From Wikipedia: Sir James Reynolds, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir James Philip Reynolds, 1st Baronet, DSO (Friday, 17 February 1865 – Monday, 12 December 1932) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Reynolds was born in Woolton, Liverpool and was educated at Ushaw College and Fort Augustus Abbey. He was a senior partner in the firm of Reynolds & Gibson, cotton brokers, of Liverpool. On Wednesday, 4 March 1914, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire. Commissioned into the 1/3rd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), he commanded it in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917.

He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Exchange, following the retirement of the Conservative MP Sir Leslie Scott. He was re-elected in 1931, and died in office in 1932, aged 67.

Reynolds was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours and created a baronet, of Woolton in the County of Lancaster, on Tuesday, 6 March 1923. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1927.

From Liverpool Footprints: James Philip Reynolds 1865 - 1932

Life story and photographs

From FreeBMD: Registration of birth of James Philip Reynolds in 1865

January to March 1865: Registration of birth of James Philip Reynolds; in Birkenhead, Cheshire (Volume 8a, Page 512)

From MyHeritage: James P Reynolds: 1901 England & Wales Census

31 March 1901 Census for residents of [Fern Lea, 123 Quarry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L25 6HD 53.3773134, -2.8772326], Much Woolton, Lancashire, England

• James P Reynolds, head, married, male, aged 36 [born about 1865], in Wallasey, Cheshire; Cotton Broker; Employer
• Leila Reynolds, wife, married, female, aged 30 [born about 1871], in Dublin, Ireland
• Bawn Reynolds, daughter, single, female, aged 6 [born about 1895], in Woolton, Lancashire
• Leila Reynolds, daughter, single, female, aged 4 [born about 1897], in Woolton, Lancashire
• Charles Reynolds, son, single, male, aged 3 [born about 1898], in Woolton, Lancashire
• John Reynolds, son, single, male, aged 1 [born about 1900], in Woolton, Lancashire
• Barbara Reynolds, daughter, single, female, aged 3 months [born about January 1901 ], in Knightsbridge, London
• Lydia Merandez, servant, single, female, aged 32 [born about 1869], in Charing Cross, London; Obstetric nurse; Own Account
• Bridget Farrell, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1874], in Manchester, Lancashire; Cook (Domestic); Worker
• Catherine Fagan, servant, single, female, aged 35 [born about 1866], in Louth, Ireland; Waitress (Domestic); Worker
• Winifred Rycroft, servant, single, female, aged 24 [born about 1877], in West Derby, Lancashire; Under Nurse (Domestic); Worker
• Annie Rycroft, servant, single, female, aged 34 [born about 1867], in West Derby, Lancashire; Housemaid (Domestic); Worker
• Jane Roberts, servant, single, female, aged 36 [born about 1865], in Pennant Valley, Caernarvonshire; Housekeeper (Domestic); Worker

From FreeBMD: Registration of death of James P. Reynolds in 1932

October to December 1932: Registration of death of James P. Reynolds; aged 67 [born about 1865]; in Chelsea (Volume 1a, Page 469)

From MyHeritage: Probate index 1933

28 January 1933 probate of Sir James Philip Reynolds, D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., M.P., Baronet of 12 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, and of [48 Hans Place, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 0LA 51.4983555, -0.1613185], Middlesex, who died Monday, 12 December 1932, at 48 Hans Place, probate granted at Liverpool on 28 January 1933 to Martins Bank Limited, Hadden Todd, solicitor, and Sir John Francis Roskell Reynolds, Baronet. Effects £487071 18s. 1d. [University of Liverpool, 12 Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 7WZ 53.4023003, -2.965518]