John Angerstein (''c.'' 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an
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Whig politician from
Blackheath, London
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.
He was the only son of
John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter.
He was elected at the
1796 general election as a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
borough of Camelford in
Cornwall
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, holding the seat until the
1802 general election, when he left Parliament.
He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the
High Sheriff of Kent
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for 1830–31, but the King picked Edward Rice instead. He was nevertheless appointed
High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1831–32, when he lived at
Weeting Hall.
He was re-elected to Parliament at the
1835 general election as an MP for
Greenwich,
having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...
.
He decided not to defend the seat at the
1837 general election,
choosing instead to stand for
Eastern Surrey. He failed to win that seat however.
[Craig, page 465]
He died in 1858. He had married Amelia, the daughter of William Lock of Norbury Park, Surrey, with whom he had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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1770s births
People from Blackheath, London
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall
British MPs 1796–1800
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1835–1837
High Sheriffs of Norfolk
People from Breckland District
1858 deaths