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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = James Pender<br />
| image = James Pender.jpg<br />
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| caption = Pender in 1895.<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Northamptonshire Mid]]<br />
| term1 = 1895-1900<br />
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1841|09|28|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1921|05|20|1841|09|28|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| education = <br />
| father = [[John Pender]]<br />
| relatives = [[John Denison-Pender (businessman, died 1929)|John Denison-Pender]] (brother)<br/>[[John Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender|John Denison-Pender]] (nephew)<br />
| spouse = Rose Gregge-Hopwood<br />
| children = <br />
}}<br />
'''Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet''' (28 September 1841 – 20 May 1921)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|n|3|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British businessman, yachtsman and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.<ref name="craig1832-1885" /> He sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1895 to 1900.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Pender was the eldest son from [[John Pender|Sir John Pender's]] first marriage to Marion Cairn. His father was the founder of the [[Eastern Telegraph Company]], which later became Cable & Wireless. His younger half-brother was Sir [[John Denison-Pender (businessman, died 1929)|John Denison-Pender]], father of [[John Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was a Director of [[Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company]] (Telcon) taken over decades later by [[British Insulated Callender's Cables]], Director Globe Telegraph Trust, Director [[Direct United States Cable Company|Direct United States Cable Company Ltd]], Director [[Eastman Kodak|Eastman Kodak New Jersey]], and the Chairman of Eastman Kodak (UK) from 1898 until 1913.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<br />
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He unsuccessfully contested [[Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Northamptonshire Mid]] at the [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892 general election]].<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book<br />
|last=Craig<br />
|first=F. W. S.<br />
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig<br />
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885<br />
|origyear=1977<br />
|edition= 2nd<br />
|year=1989<br />
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services<br />
|location=Chichester<br />
|isbn= 0-900178-26-4<br />
|page=358<br />
}}</ref> He was elected at the [[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895 general election]] also sat as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for Mid Northamptonshire,<ref>{{London Gazette<br />
|issue= 26651<br />
|date= 9 August 1895<br />
|page=4483<br />
}}</ref><br />
and held the seat until his defeat at the [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900 general election]].<ref name="craig1832-1885" /> In 1897 he was made a [[Pender baronets|baronet]], of Thornby Hall in the County of Northampton.<ref>{{Rayment-bt|p|1|date=March 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Yachting==<br />
In 1902 Pender won the King's Cup at the [[Royal Yacht Squadron]] regatta at Cowes with his yawl ''Brynhild'' ([[Charles Ernest Nicholson|Charles E. Nicholson]] design, 1899), beating the [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm]]'s schooner ''Meteor III'' (Archibald Cary Smith design, 1902);<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1902-08-06|title=Yachts race for King's Cup|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/08/06/119086744.pdf}}</ref> the prize was presented to him by [[Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]]. It was rumoured at the time that the Prince gave up yacht racing in favour of horse racing (at which he was very successful) as his Yacht ''[[HMY Britannia I|Britannia]]'' regularly lost to the Kaiser's yawl ''Meteor II'' ([[George Lennox Watson]] design, 1896). James Pender Bt was the Rear Commodore of [[Royal Thames Yacht Club]] in 1904, and during that year he won the [[Kaiserlicher Yacht Club]] regatta with ''Brynhild'' at the [[Kieler Yacht-Club]] and was presented with the prize by the Kaiser, who had anonymously (as he always used to at the Kiel Yacht Club) donated that prize to the Kiel Yacht Club in the name of 'A friend of Sailing'.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} In 1908, Pender's new [[Camper & Nicholsons]] [[International Rule (sailing)|23mR]] ''Brynhild II'' defeated the [[Sir Thomas Lipton]]'s ''Shamrock'' and [[Myles Burton Kennedy]]'s ''White Heather II'' (both [[William Fife|Fife]] designs) in the Cowes regatta and the King's Cup.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|year=1908|url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=brynhild+yacht&year1=1908&mon1=01&day1=18&year2=1908&srchst=p|title=Brynhild II}}</ref> James Pender's other yachts ''Lamorna'' and ''Florinda'' (later rechristened ''Gosport Mistake'' and ''Siesta'') were all built and designed by [[Camper & Nicholsons]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Pender married Mary Rose Gregge-Hopwood of [[Hopwood Hall]]. They lived at Donhead House, [[Donhead St Andrew]], Wiltshire. Sir James Pender is buried with his wife Mary Rose at St Andrew's Church, Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire.<br />
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