James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey

James Joicey 1846-1936 
(1925 photo courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Creative Commons Licence)

Tanfield Railway is well connected to James Joicey.
He is featured today on Tanfield Railway's Facebook page.
He was born in Tanfield.
He owned East Tanfield Colliery & several more around Stanley.
His companies owned many collieries in County Durham. 
He owned Twizell  &  LH&JC No.14.