John Blackburne (1754–1833)
John Blackburne | |
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Member of Parliament for Lancashire | |
In office 1784–1830 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 August 1754 |
Died | 11 April 1833 | (aged 78)
Spouse | Anne Rodbard |
Children | 7 |
John Blackburne (5 August 1754 – 11 April 1833) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Lancashire.
He was born the eldest son of Thomas Blackburne of Hale Hall, Liverpool and educated at Harrow School and Queen's College, Oxford. He succeeded his father to Hale Hall in 1768 and his grandfather John Blackburne to Orford Hall, Warrington in 1786.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1781–82 and elected MP for Lancashire in 1784, holding the seat until 1830. In Parliament he was an Independent but generally supported William Pitt. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.[1]
He died in 1833. He had married Anne, the daughter of Samuel Rodbard of Evercreech, Somerset, with whom he had three sons and four daughters.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "BLACKBURNE, John (1754-1833), of Hale Hall, nr. Liverpool and Orford Hall, nr. Warrington, Lancs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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