John Brinton (25 January 1827 – 2 July 1914) was an English carpet manufacturer and a

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politician. Brinton was born at

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, the son of Henry Brinton a carpet manufacturer. He joined the family carpet manufacturing firm John Brinton & Co as a partner in 1848. Brintons had a large factory at

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a town noted for its carpet manufacture. In time he became chairman of Brintons Ltd. He became J.P. for Kidderminster in 1856 and was chairman of the Kidderminster School of Art from 1863 to 1869. In 1866 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for France. Sometime before 1871 he purchased Moor Park at Stourport. There he carried out considerable alterations to the house and grounds, planting an avenue of trees from Lickhill Road to Bewdley Road (Avenue Road) and erecting three pairs of ornamental iron gates. Brinton became a member of

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Kidderminster School Board in 1871, remaining until 1888. He became J.P. for

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in 1876. He was vice chairman of Board of Guardians to 1880 and chairman from 1880 to 1894. He was also chairman of the Carpet Manufacturers Association for 14 years. Brinton was elected member of parliament for

in 1880 but accepted Chillten Hundreds next month because he was holding a government contract at the time. He was subsequently reelected without opposition and held the seat until 1886. In 1887 he presented Brinton Park to Borough of Kidderminster. ''Kidderminster: Introduction, borough and manors'', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 158-173. Date accessed: 6 March 2009
/ref> He became

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in 1889 and was an Alderman of the County Council from 1890. Brinton married four times and had fourteen children of whom eleven survived into adulthood . His first wife was Ann Oldham from Dublin whom he married on 1853. She died in 1863 having borne five children. He married Mary Chaytor of Limerick in 1865. They had another nine children. Their son Reginald Brinton, who played cricket for

became chairman of Brintons on the death of his father in 1914. Another son Percival Brinton also played cricket for Worcestershire. Mary Chator died in 1887 and John Brinton married Mary Allen (née Gething)in 1891. After her death in 1903 he was married for the fourth time to Mary Eliza Fisher, in 1910. Brinton died at Moor Park at the age of 87.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brinton, John 1827 births 1914 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 High Sheriffs of Worcestershire Councillors in Worcestershire 19th-century English businesspeople