his mother, Ann Hughes, was from Liverpool. His father was

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and his mother was Roman Catholic. His father was a chemist and druggist in Great Homer Street

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. His mother's father, James Hughes, was from Ireland.Ancestry
. Baxter was a Licentiate of the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, renamed

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from 1890 when, under charter of Queen Victoria, it adopted the present title. According to college records he was admitted on 13 December 1878. He had received his medical training at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary and, presumably, made the short journey to Dublin just to sit the examination (as many English doctors did). After qualifying as a doctor he set up a practice in Robson Street Liverpool.The Medical Directory, years 1880-1925
Baxter was initially a medical adviser for

and later he reluctantly became the club's chairman. In 1892 he advanced the club a loan of £1000 to develop

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baxter, Clement English football chairmen and investors 19th-century English medical doctors Everton F.C. directors and chairmen Politicians from Liverpool 1857 births 1928 deaths English people of Irish descent English Roman Catholics People educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool