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

  1. "STEPHENSON, John (1710-94), of Brentford Butts, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. 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.
Parliament of Great Britain
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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