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James Trail (19 December 1745 - 16 August 1808) was a British lawyer and
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politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for
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between 1802 and 1806.


Early life

Trail was a graduate of
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before then going on to achieve an LLB at the
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.


Personal life

His brother,
Henry Trail Henry Trail (1755 - 10 February 1835) was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis between October 1812 and June 1813. Parliamentary career Trail's election was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void ...
, was also an MP. In 1798, he married Clarissa Catherine Trail ().


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trail, James 1745 births 1808 deaths Members of the Middle Temple Alumni of the University of Glasgow UK MPs 1802–1806 Tory members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom