John Lawton (''c.''1700 – 7 June 1740) was a British

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP). He was elected at the 1734 general election as an MP for

Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ...

, and held the seat until his death in 1740.

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1700 births 1740 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Newcastle-under-Lyme British MPs 1734–1741 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub