Christopher James, the 5th Lord Northbourne, is the son of Walter James, the 4th Lord Northbourne. Christopher James is a British farmer and businessman. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1959.
Lord Northbourne has co-edited with Joseph A. Fitzgerald, a book of his father’s work, Of The Land And The Spirit: The Essential Writings of Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion