James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, PC, DSc, was an industrialist, locomotive builder, Liberal Party politician and a Member of Parliament for the Holme Valley. He was known as Sir James Kitson from 1886, until he was elevated to the peerage in 1907. Lord Airedale was a prominent Unitarian in Leeds, Yorkshire.
- Occupation
- engineer, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 28th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
