John Chapman JP DL (1810 – 18 July 1877) was a British Conservative Party politician who served for two three-year terms as the

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(MP) for

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. Having unsuccessfully contested the 1859 general election in

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,Craig, p. 266 he was elected at a by-election in February 1862 as the MP for

. His majority was only 12 votes out of 1004, and an

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was lodged against his victory, but dismissed; however he was defeated at the 1865 general election, when he also stood unsuccessfully in Salisbury. He did not contest either seat in

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, but at the 1874 general election he stood only in Great Grimsby, where he regained the seat. However, he died in office three years later, aged 67. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and served as

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in 1855, and was chairman and later director of the

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/ref> and a director of the Bridgwater Navigation Company. Chapman died at his house at Hill End in

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where he was also lord of the manor of Hattersley and as such supported the residents of the area including presenting them with a free library. Chapman had been a magistrate in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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