Sir James SextonCBE (13 April 1856 – 27 December 1938) was a Britishtrade unionist and politician.
Sexton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne to an Irish-born family of market traders, who soon moved to St Helens, Lancashire. After leaving school he worked in a variety of jobs, including as a seaman and in a chemical factory, before becoming a docker on Liverpool Docks. In 1884 he set up his own business as a coal merchant. In 1889 he joined the new National Union of Dock Labourers (later National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers) and was elected General Secretary in 1893, defeating James Larkin. He held this post until the union joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1922, whereupon he became National Supervisor of the Docks Trade Group of the new union. He retired from the TGWU in 1928.
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Beecher...Evergreen Park ... James P ... James J. Sexton, 27, Tinley Park, was arrested March 2 and accused of drunken driving during a March 2 crash investigation in the 11400 block of Roberts Road, police said.
Liam Gallagher could reportedly 'face £86,000 a year a**hole tax' after calling the mother of his love child a 'gold digger.' ... His comments could result in the judge increasing his total annual amount to £386,000. US lawyer James Sexton told The Sun... .
DRESBACH TOWNSHIP, Minn ... The driver of the Chevrolet, 47-year-old OrieJames Sexton of Northfield, Minnesota, was not injured in the crash, according to the report ... .