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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir James Duckworth (14 February 1840 – 1 January 1915) was a self-made English businessman from Rochdale in Lancashire who rose from poverty to found a large chain a grocery shops known popularly as "Jimmy Duck`s" and entered politics as a Liberal. He served three times as Mayor of Rochdale, and was elected twice as a Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies near Manchester.