James Owers Devereux (c. 1864 - 9 April 1941) was a chemist's assistant and local politician active in south London.
In 1901 he was resident in Blackfriars Road and was a poor law guardian of St Saviour's and Southwark borough councillor. In that year he and his wife were awarded the "Dunmow Flitch".[1]
Mayor of Southwark 1905-06.
In the 1911 census he was described as a house decorator.
He was a Progressive Party member of the London County Council 13 May 1920 – 1925 representing Southwark North. At the 1925 council election he was re-elected as a Progressive Ratepayers candidate having formed an electoral alliance with the Municipal Reform Party in opposition to the Labour Party. He left the council at the 1928 election.
At the time of his death he lived in Stanway, Essex.
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- ↑ Chemist & Druggist. 59. 10 August 1901. p. 261.