John Stephenson (MP)
John Stephenson (c. 1709 – 17 April 1794) was a British Member of Parliament.
He was the son and heir of Thomas Stephenson of Bails and Crosslands, Alston, Cumbria and a Member of Parliament for various boroughs in the south-west from 1754 to 1755 and 1761 until his death in 1794. [1]
He was a director of the British East India Company from 1765 to 1768, and had government victualling contracts in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland at the time of the American Revolution.[2]
References
- "STEPHENSON, John (1710-94), of Brentford Butts, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- Greene, Jack P. (July 1975). "Social Structure and Political Behavior in Revolutionary America: John Day's Remarks on American Affairs". The William and Mary Quarterly. 3rd Ser. 32 (3): 487. doi:10.2307/1922136. JSTOR 1922136.
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| Preceded by Thomas Clarke Arnold Nesbitt |
Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1754–1755 With: Robert Clive |
Succeeded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey |
| Preceded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey |
Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1761–1780 With: James Scawen 1761–74 Thomas Howard 1774–79 Francis Hale 1779–80 |
Succeeded by Francis Hale William Hanger |
| Preceded by George Lane Parker Sir Alexander Leith, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Tregony 1780–1784 With: John Dawes |
Succeeded by Lloyd Kenyon Robert Kingsmill |
| Preceded by Sir Ralph Payne James Archibald Stuart |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1784–1790 With: Paul Trebuy Ourry 1784 John Pardoe 1784–90 |
Succeeded by Henry Lawes Luttrell Philip Metcalfe |
| Preceded by Robert Kingsmill Hugh Seymour-Conway |
Member of Parliament for Tregony 1790–1794 With: Matthew Montagu |
Succeeded by Matthew Montagu Robert Stewart |
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