James
Platt
MP
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Platt
and Sarah (Whitehead) Platt
Brother of
Joseph Platt, John Platt MP, Jane Platt, Alice Platt, Sarah Ann Platt, Mary Alice (Platt) Duncuft, Henry Platt, Elizabeth (Platt) Crosby and Louisa Platt
Husband of
Lucy Mary Schofield
— married
1847 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Edith (Platt) Hargreaves
Died
at age 33
in Ashway Gap, Saddleworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
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| Created 13 Sep 2014
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He possessed supreme engineering and marketing ability and in 1857 became the first engineer to be elected to the House of Commons.
- Together with brother John, he expanded Platt Bros Greenacres works and in 1845 opened Hartford new works at Oldham's new railhead. Moved his residence to Werneth Park in 1848. Brothers bought out Hibbert interest in the firm in 1854 and renamed it Platt Bros & Co.
- Recruited men of outstanding technical and managerial ability, promoted them to rank of manager and from 1854 admitted them as partners. This new policy generated an unrivalled esprit de corps and prevented firm from becoming a recruiting ground for rivals.
- On 27th August 1857 James Platt was killed in a shooting accident in Ashway Gap above Dovestone reservoir, Saddleworth in Derbyshire.
- A cross was erected on top of the moor. The inscription reads:
- Here
- By The
- Accidental
- Discharge
- Of a Gun
- James Platt Esq
- M.P.
- For Oldham
- Lost His Life
- 27 August
- 1857
Oldham Chronicle newspaper account of death
House of commons speeches made in debates by James and John Platt
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David Harrison
The accident from which James Platt subsequently died involved Oldham's then mayor, Josiah Radcliffe.
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by David Harrison
David Harrison
Please note, Saddleworth is not in Derbyshire as stated above. At the time of James Platt and until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Now it is the major part (in acreage) of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in the administrative county of Greater Manchester.
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