Talk:James Townsend (British politician)

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Requested move 21 May 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 13:05, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

James Townsend (Lord Mayor of London) → James Townsend (British politician) – Following WP:NCPDAB and a comment by Necrothesp in an RM for what is now Talk:Arthur Brown (U.S. senator), my understanding is that on Wikipedia we generally prefer "(XXish politician)" over a role-specific disambiguation term. This man was an actual politician – an alderman and MP and leader the Whig party. The other politicians listed at James Townsend were Americans. —BarrelProof (talk) 20:29, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I feel such a change would be unnecessary. The present name does its job. Bmcln1 (talk) 20:44, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. As he was also an MP, this one is fine and a far better disambiguator. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:10, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Black?[edit]

The article says he could be considered the first British black MP. If my reading is write he is 1/8 African, and that is assuming his unnamed great-grandmother was 100% African. More pertinently, he does not look black in the pictures, and the article suggests that his heritage was not known at the time. In other words he looked, and was treated, white. It is questionable therefore whether he can really be considered 'black'. We should not I think universally and unquestionably apply America's notorious 'one-drop rule. Thoughts? LastDodo (talk) 16:53, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]