James Marshall Moorsom (16 November 1837 – 26 March 1918) [1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
Son of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom and grandson of Admiral Robert Moorsom, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Trafalgar, [2] he was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Henry Whatley Tyler. [3]
Moorsom served only three years in the House of Commons, until his defeat at the 1895 general election. [3]
Moorsom was father of Raisley Stewart Moorsom, whose daughter Sasha married the sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington; their son is the journalist Toby Young. [4]