John Leweston (1506/1507 – 26 April 1584), of Leweston, Dorset, was an English politician. He was a

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) for

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

in April 1554,

Melcombe Regis Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th centu ...

in 1547, October 1553 and 1555, and Dorchester in 1559 and 1572. He was married to Joan Leweston. They are both buried in a tomb in St Katherine's chapel in

Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It has been a Saxon cathedral (705–1075), a Benedictine abbey church (998–1539), and since 1539, ...

) in Sherborne,

, England.

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1507 births 1584 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Dorchester Politicians from Dorset English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 English MPs 1555 English MPs 1559 English MPs 1572–1583 {{16thC-England-MP-stub